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Welcome to the official website for British blues guitarist Mick Clarke. Explore the site for full details of all releases, tour history and more.

New single 'Strongo' releasing Friday 24th - click for details.



Previous single 'You Shook Me' released Friday 10th. The album 'The Blues, Man, Rides Again!' released Friday 27th October.





Roots Music Report 11 Nov 2023 - Mick Clarke

Knocking The Stones off the No.1 slot - Roots Music Report UK Airplay Chart, 11 November 2023. Thanks to all presenters who are playing the album.

'The Blues, Man, Rides Again! will amaze you with its variety, energy and slide, special atmosphere....a true surprise due to its dynamism, solidity and deep commitment to rock n' blues'
Mladen, Loncar, Sound Guardian Review (Google translation from Croatian).

Original review here - click to view

Radio Stations can download from Airplay Direct. Many thanks to all those radio presenters who are already playing the album.

British blues guitarist Mick Clarke at Blues.Gr Read the new interview from the 'Tending the Pale Bloom' blog. Thanks to Greg Chance.

British blues guitarist Mick Clarke at Blues.Gr Read the new interview from Blues.Gr
Thanks to Michael Limnios.

British blues guitarist Mick Clarke at Simply The Blues, Mumbai, India Read the new interview from Global Blues. Thanks to Luke Wolk.

The original 'The Blues, Man, The Blues' EP reached No. 1 on the Roots Music Report Blues Rock Airplay Chart and No. 11 on their main international Blues Chart. 'I Sing Um The Way I Feel' is on regular rotation on BB King's Bluesville channel, Sirius XM.



Review from Blues Town Music, Netherlands by Peter Marinus

Mick Clarke is simply unstoppable! And we can only be happy about that as long as Mick releases one great blues rock release after another.

Now he comes with the EP 'The Blues, Man, The Blues'.

A title coming from Hound Dog Taylor. After he sighed “I Got It” during a concert and a fan asked what he had, the statement came The Blues, Man, The Blues…

The EP contains five covers and one of Mick's own songs. All songs on the EP are stripped of any kind of frills so that the pure raw essence of the blues remains.

Opening with the J.B. Lenoir cover 'I Sing Um The Way I Feel'. A song on which Mick has poured a boogie sauce with a nice unpolished result in which Mick's ingenious piercing guitar comes out well. The next cover is Howlin' Wolf's 'I Asked For Water', which sounds raw, brooding and funky with nasty biting guitar work this time.

'Doing The Best' I Can could be known for Elvis Presley's performance. The song was written by Doc Pomus and Mort Schuman and is in the hands of Mick Clarke, a lazily pumping blues in which Mick lets his guitar flame and scrape hard.

Then Mick's very own 'Mizzable Blues'. A lazy raw boogie, which stomps through nicely. Tampa Red's Baby Please Don't Throw Me Down has been put into a soggy boogie version with Mick's roaring slide guitar.

Finally, Mick Freddie King's 'Love Her With A Feeling' gives a very loving and soulful treatment.

A wonderful unpolished blues EP from Mick Clarke that eases the wait for the next Mick Clarke release. But knowing Mick Clarke we probably won't have to wait long for a next release

Track 1: 'I Sing Um the Way I Feel' now on rotation on BB King's Bluesville channel, Sirius XM - also the earlier single release 'Fine and Dandy'.

British blues guitarist Mick Clarke on AMI Jukeboxes Recent releases are also available on AMI Jukeboxes - over 30,000 outlets across North America.

“Mick Clarke is a bluesman thru & thru. You know with each release, he’s gonna give you something new and exciting. Mick NEVER disappoints…Welcome back!”
Cornel Bogdan
www.TangledUpInBlues.biz

Other news - new remixed single release of the 2021 rocker 'North To Alaska' - do check it out.



Also - the 2015 track 'Some Days' from the 'Shake It Up' album - now with a 2023 remaster - available on Spotify / Apple / Amazon.
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British blues guitarist Mick Clarke, new 3 album 2 CD release from BGO Records. Photo by Heinz Rufli.
Out now.. New 3 album 2 CD release from BGO Records -38 tracks freshly remastered. Click for full details.
Photo by Heinz Rufli.
Mick's Blog

Hi -

The new album 'The Blues, Man, Rides Again!' was released Friday 27th October. Many thanks to those who are listening or downloading, and all those radio presenters who are playing tracks.

A quick word for new listeners who might not be familiar with what I do. Who is this guy?

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. These days I enjoy making music in my own small recording studio here on the Surrey / Sussex border and releasing it online.

And while my first love will always be playing blues guitar, I also love putting together anything that takes my fancy, from garage rock to corny country songs. (Warning: There will be another Country Rockin' compilation coming up soon). Happily it seems that people accept the twists and turns of my muse, most of the time.

Although someone was recently grumbling about 'the same drum sound for the last two years'.. what absolute nonsense! It's been the same drum sound for the last ten years, and I've no intention of tuning the thing up at this point. When I start using programmed drums it will be time to quit. Yes it's all a bit mad. But I like to keep busy.

Generally I try to give my 'official' albums a more focussed blues / rock direction. And with some success - the new 'The Blues, Man, Rides Again' made it to the No.1 spot on the Roots Music Report UK Airplay Chart.

So .. here's to continued music making in 2023 and 24 - More news to follow. Blues guitarist Mick Clarke 72nd birthday - a beach in Sussex, England

Mick's 72nd birthday - July 2022 - Shoreham Beach, West Sussex. Photo by Linda Cooper.

Our music is available all over the world, but sadly I have to support major distributors Spotify and others in withdrawing their services from Russia as part of international sanctions until Ukraine is a free country once again. Apple - why am I being streamed in Moscow? Please sort yourselves out.

Слава Україне Slava Ukrayina
And finally - just to avoid confusion. There are, naturally enough, other Mick Clarkes out there - notably Mick Clarke of the Rubettes and Mick Clarke, guitarist with Long John Baldry, who has the dot.Net website.

I release my music exclusively online these days, so my online identity is important to me. But there seems to be more and more confusion, particularly on Youtube and Facebook, so please be sure of whom you're listening to, or reading posts of.

I rarely post anything on 'Social Media' these days, other than the occasional announcement of new releases. Generally the best source of info is right here on mickclarke.com. Do check in regularly!