Texas singer-songwriter — and Fort Worth transplant — William Clark Green has spent more than a decade fine-tuning his particular brand of music — a virtuosic gallop through Texas country, Southern rock, sawdusty balladry, and party-on anthems. Over the course of five studio albums — his fourth, Ringling Road, peaked at No.
Ever since he picked up a guitar when he was a kid, he’s been a nonstop workaholic — writing, singing, performing, and repeating until he all but drops.
WCG: Seriously, I did have a cow get out that day.
Plus, it’s a blessing to have a place outside the city, a place to go and just completely disconnect.
WCG: We had just come off the heaviest touring year we’d ever had, so it was a nice breather.
I lived on a little country road and grew up with friends who I still know and talk to, to this day.
But you know what, I was at every high school party attended by every social group because I had a fake ID.
Keep in mind that my dad and I didn’t get along when it came to music — I liked everything that wasn’t country.
Then when I started playing guitar and writing my own songs, some of my friends heard about it and next thing I know, I’m opening up for them.
His journey, his career, they’ve been such a big influence not only on me but on the Texas music scene as a whole.
There’s no real rush to get it done because who knows when to release a record these days? The way things seem to be going, maybe it’ll come out this fall.
But when we made it to the big stage — man, I’m getting goosebumps just talking about it — we all began to reflect on how hard it’s been and how hard we worked our asses off to do this.