Neil Clark (born 3 July 1958, in

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, Scotland) is a Scottish guitarist, known for his work with

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Lloyd Cole and the Commotions were a British rock/pop band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1982. Between 1984 and 1989, the band scored four Top 20 albums and five Top 40 singles in the UK; it also had success in several other countries in ...

. He has regularly worked and toured with

Lloyd Cole Lloyd Cole (born 31 January 1961) is an English singer and songwriter. He was lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989 and subsequently worked solo. Early life Cole was born in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. He grew up in ne ...

post-Commotions including playing on and touring in support of Cole's 2006 album, ''Antidepressant''. He also worked on Cole's albums ''Bad Vibes'', ''Love Story'', ''Etc'', ''Music in a Foreign Language'', and ''Guesswork''. Clark was a member of Bloomsday with

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of the Commotions and Chris Thomson of The Bathers. Clark features on the Bathers' 1993 album, ''Lagoon Blues''. He collaborated with Canadian singer

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on her album ''Dragonfly'' - his guitar playing featured on her single "Genuine", which reached No. 6 on the RPM "Top 100" singles chart in Canada. In 1995 and 1998 he worked on two albums with French singer

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. Two songs, co-written by Clark for Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, have been covered by other artists: "Rattlesnakes", by

Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full ...

and "(Are You) Ready to Be Heartbroken?", by

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. He lives in

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, Ontario, Canada and has released two solo albums, ''Sundogs'' in 2008 and ''Second Story Sunlight'' in 2010. Both albums mix

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and cinematic guitar styles with

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. He currently also plays and writes with Ambrose Pottie (drums) and Alisdair Jones (bass) in post-jazz trio, Sleepers. Clark toured the UK, Ireland, France, New-Zealand, Australia with Lloyd Cole in an acoustic concert at multiple venues in October, November and December 2019.

References

External links

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Sleepers' website
(archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Neil 1958 births Living people Scottish rock guitarists Scottish male guitarists People from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire