Mick Clarke - British Blues Guitar (original) (raw)
Hi -
Just hit 10,000 followers on Spotify - much appreciated - regular new releases in the pipeline.
Just a few notes to keep you updated:
The new album 'Mozelle' was released Friday 11th April. Still getting lots of airplay and featuring on the RMR airplay charts - many thanks to everyone. More to follow.
Also getting lots of airplay on my single 'Banker's Blues' - Big Bill Broonzy's version with a nod to Rory Gallagher. 'Banker's Blues' was released Friday 6th June.
And a special one-off release.. 'The Line of Maple Trees'. A song about Canadian airmen flying from an English airfield during the Second World War. One for our friends in Canada.
Speaking of which.. I just had a new podcast released..(see Vinyl Relic link). This was a phone interview I did last year with 'Farmer John' over in... Canada. We had an enjoyable chat and went through the first Killing Floor album track by track.
It was interesting, and I must say I think the album comes across well on the podcast. I'm happy and proud that we played our part, however small, in the great 60s blues boom which threw up bands such as Free and Led Zeppelin.
So here's a little background on who I am and what I do.. From 1968 I was a full time on the road blues rockin' guitar player with Killing Floor and then SALT, and then from the mid 80s led my own band, touring all over Europe, the US and beyond. These days I mainly enjoy making music in my own small recording studio here on the Surrey / Sussex border and releasing it online.
I record all kinds of stuff, but my 'official' albums are usually more focussed in a blues rock direction. And with some success - great to see that the new album 'Mozelle' reached No.1 on the RMR UK Chart and is selling well.
So lots of music coming up including regular new single releases... More news to follow.
Mick's 72nd birthday - July 2022 - Shoreham Beach, West Sussex. Photo by Linda Cooper.
Very sad to learn of the death of keyboard player Dave Lennox - a friend, colleague and a fine player, who featured in the Mick Clarke Band on many of our shows and tours, and also on two albums - 'Solid Ground' and 'Live in Luxembourg'. Click here for my tribute to Dave.. R.I.P. to a great musician.
And on a happier note, here's Dangerous Dave sporting a fashionable new Gnasher tattoo.. all the rage on the blues circuit I'm told. Rock on Dave..
