Live set from 1983 featuring material from his first four albums. Live from Austin, TX captures the singular songwriter in peak form. Notice straightaway: Clark’s workaday poetry isn’t simply cheating and drinking country music. Instead, Clark delves deeply into more literate and meditative storytelling. His songs unearth the extraordinary in the ordinary (“L.A. Freeway”). They’re as accessible (“Texas 1947”) as they are artful (“That Old Time Feeling”). Four decades on, Live from Austin, TX showcases Clark delivering his most vibrant (“Rita Balou”) and vivid vignettes (“Homegrown Tomatoes”) at his height. The results are stunning. Clark’s guitar playing’s pristine(“Virginia’s Real”). His singing’s sharp (“Anyhow, I Love You”). His stage presence absolutely captivates (the then-brand new “Randall Knife”). Texas music fans: Check out a youthful Robert Earl Keen sitting spellbound front row that night at Dixie’s in 1983.