Simon Climie

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Simon Climie
Simon Climie (right) with Rob Fisher at the Montreux Pop Festival in Switzerland 1988.
Simon Climie (right) with Rob Fisher at the Montreux Pop Festival in Switzerland 1988.
Background information
Born April 7, 1960 (1960-04-07) (age 48)
Origin Flag of England Fulham, London, England
Genre(s) Pop
Occupation(s) Vocalist, songwriter, producer, keyboardist
Instrument(s) keyboards
Years active 1987–present
Label(s) EMI, Columbia Records
Associated acts Climie Fisher

Simon Climie (born 7 April 1960, in Fulham, London) is a prolific songwriter, the former lead singer of the 1980s, UK pop duo, Climie Fisher, but is now more well known for his work as a collaborator with Eric Clapton on albums such as Pilgrim, Reptile and Riding with the King.

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[edit] Biography

After leaving EMI and the final Climie Fisher album Coming In For The Kill, Climie signed to Sony's Columbia label as a solo artist, releasing an album called Soul Inspiration in 1992. However unlike his former hits with partner Rob Fisher, neither the album or attending single managed to reach their respective UK Top 40.

From this point Climie switched to a role in production, producing and writing songs for a number of 1990s pop artists, such as Louise Redknapp and MN8.

Towards the end of the 1990s, Climie became involved with Eric Clapton, not only appearing as keyboardist, but also as producer, musical director and co-writer.

His most recent work with Clapton is on Clapton and J.J. Cale's album The Road To Escondido. He also produced the Cream live reunion album Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6 2005. Apart from Clapton, he also worked with former Doobie Brothers member Michael McDonald on his Motown albums.

[edit] Albums

  • Everything (as part of Climie Fisher - 1988)
  • Coming In For The Kill (as part of Climie Fisher - 1989)
  • Soul Inspiration (solo - 1992)

[edit] Soul Inspiration - track listing

  • "Soul Inspiration"
  • "Does Your Heart Still Break"
  • "Love In The Right Hands"
  • "Dream With Me"
  • "Oh How The Years Go By"
  • "Don’t Give Up So Easy"
  • "Spell"
  • "Don’t Waste Time (Make Your Move)"
  • "Losing You"
  • "Life Goes On"

[edit] TDF

TDF was a dance act project featuring Climie and Eric Clapton, with Clapton working under the name of x-sample. "TDF" is an acronym for Totally Dysfunctional Family [1]. The project released one album called Retail Therapy on the Reprise record label. The title supposedly alludes to Clapton's "addiction" to buying clothes. Eric Clapton states in his autobiography that he persuaded Giorgio Armani, a friend of Clapton's, to let them do the music for one of his fashion shows[1].

Retail Therapy track listing:

  • "Blue Rock
  • "Angelica
  • "Pnom-Sen
  • "Sno God
  • "Sienna
  • "Seven" (contains a sample of B. B. King's "How Blue Can You Get")
  • "Angelica’s Dream"
  • "What She Wants"
  • "Donna"
  • "Rip Stop"
  • "What Else"

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Amazon.co.uk: Eric Clapton: The Autobiography: Eric Clapton: Books