PAUL MCCLURE
PAUL MCCLURE – LARKINS’ ALEHOUSE – SATURDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER – 4.15 PM
Paul McClure is a singer and songwriter from Rutland, England where he lives with his wife and daughters. He takes his inspiration from his world and the people in it.
“I suppose it all began in the back seat with The Beatles. Then it was Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Jonny Cash. My mum was a big Roy Orbison fan and I think John Denver and The Everly Brothers came via her too. By the time I made it into the front seat I was soaking up everything I could lay my ears on – I was into Bob Dylan, The Band and Leonard Cohen with a passion by then as well as the folk revival scene – which pretty much ruined my teenage years at school as it isn’t easy being the only 13 year old in your class with a Joan Baez tape in your bag.
Elliott Smith, Ron Sexsmith and Rufus Wainwright all had a instant impact on me and now it’s the Felice Brothers, Ryan Adams, Justin Townes Earl and the many musicians I’ve met and played with in the last 5 years or so, people like Otis Gibbs, Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou, Case Hardin and The Water Tower Bucket Boys…”