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Last updated February 2009
Terry Clarke
'Night Ride to Birmingham' Terrapin TRPCD1506
Night Ride to Birmingham is the new album by Anglo/Irish writer/singer Terry Clarke, his first since 2002’s Green Voodoo.
Terry Clarke's music is infused with the warm, breezy subtleties of Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael, the rough-hewn, hard-living country of Johnny Cash and the kind of street poetry and vivid imagery that make him one of the most important writers of his generation.
Whether he is calling up the spirit of the blues, tearing through a good, honest rock & roll song, introducing you to one of his flesh, blood and bone character studies or breaking your heart with a lonesome lament his work has the weight of history behind it - the history that gave us Son House, Dion, Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Webb and Mercer - but his work pulses with a contemporary heart that continues to make his music full of surprises.
Clarke's friendship with one of Austin's favourite adopted sons, Wes McGhee, led to the two of them getting together in the studio to produce Night Ride to Birmingham - a flashing, neon, jukebox of an album full of rockabilly swing, rock & rollers, and homages to Clarke's heroes such as Johnny Burnette, Johnny Cash, Gene Vincent, Elvis and Laura Nyro. As their fans will attest McGhee and Clarke are natural allies both on stage and in the studio, with a shared musical language and this album marks a new and exciting phase in their long relationship.
Available through Proper Distribution and from Terrapin Records
Available soon in the United States from 
Texamericana.org
Latest projects and works in progress
'Night Ride to Birmingham' press release
'Night Ride to Birmingham' reviews
Swansea Writing Schools Workshops 2006 /07
Terry Clarke
email mrlucky@lineone.net
Contact U.S.A
In New York
Dale Anderson
email dahotwings@hotmail.com
In Austin, Texas
Merel Bregante - Little Bear Records
email merel@littlebearrecords.com
E - press kit for Terry Clarke - downloads
