Tombstone, AZ's George McClure Releases'Alien Love'.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 1999--

Creative genius George McClure, writer of "The Ballad of O.J.Simpson" and "Alien Love (I Made Love to an Alien Last Night)"(tm) released his new CD in Nashville, TN today.

George is kicking off his touring season with an Album

McClure spent the past six years touring the U.S. from Texas to Maryland, Kansas to Florida, recording, and building an Internet music business at TrowbridgePlanetEarth.com. Although rarely discussing origins, McClure allows he's "been there" when questioned about Tombstone, Arizona ("The Town Too Tough To Die"). McClure is the man women love to love, "The Man Too Tough To Die" of the 21'st century.

McClure's life has seen dizzying moves from poverty in North Carolina during the early '80's (where he wrote the first 5-string banjo improvisation guide, "Variations On Theme") to ascension to NASA Space Scientist positions at the Johnson Space Center (late 80's to early '90's) with subsequent relocation to Nashville and his "creative career" and its plunges and bouts of hardship and deprivation that could break a weaker soul. He once hitch-hiked from Fairbanks, AK to Tucson, AZ, moving from 45 below to 110 above within a few weeks, "sleeping with the dust and sands of time". A friend once observed that George "does things everbody else just dreams of doing."

George assembled Nashville legends Rick "L.D." Money (who tours with Randy Travis), Joey Miskulin, planetary string bassist Mark Schatz, Bobby Hicks (who tours with Ricky Skaggs), and other Nashville notables to record in 1997, following six years touring with his three piece vocal ensemble, "America", who played 180 performances in 25 states during 1996. During 1998 he still managed to tour Houston, San Antonio, Mobile/Pensacola, mid-state Carolina, Atlanta, Kansas City, and Ft.Worth/Dallas during 1998, working around heavy recording and business schedules.

Multi-instrumentalist and singer, McClure writes in prolific streaks. His musical compositions range from country & Western songs and gospel statements through ethnic, to sophisticated jazz pieces. McClure has transcribed Mozart, Vivaldi, and Bach for the 5-string banjo and acoustic ensembles.

The spontaneous and timely "The Ballad of O.J.Simpson" won McClure a feature article in the Nashville Banner. "I sort of preserved it (the story)," McClure said of this composition, which included over twelve verses, to match different trial outcomes. George appeared before 140 million people on Nashville Network TV, singing his "CottonPatch Blues" and speaking in an interview. Gibson Banjos sponsors George, and they even built a custom gold-plated model for his use. McClure acted in Paramount's "The Thing Called Love". McClure's first album, "Sunny Summer Blues", original Americana, received favorable reviews. Bluegrass Unlimited said "...projects a sense of style and identity,...a lot to enjoy."

Listen to mp3 samples from George's "ALIEN LOVE"(tm) here: http://TrowbridgePlanetEarth.com/PR/JIP/7207-1a.html

The CD comprises eleven selections in contemporary Western swing and swing jazz. David Grier, one of the planet's foremost acoustic guitarists, is featured in "Mass Grass", a first class treatment. "El Lumino", a swing version of "Rudolf" with a bit of Spanish verse, blends with Tejano "El Rancho Grande" and the swing treatments throughout, lending a Southwestern feel to the album. (Even "Alien Love" mentions Roswell, NM.) Included is the Cowboy Poetry of S.G.Miller in "The Young, The Nomadic (Last Chance On The Prairie)" Site URL: http://TrowbridgePlanetEarth.com

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