12 Facts About Clancy Carlile

Clancy Carlile was an American novelist and screenwriter of Cherokee descent.

Clancy Carlile is perhaps best known for his 1980 novel Honkytonk Man, made into a film by Clint Eastwood.

Clancy Carlile had an "erratic childhood," and he moved to Texas at a young age.

Clancy Carlile worked as a cotton picker until his family moved to California to pick fruit.

Clancy Carlile served in the army during the Korean War and after being discharged, obtained a master's degree at San Francisco State University.

Clancy Carlile began writing in the early 1960s, and penned his first novel, presumably As I Was Young and Easy in just 17 days.

In Honkytonk Man, the tale of the life and death of a country singer which was made into a film by Clint Eastwood in which Eastwood starred, Clancy Carlile wrote both the novel and the screenplay.

Clancy Carlile was a songwriter, musician, and producer who played guitar and sang, including with members of Grateful Dead.

Clancy Carlile is credited for the music and lyrics of a song "I'm a Lovin' Man"; its 1970 recording features Carlile and possibly vocals from Bob Weir.

Clancy Carlile provides vocals on the 1972 song called "Crash and Depression," from an LP called The Nation in Prosperity and Poverty, as well as vocals, writing, and arrangement for the 1972 LP called Settling the West.

Clancy Carlile spent much of his later life in Austin, Texas, where he had a writing fellowship at the University of Texas.

Clancy Carlile died in Austin from cancer at the age of 68 on June 4,1998.