Mike Harding

Mike Harding was born in 1944 in Lancashire, England. His father, part of a Royal Air Force bomber crew, was killed just a few weeks before Harding's birth, an event Harding eventually memorialized in "Bomber's Moon," a rare serious outing. As an adult, he tackled a variety of jobs, finally settling on acquiring a degree in education, supporting himself with folk club performances. He also played as a member of a number of local Manchester bands, though his only recordings during the 1960s were a pair of folk tunes for the Topic label. His sense of humor came to the fore durin...