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King Mellowman's Interests
General
Basketball, Pool shooting, Bike riding, Partying, Swimming, Clubbing,Women, (But I perfer just one and yes there are men that just want one woman in his life. and I'm one of them).Writing Poetry, Writing Songs,Creating Music, Creating Music, and Creating More Music.
Music
Reggae, Soca, Salsa, Calypso, Old School R&B, Old School Hip Hop, Inpsirational Music, Country, Folk and Oldies.
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Movies
Any comedy or adventure movie. I also love stand up comedy. I love people like Cetric "The Entertainer", Bernie Mac, Steve Harvey, Adele Givens, Somore, Laura, Bill Cosby (Living Legend), Eddie Murphy (Living Legend), Paul Mooney (Living Legend) to name a few... But I love the pioneers like Redd Foxx, Flip Wilson, George Kirby, Lawanda Page, Moms Mable, Pigmeat Magham, Lenny Bruce, Rudy Ray Moore (Living Legend), Blowfly (Living Legend), Robin Williams (Living Legend) and my all time favorite and may his soul rest in peace..Richard Pryor{The Undisputed King Of Comedy).
Television
Too many to name but I prefer old shows from the past like Good Times, What's Happening?, The Jeffersons, All In The Family, That's My Mama, Mama's Family, The Carol Barnette Show, Laugh In, In Living Color,to name a few..... I even love cartoons such as: Felix The Cat, The Flintstones, Any Hanna Barbara cartoon and of course Bugs Bunny {Bugs Bunny is my favorite}. I also love game shows past and present such as: Let's Make A Deal {Big Up Monte Hall!!, Living Legend},Match Game {May Gene Rayburn's soul rest in peace}, Wheel Of Furtune, Lingo, Jepardy, Hollywood Sqaures,The Jokers Wild {May Jack Berry soul rest in peace}, Tic Tac Dough, Concentration, and The Price Is Right {Big Up Bob Barker!! and happy retirement,Living Legend}.
Books
Any auto-biography or biography about someone famous whether in music or movies or sports.
Heroes
GOD(JAH), My mother, father, Grandfather(On mother's side)and Grandmother(On father's side). All of my elementary school teachers, My Jr High School english teacher Anna Kendricks, Peter Tosh (High Priest Of Reggae), Winston "Yellowman" Foster(The "Real" King Of Dancehall Reggae), And many more that would take too long to name.
King Mellowman & Mellow Runnings is the hottest Caribbean band in the Michigan area. For three 1/2 years they have been on a role. Not only do they do reggae music but they also do Old School R&B, Calypso, Soca, Salsa, and Oldies.
King Mellowman & Mellow Runnings has played in and out of the Michigan area such as: Fifth Avenue,Saginaw Valley State University(Saginaw,Michigan), The Tomato Festival(Leamington,Canada)to name a few....
For more Information and bookings please call 313-585-5825{Ask for Earl Clarke}, 313-333-3483 {Ask for Eric Mcnary} or 248-514-9848{Ask for Mike Friedman}.
King Mellowman's Companies
Mellow Music Productions{Specializing In Producing Music and Giving Artists A Start}. Bringing Music Back The Way It Should Be. Showing Artists To Lead....Not Follow. Detroit, Michigan US Singer/Musician/Songwriter. Producer/Arranger/Conductor.
Earl "King Mellowman" Clarke was born in Detroit Michigan and has been into music for as long as he can remember. The first people to recognize this musical child prodigy were his parents, Dolores M. Prophet, former alto and lead soloist for the Lucille Lemon Gospel Chorus, and Cyril L. Clarke. His father was the originator of two oustanding male singing groups, The Majestics and the Contours. "King Mellowman" is a multi talented, superbly accomplished musician whose musical versatility goes well beyond his chronological years. If you ask him what his preference is, he will surely respond that his heart and soul is overtaken by Reggae and Calypso sounds.
He is also accomplished on several musical instruments such as piano, guitar, bass, drums and a range of others. While he displays a magnificent vocal range, he has never been formally trained in music theory or vocal composition. According to his parents, "he was singing before he was talking."
King Mellowman has performed with a number of bands in and around the City of Detroit; among these are O.C Roberts & The Sarmaritans, Inventive Source, The King David Posse, Ako-Ben, Bandulu, Unit Ten, Level Vibes, Tropical Connection, The Detroit All-star Reggae band, The Nomads, The Basiks(Original reggae band he founded),Ras Kente and The Take No Prisoner Posse, Island Heat, Jonab, Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band, The Roots Renegades,The Ryddim Posse, Uprizin Band, Reggae Ambassadors, Roots Vibrations, The Dynamics{Which is an Old School R&B Group},The Saints{Old School R&B},Universal Xpression and most recently King Mellowman & Mellow Runnings(Which he also founded as his backing band). He has been acknowledged by his peers as the one African-American musical talent who lifted Reggae and Calypso music to the level of recognition and appreciation that it experiences today in the Detroit metro area. It has been said that as a solo artist King Mellowman is responsible for putting this form of music on the map in Detroit.
He has performed as an opening act for such luminaries as:EEK-A-Mouse, Sister Carol, Junior Ried, Ken Boothe, Gregory Issacs, Mutabaruka,(The Dub Poet),Arrow (Soca King), Shabba Ranks, He has played drums for Sugar Minott, Leroy Gibbons, and Leroy Sibbles and has played keyboards for singing sensation Anthony Malvo and "The Godfather of Dancehall Reggae" U-Roy. Mellow has also had a candid interview with "The King of Dancehall Reggae" Winston (King Yellowman) Foster who is his idol and with whom he hopes to record with soon. He has contributed to studio performances for reggae sensation Frankie Paul, Josey Wales, Horace Andy, Sassafras, and Derrick Irie. Rap Group A.W.O.L. has also had their achievements in the studio enhanced by the assistance of Mellow. He has also collaborated with the Mighty Sparrow and was a backup performer for Calypso Rose.
King Mellowman is a three time Metro Times Award winner. A five time Source Award winner, an a two time Detroit Music Award Nominee. King Mellowman has now formed a band called "Mellow Runnings" which consists of seasoned veterans such as: Mike "Drummy" Friedman{Drums}, Eric "Bassie" Mcnary {Bass}, Diana "Lady D" Mcnary {Rhythm & Lead Keyboards/Background Vocals},Tim a.k.a Ten "The Tenth Wonder Of The World" {Rhythm & Lead Keyboards}, Akil a.k.a "A.K."{Rhythm & Lead Guitar/Frontground Vocals}, Cathy "Let's Do This" Wright {Background Vocals}, and last but not least Shirley "Ola" Mason {Background Vocals} Now King Mellowman along with Mellow Runnings are ready to show the world that even though the runnings now a days are hard and tough, the music that King Mellowman & Mellow Runnings display can really make the "Runnings" smoothe and "Mellow".
Who I'd like to meet: I'd like to meet people like Halle Berry, B.B King, Buddy Guy, Mya, Toni Braxton, Queen Latifah, Kool Moe Dee, KRS-1, Ninjaman, Nancy Wilson, Bootsy Collins, Sly and Robbie, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Roshelle Farelle(O.K. Maybe I spelled her name wrong){Ha ha!),Maze featuring Frankie Beverly(Though I did see their show when Mandela came to Detroit and the show was the Bomb!!!!!!!!), Eddie Murphy, Bill Cosby, George Jones, Hank Williams Jr.,Envogue, Dawn Lewis (Formally from "A Different World"), Sam Moore(From the soul duel Sam & Dave),J.C Lodge,Muhammed Ali, Lalia Ali, and Robin Williams. There are many more but again that would take all day and night.(Ha ha)!!
