Clare Free is one of the freshest, fastest rising stars on the UK Blues circuit - but success didn’t come overnight. Clare served her time with bands including Misdemeanor (With Matt Schofield, Maurice McElroy and Constance Redgrave of Spikedriver fame) she guested with Larry Garner and joined Dana Gillespie on two trips, one to India and the other to be the opening act at the Mustique Blues Festival every night for three weeks.
Later Clare joined 99lbs. Then, having finally made the decision to go it alone, she released her debut solo album “Be Who You Are”. A self-penned mixture of Blues, Rock and Country it propelled her into the limelight, and the soon to be released “Dust and Bones” will keep her there. Meanwhile, all four tracks from her massively acclaimed 2010 EP “How It Is” made it into the Top Ten in the Blues Charts with international distributor CD Baby and saw one track nominated for both the British Blues Awards (Kevin Thorpe Award for the Best New UK Blues Song) and reach the final of the People’s Music Awards.My thanks to me old mate Baz for introducing this amazing guitar player to me. We don't get too much information on the UK Blues scene this side of the pond.
Maybe I'll upgrade Baz to be my roving reporter. :0)
First up the BB King classic, as only Clare can play it.
The Thrill Has GoneClare Free at The Musician in Leicester performs B.B. King's 'The Thrill Is Gone'!
Live and acoustic on the Raven & Blues
Now for something a bit more electric.
I Won't LieClare Free Band playing 'I Won't Lie' at the Boom Boom Club/Sutton United FC in July last year. Due to bad traffic the band only had about 5 minutes to set up before taking the stage as special guest of Sherman Robertson. Judging from this you would think they had been there all night with multiple sound checks. Rockin'!!!!
Finally for today here the electric blues as it should be played with the title track from her new album.
Dust and Bones
If you like her music, and who wouldn't, visit her web spot for a free download of some of her tunes.
