Mother Indigo économies by Terry Clarke NEUF

Tracks:
Candymans Last Night (Coming Home)
Ballysadare Bay
Back to the Well
Two Rivers
Frankie Murray Sings Kansas City
Whos Your Lover Now?
Bruce Channel in This Town
Out at Jack Noones
Walk With Me
Mother Indigo

Performer Notes:

• Solo performer: Terry Clarke (vocals, 12-string acoustic & baritone guitars).
• Recorded at Wired Studios, Rising Sun Arts Centre & Silver Street, Reading, England on November 16, 1994. Includes liner notes by Terry Clarke.
• Personnel: Terry Clarke (vocals, acoustic guitar).
• Recording information: Wired Studios, Rising Sun Arts (11/16/1994).
• Photographer: Terry Clarke.
• Arranger: Terry Clarke.
• This is a solo album in the strictest sense of the word -- just Terry Clarke and his 12-string guitar, recorded quickly and inexpensively. The songs were mostly written while Clarke was on the road, and most have to do with the English seaside region where he spent part of his childhood -- the albums title, Mother Indigo, refers to the ocean. Extremely personal solo albums rarely translate into complete artistic success, and this one is no exception to that rule. While "Ballysadare Bay" and "Walk with Me" are both fairly tuneful, pretty much everything else falls flat -- lots of highly self-referential lyrics sung to the vaguest of melodies over an energetically strummed guitar. This approach works well on the spare and bitter "Whos Your Lover Now?," but few of the themes Clarke develops will be universal enough to engage the interest of most listeners. "Bruce Channel in this Town" is an excellent example: if you dont already know who Bruce Channel is, you wont find much in the song to pique your interest. "Walk with Me" succeeds because it consists of a straightforward and disciplined chord progression linked to lyrics that speak to the listener rather than to the singer -- its an approach Clarke should have stuck with. ~ Rick Anderson

Producer: Terry Clarke

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 24 March, 2005

Label: Gadfly Records

Dimensions: 12.5 x 14.2 x 1 centimeters (0.06 kg)