Smiling Men With Bad Reputations (1971)

Mike Heron (born 27 December 1942, Edinburgh) is a Scottish musician, known for his work in the Incredible String Band in the 1960s and 1970s.

He has also released a number of solo recordings, mostly more rock-oriented than the ISB material. The first of these, "Smiling Men With Bad Reputations", took eclecticism to a new extreme, blending rock, folk and world music into an atmospheric whole. Contributing musicians included Pete Townshend, Keith Moon, John Cale, Richard Thompson, Dudu Pukwana, Elton John, and Steve Winwood.

after 1999 he has performed occasionally with a reformed version of the Incredible String Band.

He has also recorded a song with Georgia Seddon based on a poem by John Burnside for the Ballads of the Book album released in March 2007.

Solo discography

• Smiling Men with Bad Reputations (1971)
• Mike Heron’s Reputation (1975)
• Diamond Of Dreams (as Heron) (1977)
• Mike Heron (1979)
• The Glenrow Tapes (1988)
• Where the Mystics Swim (1996)
• Conflict Of Emotions (1998)
• Futurefield (2002)
• Echo Coming Back (2005)

External Links

• "How Mike Heron opened the door for me"
• The reformed Incredible String Band