Clive Gregson
| Clive Gregson | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Clive James Gregson |
| Born | January 4, 1955 |
| Origin | Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, England |
| Genres | Folk music, folk-rock, pop music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, mandolin, keyboards, vocals |
| Years active | 1975–Present |
| Labels |
Stiff Records Cooking Vinyl Special Delivery |
| Associated acts |
Any Trouble Gregson & Collister Richard Thompson Band Nanci Griffith Eddi Reader Boo Hewerdine Plainsong 3 Boxes |
| Website | www.clivegregson.com |
Clive James Gregson (born 4 January 1955, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, England) is an English singer/songwriter, musician and record producer. He has toured in bands, provided backup for well-known musicians, and written songs that have been covered by Kim Carnes, Norma Waterson and Nanci Griffith. He is featured in Hugh Gregory's 2002 book "1,000 Great Guitarists".
Clive Gregson was born and raised in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. His earliest musical influence was The Beatles in the early 1960s. It was around this time that he received his first guitar as a present from his parents, using the proceeds from the sale of his older brother's unwanted drum kit.
Clive played in a band at school but played his first professional gig with Any Trouble, the band he formed in Crewe, England, with college friends, around 1975.
Going professional after Any Trouble signed a recording contract, Clive has continued as a working musician ever since, forming folk-rock duo Gregson & Collister after the band’s demise, then going solo.
In 1993 Clive relocated from the UK to Nashville, United States. In 2003 his career suffered a hiatus of several months after he broke his arm and shoulder in a fall from a ladder. He made a full recovery and continues to record and tour extensively in countries including the UK and Japan from his base in the USA, having moved to Houston, Texas, in the early 21st century.
Clive cites a wide range of musical influences and tastes and has stated that his all-time favourite record is Nick Drake's Pink Moon.
Clive Gregson's professional music career started as he took the role of lead-singer of Any Trouble, the band he had co-founded in the mid 1970s, assuming the role of lead singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist, after co-founder Tom Jackson left. Having recorded and released Clive's composition Yesterday's Love as an indie single in 1979 Any Trouble began to receive airplay courtesy of BBC Radio 1 DJs John Peel, Andy Peebles and others in the UK. This led to interest from major record labels including WEA, Chrysalis, EMI and Stiff. They selected Stiff "because they were our kind of people".
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