Profile: Rick Clark

Rick Clark is a Nashville institution who is happiest when he’s creating: whether it’s a song, a recording, visual art, or his weekly radio show.

Clark, a well-known Nashville producer, multi-instrumentalist, music supervisor and writer, was born and raised in Memphis — a city he says is utterly baked into him at a cellular level. It was in Memphis where he picked up his first instrument, bought his first dixieland jazz records, and played his first gig. Since then, Clark has gone on to write for numerous national publications – including Billboard and Rolling Stone – produce the first seven volumes of the award-winning Oxford American Magazine music CDs, supervise the music for numerous film and TV projects, and record and release music under his own name.

Today’s episode was produced by Mary Mancini.

GUEST

• Rick Clark, Music Supervisor, Producer, Writer, and Creative Guy

FURTHER READING AND LISTENING

• You can listen to Rick Clark’s weekly radio show, Air Conditioned, online or on WYXR out of Memphis.