Ramdango

         

01 Baked Potatoes
02 Helping Hand
03 Mojo Go
04 Who's Educating Who
05 Curry Night
06 Ramdango
07 Behave Christine Behave
08 Collapso
09 False Information
10 The Snarl
11 15 Ton
12 Talk
13 What If

Recorded by Mick Clarke at Fabulous Rockfold Studio, Surrey, England
All songs written by Mick Clarke MCPS/PRS

" Unapologetic lesson in rock history makes the best contender for the blues album of 2013" (Let It Rock)

Mick writes: After trying out my home studio for the first time with 'the Rambunctious Blues Experiment' I began to think of other ways I could use the facility to record.

It occurred to me that I should be able to manufacture a decent drum track myself, using a combination of recorded sounds and a bit of real drumming. I reasoned that if I could play a rhythm on a guitar then I could do the same on a drum. Naive or what?!

So in due course my new (used) Ludwig snare arrived, much to the bemusement of my wife. I thought I'd make it easy on myself and start off using brushes, and indeed that worked well for the first few albums.

I already had my cheap bass guitar, Linda's Roland 500 keyboard and a few mikes and guitars etc. So off I went. I decided to stick with the Danelectro, which seemed like a good recording guitar.

I was very nervous about releasing the result. After all, sessions are what happens when different musicians work together, right? Is a one man effort going to cut it?

Well, reviews were good, radio play was good and sales were good. Phew. You can judge for yourself. Ramdango was a made up word but also means a bit of a party in Scottish slang. Have fun.