Mike McClure

Mike McClure (ca 2013)

Michael "Mike" Ray McClure (born July 6, 1971 in Tecumseh , Oklahoma ) is an American country singer , songwriter and music producer . He has been the front man of The Great Divide since 1992, with an eight year hiatus . Since the early 2000s, he has also been active as a solo artist and with the Mike McClure Band .

biography

McClure was born in 1971 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma and spent his childhood there. He wrote his first songs at the age of ten. He began to study in the nearby town of Seminole . When he moved to Stillwater in 1990 to complete his studies at Oklahoma State University , he met other Red Dirt artists such as Jimmy LaFave and Tom Skinner in the "Farm" .

In 1992 he and friends founded the country band The Great Divide , which released six albums from 1995 to 2002. In the early 2000s, McClure decided to make itself independent of the group. While this found a new singer with Micah Aills, McClure decided after the release of his solo album Twelve Pieces to join a band again. Together with Tom Skinner and Eric Hansen he founded the Mike McClure Band , which has been very active since 2004 and has released several albums. His second album without the band followed in 2011 with 50 billion . McClure writes his own songs and also produces them.

McClure is one of the owners of the independent label 598 Records and operates the Boohatch Studio in Ada , Oklahoma .

McClure lives in Ada (as of 2014). He is married and has two daughters.

Discography

As a solo artist

• 2002: Twelve Pieces
• 2011: 50 trillion

Collaborations

• 2011: Progress of This Pilgrim (with Kelly Spradlin )
• 2014: (Uh-Coo-Stik) (with Joe Hardy )
• 2015: Chip and Ray (with Cody Canada )

See also

→ Main article : “Discography” in The Great Divide article

→ Main article : “Discography” in the Mike McClure Band article

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Mike McClure at Allmusic (English)
• Biography at Texas Music Times (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MICHAEL RAY MCCLURE. In: oklavoters.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2014 ; accessed on May 3, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Chris Parker: Mike McClure builds his own brand of red dirt with hard-rock tendencies  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , okgazette.com, February 18, 2010, accessed January 22, 2014  
3. ↑ Brandy McDonnell: Interview: The Great Divide revisits College Days this weekend at Stillwater's Tumbleweed ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , NewsOK.com , September 21, 2012, accessed February 26, 2014 
4. ↑ Brandy McDonnell: Down in the Boohatch: Mike McClure makes music fun in his home recording studio in Ada , NewsOK.com, October 2, 2014, accessed October 5, 2014 (English)
5. ↑ Joe Hadsall: Red dirt pioneer Mike McClure to perform in Miami , joplinglobe.com, January 3, 2014, accessed January 9, 2014 (English)
6. ↑ Jared F. Cranke: Great Divide Reunites for College Days ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , stillwaterscene.com, accessed February 26, 2014 (English)