In March 1997, on the eve of Austin's South by Southwest music festival, as Clark and his band were returning from a show in Milwaukee, their van, driven by Clark, veered off the highway and down a steep embankment near Sherman, Texas, injuring his arm and killing his fiancée Brenda Jasek and his drummer, Pedro Alcoser, Jr."2 killed in wreck that injured local blues legend W.C. Clark". Austin American-Statesman, March 11, 1997. The album Lover's Plea followed, containing the single "Are You Here, Are You There?" in memory of Jasek.Hess, Christopher. "Confessin' the Blues", The Austin Chronicle, August 3, 1998.
