Gritty, raw
& recorded live in one-take: here's a slide guitar & harmonica
number which gives more than a passing nod to one of Mikes long
time heroes & influences, the great John Lee Hooker
This song
will be released by Temple Records as a digital download only
single on 31st May 2010 and
you can find out more about it at www.templerecords.co.uk
Parliamentarian
Election Blues
Lonesome
Road
Here's
a riposte to the seemingly never-ending UK MPs expenses scandal.
Many of us witnessed the unfolding of this saga of greed, pomposity
and self righteousness with increasing weariness, so when the UK
election date was called & those same politicians began to buff
up their election smiles, Mike felt compelled to put pen to paper
& set a few things straight...
This
song was released by Temple Records as a digital download only single
on 19th April 2010 and
you can find out more about it at www.templerecords.co.uk
A version of this track first appeared on Fired Up & Ready album
in 2008 but his stripped down alternative take on the song was released
by Temple Records as a digital download only single on 19th April
2010 and
you can find out more about it at www.templerecords.co.uk
This
is a ten minute clip from Mike's performance at the Wynd
Theatre in Melrose in 2006.
The
video below is the title track from Mike's latest album;
'Fired Up & Ready', filmed in the studio at Temple
Records with Peter Meaney guesting on sax - thanks Peter!