The Great Unconformity, 2005
Roger Fisher and Mike Derosier were among the founding members of international rock group, Heart. They provided the foundation for all of Hearts' early hits - most notably, Barracuda, with one of Roger's famous riffs recently sampled on the 2005 Eminem album Encore.
Rick Knotts was half the firepower from the guitar-driven rock band,Rail. His group won the first-ever MTV basement tapes awards and went on to tour extensively with Van Halen in support of Rail's heavy-rotation MTV videos, Hello and 1,2,3,4.
Lynn Sorensen is also Paul Rodgers (Bad Company, The Firm, Queen) bassist and a very sought after musician, also playing with Sir-Mix-a-Lot.
For these four accomplished musicians to team up with newcomer, British singer/songwriter Mike Curley-he must have shown them something great.
Mike Curley, hailing from Birmingham, England writes profound lyrics that touch on some of the most important aspects of any person's personal experience. His melodies touch the soul and move an inward place that is all too often dormant.
The five of them, in a spirit perfectly befitting their collective personalities, are called CLEVER BASTARDS. Their musicianship is astounding and has resulted in a debut CD entitled,THE GREAT UNCONFORMITY.
Cb's have currently been enjoying rotational airplay on a number of northwest radio stations - played sold out Seattle shows - Opened for Reo Speedwagon - Styx - Foreigner at the Gorge Amphitheater in Eastern WA, and will be closing out the Sonoma Film Festival in April.
1. All We've Ever Asked For 4:14
2. Hold For Me 5:14
3. Play Away 2:34
4. Shadows Of Brook Lane 4:21
5. Master Of My Day 5:09
6. I'm In You 5:00
7. Only Human 5:52
8. Never Too Late 3:49
9. Heaven To Me 3:59
10. Crazy 3:33
11. Big City 5:56
12. Ghosts 6:41