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Mike Clifford

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About Me

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Clifford draws inspiration from artists across the musical spectrum, including Van Morrison, Sam Cooke, Jeff Buckley, and Paul Simon. His eclectic style, vocal prowess, and refined song writing skills have earned him a steadily growing audience, both nationally and abroad. Backed by some of NYC’s finest musicians and recorded at the world renowned Magic Shop, Clifford’s debut LP puts a modern spin on American roots music. The record features performances by Tim Luntzel (Norah Jones, Bright Eyes), Tony Mason (Joan Osbourne, Martha Wainwright, Bo Diddley) and John Dryden (The Little Willies). Clifford has played some of New York City’s most famous venues (The Bitter End, The Living Room, Tonic, South Paw…) and performed with a number of world renowned artists, including Gavin DeGraw, The 10,000 Maniacs, and Richie Havens. Clifford toured the north eastern United States in July, playing for audiences from Maine to Pennsylvania. He recently toured Australia, performing before enthusiastic crowds and on a national radio broadcast (ABC radio).

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/23/2005
Band Website: mikecliffordmusic.com
Band Members: Mike Clifford (Guitar/Vocals), Leo Marino (Bass), Rob Heath (Drums)
Influences: Van Morrison, Bill Withers, Sam Cooke, Paul Simon, anything on Stax, Martin Sexton, Bob Dylan, Bill Evans, James Brown, Jeff Buckley, The Meters, Nina Simone, Ray Charles...
Record Label: Indie
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Record Release Show

So the record release was a blast. Lots of folks came out, the gig was cool, and the after party rocked. I drank WAY too much, and suffered a nasty hang over the next morning. But hey, it's rock n'...
Posted by Mike Clifford on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:02:00 PST

Return from Australia

So I got back from down unda around 6pm yesterday. It's odd, but I don't really have jet lag. I figure that might be because Clint and I pretty much took sleeping out of the schedule as we toured ar...
Posted by Mike Clifford on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:36:00 PST

Releasing a record, flying around the world in a balloon, turning 26, etc..

Dude,This has been the busiest past couple of weeks since I can recall. First and foremost, I've been tying up all the loose ends for my RECORD RELEASE show at The Baggot Inn. I'm glad I actually bo...
Posted by Mike Clifford on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:00:00 PST