Park Foundation Music App

Home > Artists

Mike Vernon

British producer, engineer, musician and music executive. Founder of the [l=Blue Horizon] label (distributed through CBS and Polydor), owner of [l654015] and key producer for numerous British blues artists and groups during the late 1960s - particularly Peter Green's [a47333] and [a299538]. Vernon played in a few bands before starting his production career at [l5320] with several blues artists, moving on later from Blue Horizon to a very broad genre of artists. His work encompasses such diverse artists as [a=Furry Lewis], [a=Level 42], [a=David Bowie] and [a=Rocky Sharpe & The Replays] (In which he also ghosted as 'Eric Rondo'). Labels he is also associated with are [l1446985], [l261476] and the later [l=Indigo Recordings] and [l=Code Blue (2)], the latter distributed through Atlantic, reviving the works of Blues, Jazz, Funk and Soul artists - such as [a=Jay Owens] and [a=Sherman Robertson]. [b]Born:[/b] 20 November 1944, Harrow, Middlesex, England. Owner of [l874659] / [l96274].