Mike Vernon (record producer)

Mike Vernon (born 20 November 1944 Harlow, Middlesex, England as Michael Vernon ) is a British producer and founder of the label Blue Horizon Records. He collaborated with many sizes of the British blues scene, such as the Bluesbreakers, Duster Bennett, Savoy Brown, Chicken Shack, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, John Mayall, Christine McVie and Ten Years After.

Although Vernon is mainly associated with blues, he also worked outside of this field, such as with David Bowie or in the area of progressive rock with Focus. After several attempts, he changed his own music in 1963 to Decca Records, for whom he persuaded John Mayall, to make a record with Eric Clapton ( Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton ). He produced this plate as well as the only disk the Bluesbreakers with Clapton's successor, Peter Green ( A Hard Road). In the 1970s, he turned to the Soul. Towards the end of the millennium, he revived Blue Horizon label again and also founded some labels for blues music (for example, indigo and Code Blue ).

As a producer and as a participant in sessions

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