Soft Rock in Motown
Tony Clarke is a member of The Moody Blues. He doesn’t perform with them. He hasn’t been with them right from the start and he isn’t in any of the group’s publicity photos. But he is part of the group. He produces their albums. So far Tony is best known within the music business as The Moody’s producer, but he was in the United States recently to put together an album with Rare Earth.
Soft Rock in Motown
Tony Clarke is a member of The Moody Blues. He doesn’t perform with them. He hasn’t been with them right from the start and he isn’t in any of the group’s publicity photos. But he is part of the group. He produces their albums.
So far Tony is best known within the music business as The Moody’s producer, but he was in the United States recently to put together an album with Rare Earth. Before that he’d produced the soon-to-be-released album by The Four Tops.
Rock music lovers may find a Moody Blues’ producer a strange choice to work on The Four Tops, Rare Earth or any other Motown record. The Moodies is a soft-rock group, though Tony wouldn’t like that name.
“We have always tried to keep a good balance on the albums,” Clarke said. “The Moodies have never gone in for the hard, freaky music. Also, when you see them live you’ll find out they aren’t all that soft. They are loud and much of what you hear on record is increased in volume on stage.”