Roy Mette is a United Kingdom-based acoustic musician and songwriter who has played acoustic music for more than 30 years. Although he is often associated with blues, his work spans several styles and he does not fit neatly into one category.

Style and songwriting

Mette is known for a blues-based repertoire, but songwriting remains central to his work. His songs draw on different approaches rather than a single fixed style, and he continues to focus on writing stories in song. He is also described as a protest singer, though in a subdued and understated way.

Influences

His early influences include the folk revivalists of the 1960s, a period that shaped his approach to solo acoustic performance. He also points to the relative simplicity of copying much of the pop music of that era on a single instrument as part of what informed his development.

Selected songs

Among the songs mentioned in connection with his writing are Just What the Dinosaur Said and Madrid.