Mike McClure Band - Moon Is Almost Full [purchase]
One of the few Great Divide songs to be re-cut later in his solo career, 'Moon Is Almost Full' is possibly Mike McClure's strongest writing effort to date. Here, he uses the fact that the moon is near-full to help explain his wild desires....
"The night drifts by in awesome wonder,
cast beneath a rolling thunder, as i cut a path across these golden fields.
Thoughts of her go floating backwards,
hoping happy ever afters, and raindrops from heaven's rafters are on my windshield.
Well it's turned into a new day, darlin',
try to hear your own heart callin', the time is now, there is no time to wait.
Follow on that path you've chosen,
slowly melting, come un-frozen, relieve your guard of his duty at your gate."
Mike is not well-known outside of his home base of Oklahoma/Texas, but he should be. One of the pioneers of the Red Dirt Scene, Mike McClure is a poetic, prolific songwriter that can also rip up an electric guitar.
Everything Upside Down was the first album billed as the Mike McClure Band. 19 tracks evenly distributed between steel guitar country, well-written ballads, and pure ROCK N' ROLL. Songs about leaving his former band, introspective self-therapy numbers, mythic tales of lands long gone, and even a tune about Elvis.
Check out my Mike McClure Artist Spotlight
(yes.... shameless self-promotion)