Michael J. Clouse (sometimes credited as Michael J. Clouse III), an
American
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record producer
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and
songwriter
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was born in
Boston
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,
.
He graduated from Framingham North High School in
Framingham
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, Massachusetts and received a degree from the
American College of Greece
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while playing basketball in Europe.
This afforded Clouse the opportunity while traveling, to be exposed to many different styles of music.
Upon returning to the States in the mid-1980s, Clouse began his music career in Los Angeles, working with the likes of the late
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scott Moorhead, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a following in the early 1990s by ...
, David Morgan (
The Association
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,
Three Dog Night
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),
Marco Mendoza
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(
Ted Nugent
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,
Thin Lizzy
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,
The Dead Daisies
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),
Nicky Hopkins
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(
The Rolling Stones
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,
The Beatles
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,
The Who
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),
Shawn Lee (musician)
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(Monkeyboy), Jamie Carter (
Jon Butcher
Jon Butcher (born May 5, 1955)
is an American rock, blues songwriter, guitarist and freelance multimedia producer.
Early life
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(band)), Carl Young (
Michael Franti
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& Spearhead (band)),
Blues Traveler
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, and seminal LA band
The Coma-Tones, to name a few.
In the early 1990s, Clouse started working in film and television as a music supervisor and songwriter.
In the mid-1990s, Clouse relocated to NYC and opened a recording studio on W.26th St., where he continued his work with the late Jeff Buckley, and numerous young artists, as well as continuing his work in film.
In the late 1990s – early 2000s, Clouse was enlisted by the
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scott Moorhead, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a following in the early 1990s by ...
Estate to be involved in many of Buckley's posthumous releases beginning with
Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk
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, collaborating with the late
Chris Cornell
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, Buckley's mother, Mary Guibert and various band members of Jeff's band.
In addition to continuing to produce artists, Clouse has written numerous songs for film and television.
Michael Clouse presently resides in
Nashville, TN
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, with his wife, Terri.
Selected albums
(as Producer, Engineer, Mix Engineer, and/or Songwriter)
Documentaries
*''(appeared in as Michael J. Clouse III)''
*''Goodbye and Hello'' (2000) from Netherlands TV
*''Fall in Light'' (1999) from French TV
References
*Apter, Jeff. ''A Pure Drop: The Life of Jeff Buckley'' Omnibus Press 2009
*David Bret, "Trailblazers: The Tragic Lives of Gram Parsons, Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley" - JR Books Ltd 2009
*Browne, David. ''Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley''. Harper Entertainment. 2001, 2002.
*Lovell, Joel. GQ Magazine (July 2000) "Smells Like Team Spirit"
*
Hail Caesar (1994 film)
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Songwriters from Massachusetts
Songwriters from Ohio
Living people
People from New Albany, Ohio
People from Framingham, Massachusetts
Businesspeople from Boston
Year of birth missing (living people)
Framingham High School alumni