It wouldn’t be an underestimation to say that without Mike Vernon British – and, thus, international – blues could have or sounded much differently from what the world knows and loves. As a producer behind such trailblazing albums as BLUESBREAKERS’s so-called “Beano” and “Bare Wires” and TEN YEARS AFTER’s first full-length platter, CHICKEN SHACK’s “40 Blue Fingers” and “Blue Matter” by SAVOY BROWN, FLEETWOOD MAC’s early output, plus David Bowie’s eponymous debut, the veteran and his Blue Horizon label basically masterminded the scene. Although still active, Mike rarely gets behind the console now – yet Vernon gets behind the mike instead.
