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Cal Clugston

About Me

Cal Clugston is a guitarist, singer, songwriter and poet.Cal Clugston's guitar sound betrays a fondness for the old school: fat greasy lines, hot gypsy swing, and breezy latin grooves.As a songwriter Cal's channels the voices of the Beat Generation over grooves from Gypsy Manouche, West African Soukos, Caribbean Reggae, Country and Western, Piedmont Blues, Irish reels and urbane hip-hop.Back in Australia for a stint in the ACT, Cal's seeking out a balance between spoken word, fat old school guitar, confessional singer-songwriting, gypsy latin grooves and filthy propellerhead inspired beats.

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Music:

Member Since: 22/05/2007
Influences: Wes Montgomery,Bill Frisell, John Lee Hooker, Kurt Vonnegut Jr, Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden, Tom Waits, Jim Hall, Alister Hulett, Dylan Thomas, Bob Dylan, Kelly Joe Phelps, d'Angelo, Cassandra Wilson, Joni Mitchell, Grant Green, Ry Cooder, William Shakespeare, Muddy Waters...
Sounds Like: Old school jazz guitarist sidelining at a boho open mike night.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

popcorn boy

If you're listening to this MP3, you've traveled back through time to The Glebe Excelsior, 1997, and what I guess was my live recording debut. For years I couldn't stand listening to this track, but ...
Posted by on Thu, 24 May 2007 19:33:00 GMT