Cowboy Jack Clement Passes:
Country Music Hall of Fame inductee-elect “Cowboy” Jack Clement
has passed away at his home in Nashville after a battle with cancer.
He was 82.
The Memphis native began his career in 1956 as a producer and engineer
for Sam Phillips at Sun Records, where he worked with Roy Orbison, Carl
Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis.
He produced Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” and as a songwriter had his
work recorded by Dolly Parton, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Charlie Pride
and Tom Jones, to name a few.
In 1987 he recorded U2’s “When Love Comes To Town” with BB King, “Love
Rescue Me” with background vocals by Bob Dylan and more for the band’s Rattle And Hum album.
He is survived by daughter Allison and son Niles.
His induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame is set for later this year.
Services are pending.
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