Tony has played in many bands performing Rock and
Roll / Covers / and of course country music. He has
played in holiday camps, pubs and clubs all over the
U.K. He has been disbanded now for around fifteen
years, mainly due to the expense of running a band
and the lack of good paying gigs in the U.K.
This was the main reason for the first album Good
Morin’ Mr Mornin’ followed by I’m Coming Home then
I’m Going to Nashville. After a short break came
Christmas in New York followed by Born in 55 then
Burning Red with the latest album just released I’m On
The Outside. In 2014 he was awarded U.K. Best New
Recording Artist.
Tony’s latest album I’m On The Outside is a polished
12 song project of neotraditional Country that
captures all the warmth in Tony’s vocals as well as a
singular approach to songwriting. As a writer, Tony
functions as a storyteller who builds his songs about
love, loss, regret and resignation within real-life situations that bypass predictability. A flair for clever
wordplay lends the all-original album some genuine
lyrical depth.
I’m On The Outside is the latest offering from UK’s
leading Country singer-songwriter, Tony Clarke, and is
something of an international production. After the
sympathetic instrumental support from some of
Nashville’s finest had been laid down, the finishing
touches to I’m On The Outside were applied in
Melbourne, Australia. Guitarist, bandleader, and
engineer, Paulie Bignell, recorded all the vocals, added
some necessary overdubs and then applied the mixing
at his Hailstone Studio in Melbourne’s leafy eastern
suburbs with Miss Rita Red on harmonies.
Sonically, I’m On The Outside is hard Country. The
pedal steel is pronounced, the guitars bite down hard,
and the rhythm section stays right in the pocket.
Nonetheless, the big sound never swamps Tony’s
heartfelt vocals that can rise to the occasion in the
cry-in-your-beer balladry of “Five Days to Live” and
“Nancy Blonde and Blue Eyes” plus the Roy
Orbisonesque swell of “Four Grey Walls”. Elsewhere
there are excursions into Honky Tonk, smart Country
Rock and the album’s closer, “Catch The Early Rain” is
a charming throwback to Gordon Lightfoot’s earlier
work.
For anyone who likes their Country to go straight to the
heart, free of frills and compromises, I’m On The
Outside is the place to be. With three singles
“Hand Apon My Heart”, “I Drink Because I Want
To”, and finally “It’s Like “ was first recorded in 2015.
Also, in 2022 Tony has re-performed, mixed and
mastered, three of his Christmas songs, “Hallelujah
It’s Christmas”
,
“Little Old Christmas Tree” and finally
“Walking Home to Christmas”. These Christmas
beauties will take to you back to the days of pure story
telling!
Quelle: Mustang Radio Services
Label: © Mustang Entertainment
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