Mike McClure Band
March 2009

Twice as loud, half as popular was the slogan often found on his posters and merchandise when Mike McClure launched his solo career in April of 2004. “That was really kind of stretching it a little,” McClure laughs, suggesting he exaggerated the latter and was being modest on the former. Six years later as he releases his seventh album as the Mike McClure Band, Zero Dark 30, he remains one of the most popular and influential artists, producers, and songwriters working in the Texas/Red Dirt scene.

With the February 2010 release of Zero Dark 30, McClure has entered the most prolific stage of his career – putting out three full-length studio albums in a span of less than two years. The wealth of music has been fueled in part by the studio he's built in the basement of his Ada, Oklahoma home.

“It makes it easy to roll out of bed, come down to the basement and make it look like I'm working. The basement's got real cool wood walls, wood floors, and it's underground. It sounds killer in here – perfect reverb. I keep all my stuff down here – the hats, the wigs, all the wrestling stuff, and one microphone.”

McClure first came to prominence as a founding member and front man for the popular and ground-breaking Stillwater band, the Great Divide, a group that led the way in establishing the modern Red Dirt sound. But McClure's musical career . . . more

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