About

During his career Mick Clarke has played and recorded with some of Rock, Blues and Soul music's finest, including Chuck Berry, Jeff Beck, Long John Baldry, The Who's  Jon Entwistle, Roy Young, Billy Ocean, Doris Troy,

Deep Purple's Jon Lord, Tony Ashton, the Hudson-Ford band, Wing's saxophonist Howie Casey,

Pink Floyd saxophonist Dick Parry, Drummer Dennis Elliott, (Foreigner), Drummer Cliff Davies (Ted Nugent),

Drummer Cozy Powell, (Jeff Beck Group), Bassist Clive Chaman, (Jeff Beck Group), The Les Humphries Singers,

Davey Pattison, (Robin Trower & Gamma), John Lawton, (Vocalist with Uriah Heep), and many, many more.

Mick earned a Gold Album for his work on Long John Baldry's 'Baldry's Out!' album in 1980 and has original

songs featured on John's 'Rock with the Best' CD, as well as his 'Canadian Years' CD collection .

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Mick has played and recorded with many bands during his long career, including: 'Take Five', (1960's), 'Top Priority' (1960's), 'Shades of Midnight',(1960's), Freddie Mac's Extravaganza' ('Sounds' - 1960's), 'The Orang Utan Band' (1970-71), 'The Roy Young Band', (1972-74), 'Holy Mackerel', (1974), 'Doris Troy Band', (1974), 'The Hudson-Ford Band', (1974-5), 'Jon Entwistle's Ox', (1974), 'The Les Humphries Singers' (1974-75), 'Long John Baldry Band', 1978-80), 'Steve Walker and Loose Talk', (1980's), 'Redline Band', (1980's), 'Stutz Band', (1980's), 'The Outpsyders Band' with Carolyn Dolan, (1990's),  'The Riff Raff Band', (1990's), 'The Big Red Band' with Carolyn Dolan, (1990's-Present), 'The Straightjacket Band', (2000's), and of course the USA based 'The Mick Clarke Band', (2000's-Present).

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Mick Clarke was born and raised in London England, heard the blues at age nine....and that forever changed his life. Influenced by the blues guitar greats, such as Hubert Sumlin, Albert, Freddie, and  BB King, along with early British guitar greats Joe Brown, Hank Marvin and Bert Weedon, Mick took to the guitar and never looked back.

Mick plays Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster, Vintage Schecter Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul and Gibson 335 guitars, Gibson acoustic guitars, plus Fender Jazz, Precision and Schecter fretted and fretless basses.

Mick uses Laney, Music Man, Marshall, Mesa Boogie and Fender amps.

Mick uses D'Addario strings.