WET WET WET  co-founder releases debut solo single and album.

Graeme Clark, founder member of the hugely successful and multi million selling band WET WET WET, releases his beautiful and soulful debut album soon and you can hear more from Graeme here http://www.graemeclark.co.uk/songs.html

He also plays the following gigs:

24th February @ Swansea Evening Post Theatre. Tickets £9 in advance - http://www.derricksmusic.co.uk/eventdetails.php?eventid=2568 / 26th Feb @ Bristol Louisiana, Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace, Bristol, BS1 6UA £10 / 29th Feb @ The Garage, 20 Highbury Corner, Islington, London, N5 1RD £9 / 7th March @ Fibbers, 8-10 Stonebow House, York, YO1 7NP £10 / 10th March @ HMV Institute Birmingham / 15th March @ King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5RL £9 /

18th March @ Brighton Komedia / 22nd March @ Liverpool O2 Academy 2

At every forthcoming show there will be a tickets draw / competition enabling everyone at the gig to have a chance of winning 1 of 2 prizes.

The first is a Graeme Clark Lifetime Ticket.

This will allow the winners to attend any and / or all of Graeme Clark’s future shows for life.

The Second is a Graeme Clark Lifetime Music Prize which will give the winners the opportunity to receive a copy of every album or single Graeme ever releases.

Both winners at each gig will also receive some unreleased Graeme Clark music on an ad-hoc basis.

Graeme Clark

Single: 1. Kiss Of Life

2. Cold Love

3. All I Want is You (Acc Version)

Released: 5th March

Cat No: GCCD002

Album: Mr Understanding

Released: 5th March

Cat No: GCCD001

Available via i-Tunes and all major download sites

www.graemeclark.co.uk

www.facebook.com/pages/Graeme-Clark

http://www.youtube.com/user/graemeclark1000?ob=5

You might not know the name but chances are, you know his music.

Graeme Clark is a founder member, Bass Player and Songwriter with the multi-million selling band Wet Wet Wet – the band that during the late 1980’s and through the 1990’s produced 30 hit singles – including 3 number ones –  and 4 number one albums. The Wets disbanded in 1999, and having resolved their issues, reformed, toured and continue to discuss future efforts.

In recent years however, Graeme has decided to write songs for his own use. And while his lyrical and musical influences on Wet Wet Wet music is clear, his recent writing has more of his roots influencing the melodic soul than before. Free from the limitations that a successful band can bring, his music is flourishing and exhibiting the best of his creative seams.

Graeme’s craft of writing and producing wasn’t an easy road. “It took me a long time to compose the material I felt would suit me. I put a lot more into the writing. Not having a deadline made it easier and I could work at my own pace. I’m genuinely excited about the creative processes and have found my love of song-writing once again.”

Along the way Graeme has summoned influence and input from his team in and out of the studio resulting in an acoustic album of great depth and diversity.

“Mr Understanding” was recorded at The Foundry Music Lab in Glasgow in Graeme’s home studio and the G2 Studio London over a 12 month period. It’s a powerful body of work displaying a wealth of variety but with the ever-present soul influences that have been a trade-mark of Graeme’s work. The songs are tuneful, thoughtful and, as you might expect, soulful with an interesting range of influences.

With the exception of 1 track, all songs were written and produced by Graeme. Naturally there's a hint of The Wets in parts of the music, but there's much, much more to Graeme's musical vocabulary.

“an exceptional collection of mature, sophisticated soft rock… this is an extremely fine record” 9/10 The Press Association

“an intimate and warm sound…. a real treat” Zeitgeist Magazine

“heartfelt, mature and expertly played”. Fatea Magazine

Having recently toured showcasing tracks from “Mr Understanding”, he is joined on stage by Wets’ guitarist, Graeme Duffin along with friend and musical collaborator Iain Duff – on accordion and piano. Their UK live dates will include one or two old favourites along with a natural enthusiasm that is evident both on this album and also in all their live shows. But, as Graeme says, “I love that band and it would be pompous and foolish to turn my back on it”. As a result, their live set includes some old favourites in addition to this new material – a set that aims to welcome everyone to the world of GC.

The move to centre stage has shown Graeme to be a natural and talented performer.

Intimate, acoustic shows provide the perfect environment to see the man and to hear his music in a more natural way. As a well-known music industry insider put it “GC is without ego. He lives to perform and just loves getting close to the audience”.

No surprise then that he's always pleased to say hello after his shows.

“His stripped back renditions....highlighted a fresh his talent for pop songcraft” The Scotsman

“Fantastically assured. Splendid stuff” – Tom Morton, BBC Radio Scotland

Live dates, with more to be confirmed, are:

24th February @ Swansea Evening Post Theatre / 26th Feb @ Louisiana, Bristol / 29th Feb @ Islington Garage, London / 7th Mar @ Fibbers, York / 10th Mar @ Birmingham HMV Institute / 15th Mar @ Glasgow King Tuts, Glasgow / 18th March @ Brighton Komedia / 22nd March @ Liverpool O2 Academy 2