Mike Waterson

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 1977

Label: Topic Records

Sleeve notes:

Mike Waterson. He comes from Hull and now lives on a farm on the North Yorkshire moors with his singing sisters and their families. Admirers of the Watersons group (and who, hearing them sing, is not?) know Mike's tone as a most valuable ingredient in their fine and peculiar ensemble sound. But we're not so used to Mike solo, the naked voice, as offered on this record. What we hear is a unique singer with a sly approach to a song, at first disconcerting, then utterly convincing, whether it's a music-hall bit or a big classic ballad. No cheating here, no mock sincerity or false geniality. Just the bloke himself with that dark yellow voice (and what a handsome colour it turns out to be, once you're used to it) and that arrow-straight sense of what make a song really tell. Here's Mike Waterson, then. Enjoy then.