MP3 Mike Childress Band - Hiway Home
Americana Country with a style from Texas to the Carribean.
9 MP3 Songs in this album (38:04) !
Related styles: COUNTRY: Americana, COUNTRY: Traditional Country
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Details:
Mike is a salty Texas songwriter with a stlye and sound that is destinctive yet elusive to define. From traditional country, country blues to Buffett island style Mike writes stories about life and love with it''s gains and losses along the way.
Mike has worked with some of the top acts, pickers and writers in the business as a Studio Manager. Eric Clapton, ZZ Top, David Bowie, Kiss, Garth Brooks, The Firm, Stevie Wonder, Genesis, Phil Collins and James Taylor to name a few. He dropped out for while then later in life he picked up his guitar and started writing while playing around North Texas.
Mike spent over 25 years in the film & entertainment business as a studio exectutive in Texas as well as Paramount Pictures where he served as Southwest Director of Production Support. Mike was a hands on manager and a key part of the studio production process for such films as, Silkwood, Streamers, Robo Cop, Problem Child, Leap of Faith, It Takes Two and Keys to Tulsa. Mike''s full filmography and credits are available on https://www.tradebit.com.
Now worn and aged by the years of hectic production schedules Mike stays busy performing, writing and recording with Nashville''s finest.
Performing on this CD are:
Mike Childress: Guitar & Vocals
Kevin Wicker: Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Mike Doster: Upright Bass
Suzanne Rohrer "The Fiddle Queen": Fiddle
Jimmy Clark: Lap Steel, Fiddle, Muted Trumpet
David Walker: Piano, Organ & Backing Vocals
Brian Elmore: Drums
Kate Murphy: Backing Vocals