Clarkesville Lyrics

Michael Clarke (b. Walsall, West Midlands, England) chose to assume the alias Clarkesville, preferring to use a collective name so as not to deprive his producers and musicians of their due credit. Having spent several years living in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with his parents, Clarke returned to the Midlands with his family in his mid-teens, where he quietly but confidently set about working towards his ambition of writing and performing. Rather than forming bands with like-minded contemporaries, Clarke concentrated on his own songwriting and playing, until he left school aged 19. In very little time Clarke signed a contract with Wildstar Records, and in July 2003 released his debut, The Half Chapter. This followed a busy touring sche... read more