Do you know the name Mark Eldridge?  According to Wikipedia, he is a Grammy winning Guitarist, keyboardist and music producer………oh, yes…….in the music field he goes by the name Kipper.

Last year, when the fans of Clay Aiken found out that Kipper would be the producer of Clay’s new CD, Kipper became one of the most popular hits on Google.  Who was he and what had he done before he worked with Clay?

Kipper had his own band called One Nation. The band released 2 albums.  Next, Kipper joined the Gary Numan band as a guitar player.  Soon, he was co-producing the albums for Gary.

Kipper is probably best known for working with Sting.  He had an important role in the production of Stings latest albums.

Besides producing On My Way Here, Clay’s latest CD, Kipper wrote one of the songs on the album.  Kipper wrote the following about the song, “Everything I Don’t Need”, on his official web page:

“I have been very busy with an exciting variety of projects. I finished Clay Aikens album “On My Way Here” in April and we enjoyed huge success with the album peaking at No 4 in the US Billboard charts. I also wrote the song “You’re Everything I Don’t Need” with Judie Tzuke and James Morrison which is a stand out track on the album, check it out on iTunes.”

The following video is Everything I Don’t Need sing by Clay at the TBAF Gala last October in Raleigh.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD0II9gvonc