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Michael Weston King (born November 11, 1961)〔(BBC Music )〕 is an English singer and songwriter who formed the British country music duo My Darling Clementine and was formerly the leader of Alt, Country band The Good Sons. == History == Michael Weston King was born in Derbyshire in 1961 but was raised in the Lancastrian seaside town of Southport. King was a member of various bands on the edge of the late 70’s/early 80’s Liverpool post punk scene, most notably with the band he formed with Chas Cole, Fragile Friends, performing at the famed Eric's club just prior to its closure, and leaving two singles and one “cassette only album”. By the mid '80s, inspired by the latest wave of overseas bands such as R.E.M., Green On Red, The Dream Syndicate and The Triffids, whose influences mirrored his own newly found interest in Gram Parsons, Hank Williams, The Byrds, as well as the new wave of country acts such as Lyle Lovett, Dwight Yoakam and Nanci Griffith, King joined the country rock band Gary Hall and The Stormkeepers. Taking their name from the Nick Cave album, The Good Son, King formed The Good Sons〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michael Weston King - Biography - AllMusic )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michael Weston King « Americana and Roots Music - No Depression )〕 as an authentic British alternative to the burgeoning Alt. Country movement. In 1995 they signed to the German label Glitterhouse Records who released their debut album, "Singing The Glory Down". The album featured a guest appearance by Townes Van Zandt〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michael Weston King interview - Triste Magazine )〕 with whom Michael had toured Europe in 1994 and 1995. The band went on to open for the likes of Joe Ely, Blue Rodeo and Joe Henry. In 1996 they released the album "The Kings Highway", and then in 1997 "Wines, Lines and Valentines". King's debut solo album, "God Shaped Hole" was released in October 1999, on Glitterhouse Records. The album included the Phil Ochs song "No More Songs", and a tribute to the now late Townes Van Zandt "Lay Me Down". In 2002, and after 200 solo shows across Europe and America, King released "Live...In Dinky Town", a collection of live and solo performances gathered shows in Hamburg, Austin, Amsterdam, Bilbao and Manchester. The album also featured contributions from Jackie Leven and Andy White. The follow up album "A Decent Man"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michael Weston King Interview )〕 produced by Jackie Leven featured guests, including former Icicle Works front man, Ian McNabb. 2004 saw the release of "Cosmic Fireworks-The Best of The Good Sons (1994–2001)",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Barbican - America + Michael Weston King )〕 on the German label Phantasmagoria, The end of 2008 saw the release of a third live album, "Crawling Through The USA", recorded during his 2007 and 2008 tours of North America, while work on a pure 'country duets' album, with singer Lou Dalgleish, under the name of My Darling Clementine. The songbook Beautiful Lies - the songs of Michael Weston King was published in 2005. A collaboration with the Irish writer Brian Richmond resulted in a play entitled Happy Infidels, which features 12 MWK songs and is based around the lives and loves, hopes and fears, and personal disasters of a young aspiring English musician and a road weary, alcoholic American musician touring across Europe. King wrote and appeared in They Call Her Natasha, with his wife Lou Dalgleish, a musical play, based around the songs of Elvis Costello which was performed at the Edinburgh Festival, and various theaters around the UK. 2010 saw the release of his latest solo album, a collection of protest songs entitled "I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier".〔http://www.lonesomehighway.com/music-reviews/tag/michael-weston-king〕 In the 12 months following its release, King played his first live dates in China, playing numerous concerts, festivals and political rallies. In 2011, the album he had made in 2009, under the band name My Darling Clementine saw its UK release. Entitled "How Do You Plead?" it was hailed by Country Music People as the "greatest country album ever by a British artist". Produced by Neil Brockbank (Nick Lowe) the featured, Geraint Watkins and Martin Belmont. The debut single, "100,000 Words" became a BBC Radio 2 hit, and the album was voted album of the year by CMP, Maverick, & 3rd Coast Music Texas, while the BCMA awarded the band “Americana Band of the Year”.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=My Darling Clementine )〕 My Darling Clementine's second release The Reconciliation? 〔(American Roots UK )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=My Darling Clementine: The Reconciliation? – review )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=My Darling Clementine )〕 was recorded at the Sheffield studio, Yellow Arch Studios and was produced by Colin Elliot (Richard Hawley, Duane Eddy) and features a guest appearances from Kinky Friedman, The Brodsky Quartet & The Richard Hawley band. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Weston King」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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