Clive Palmer
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Clive Palmer is a British folk musician and banjoist best known as a founding member of the Incredible String Band.
Born in Edmonton, North London in May 1943, he moved to Edinburgh in late 1962. A virtuoso banjo player, he later teamed up as a duo with singer and guitarist Robin Williamson, playing traditional and bluegrass songs. They became the Incredible String Band in 1965 when they decided to develop their sound and their own writing talents, and added a third member, Mike Heron.
After recording the first ISB album, Palmer travelled to India and, on his return, decided not to rejoin the increasingly successful duo. Instead, he recorded an album of banjo music "Banjoland" which remained unreleased until 2005. He moved to Cornwall in 1968, and formed the Famous Jug Band who released the album "Sunshine Possibilities" in 1969, after which he left, later forming The Stockroom Five and The Temple Creatures (1970), neither of whom officially recorded. He then formed another band, C.O.B. (Clive’s Original Band), who released two albums, "Spirit of Love" (1971) and "Moyshe McStiff and the Tartan Lancers of the Sacred Heart" (1972). A solo album called "Just Me" followed on the German label Autogram in 1978.
He returned to recording music in the early 1990s, reuniting with Williamson, and then touring with Heron and (initially) Williamson in the reformed ISB towards the end of the decade. He issued a new album, "All Roads Lead To Land" in 2004, and will be touring as a duo with Lawson Dando in May 2007.
