Rust Busters (the Collection)

Releasing on all platforms Friday 1st August 2025.



         

NEW: Rust Busters is also available on vinyl and CD made to order through elasticStage.com - full colour artwork with basic track info - audio quality highly commended - fast turnaround - click here and give it a try - let us know what you think at micclarke@hotmail.com.

1. Pink Champagne 03:46
2. I Fall To Pieces 03:17
3. Banker's Blues 03:15
4. Imagination 05:26
5. Don't Go No Further! 03:22
6. The Line of Maple Trees 03:07
7. Care Home Blues 02:29
8. Chauffeur 02:53
9. Good Name Hat 04:28
10. The Water Is Rising 03:17
11. Breaking Up Somebody's Home 04:50
12. Please Baby 04:30

Mick writes:

A collection of some recent singles, some older tracks which I thought could do with a fresh airing, and the brand new 'Care Home Blues'.

01 Pink Champagne

First released 2021 here's Joe Liggins' 'Pink Champagne'.
I first heard this by Georgie Fame and always assumed it was a Mose Allison song.. that was before the internet.
Anyway it's a rockin' little number, reproduced here in glorious mono - the way records were supposed to be made!

02 I Fall To Pieces

Patsy Cline's great hit from the 60s.

03 Banker's Blues

Bill Broonzy's song with a little of Rory Gallagher's influence!

04 Imagination

My version of Gladys Knight's hit with arrangement via Bobby Bland.

05 Don't Go No Further

Here's my version of a great Muddy Waters track - a catchy little number by Willie Dixon. Personally I don't eat grits, but if I did I'd know where to get 'em. Thanks Muddy.

06 the Line of Maple Trees

A tale of Canadian airmen serving on an English airfield - WWII.

07 Care Home Blues

Dedicated to my late brother Derek, who introduced me to Elvis, Lonnie Donnegan and bent notes!

08 Chauffeur

Derived from Memphis Minnie's 'Me and my Chauffeur Blues' - the song from the chauffeur's angle.

09 Good Name Hat

From 2019 - a funky little jam.

10 the Water Is Rising

From 2019 - originally written for Trump's presidency. Still relevant.

11 Breaking Up Somebody's Home

From 2019 - Great song which I knew mainly from Anne Peebles. Written by Al Jackson.

12 Please Baby

From 2019 - Bo Carter wrote this for the Mississippi Sheiks way back when. Great song.

Photo by Lance Muswell.