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ROD CLEMENTS - Acoustic & electric slide guitarist, singer-songwriter, creator of hit singles, album tracks and live classics for Lindisfarne, Melanie, Joe Brown, Erin Rocha, etc. - performs SOLO and with his band THE GHOSTS OF ELECTRICITY.

Rod’s albums are all available at gigs and via mail order from www.rodclements.com.

Latest release: ONE TRACK MIND (Batsville 2008) – a brand new re-release of Rod’s hard-to-find 1994 debut featuring classic blues & originals, now with two new previously unreleased original songs from the late 60s.

Jim Henderson reviews ONE TRACK MIND 2008 in BLUES MATTERS…

ROD CLEMENTS One Track Mind rodclements.com "One Track Mind" was originally released in 1994 when Rod Clements was still a member of Lindisfarne. This new edition boasts a crisp remaster and six extra tracks, together with a smart booklet containing extensive notes by Rod and old/new artwork. The album is a rootsy mixture: there are solo versions of three of Rod's Lindisfarne songs ('Train In G Major', 'Road To Kingdom Come' and 'Meet Me On The Corner'), a brace of traditional numbers ('The Train That Carried My Girl From Town' - based on Doc Watson's recording - and 'Ain't No More Cane') and interpretations of Woody Guthrie's 'Hard Travelling', Leadbelly's 'Bourgeois Blues', Bob Dylan's 'Down In The Flood' (aka 'Crash On The Levee') and a groovy take on 'Evil Hearted Woman' by Oscar Woods. In addition, there's the Bert Jansch co-write 'Leather Launderette' and the instrumental 'No Turning Back' - an additional home recording of the latter is among the bonus tracks. Of the other extras, there's 'Piston Broke Again' (loosely based on 'You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond' by Blind Willie Johnson), the dreamy 'Long Vehicle' which was conceived as the theme for an as-yet-unmade road movie, and an instrumental rehash of Dr Feelgood's 'Sneakin' Suspicion'. The highlights of this reissue are Rod's new recordings of two songs from his back pages. The psych-folk nugget 'A Dream Within A Dream' was part of a long-lost 1971 Lindisfarne session for John Peel, while the dark and haunting 'Blues For A Dying Season' was recorded in 1969 for the unreleased album by pre-Lindisfarne group Downtown Faction. The laidback atmosphere of this album lends itself to late night play with the lights down low, so kick back and marvel at Rod's guitar playing while enjoying the diversity of the material on offer. Jim Henderson

Some reviews from the original release of ONE TRACK MIND…

Rod has an easy-going, laidback and warm vocal style and plays superb slide guitar throughout… His mastery of his instrument and love for blues music shines through… If you like slide guitar then this album is especially recommended; if you just like good, tasteful music, then again, this is the album for you. Northern Echo

A fine album from the master of North Eastern Delta blues… given its own distinctive stamp by Rod's understated vocals and master guitar playing. NetRhythms.co.uk

Elegantly understated.... Clements exhibits a consummate, Ry Cooderesque knowledge of arcane acoustic blues fingerstyle and slide guitar riffs... Dorset Echo

Also available:

ODD MAN OUT (Market Square 2006) – all new original songs, produced by Nigel Stonier & performed by Rod with the Ghosts of Electricity, Thea Gilmore & others.

…showcases Rod's commitment to turning out high-quality, solidly crafted songs that while remaining commercially mindful refuse to compromise in any way to the modern trend for bland homogeneity in songwriting. NetRhythms.co.uk

Lyrically adept rock-blues, dark balladry and European noir BBC Radio 2

LIVE GHOSTS (Batsville 2004) – Live set from Rod with the Ghosts of Electricity (Dave Hull-Denholm & Ian Thomson) recorded in March 2004.

A cult artist in the making Simon Jones, fRoots

STAMPING GROUND (Market Square 2000) – all new original songs, produced by Nigel Stonier & performed by Rod with the Ghosts of Electricity, Thea Gilmore, Sid Griffin, Fraser Speirs & others.

Superb…very rootsy…a great feel Mike Harding, BBC Radio2

A solid collection of original songs... it's about time he steps up to the spotlight and shows how talented he is in his own right Dirty Linen

Lindisfarne founding-member Rod Clements (vocals, guitars, Dobro) presents a set of honest blues inflected pop/folk songs - think John Sebastian meets Ry Cooder meets Richard Thompson Sing Out!

For more up-to-date & archive information on Rod, including complete Discography, Biographies, new & old pics, online shop, Guitar Gallery, ongoing Q&A & full contact details, visit www.rodclements.com. ROD CLEMENTS is represented by Allie Fox for Foxy Music. Booking enquiries to Allie at www.foxy-music.co.uk. tel. +44 (0) 1750 720538