Artist description Americana/Power Folk/Guitar Rock.÷›ˇt

Music Style Free-Range Country, Americana, Pop, Rock, Power Folk, Alternative Country

Musical Influences Byrds, Dylan, Rockpile, The Band, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Dwight Yoakam, Kinky Friedman, NRBQ, Johnny Cash, Dick Dale, Roy Orbison

Similar Artists Byrds, Dylan, Rockpile, The Band, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Dwight Yoakam, Kinky Friedman, NRBQ, Johnny Cash, Dick Dale, Roy Orbison

Artist History The dawn of the MP3 era brings Mick's "Redemption Center" CD, his first full-length solo offering, due in Late 2001. It will be a colorful quilt of his rich vocal & catchy songwriting style, featuring new, unreleased and rare material. Mick's musical jour ney began some time ago. After participating in the child test group for the Milton Bradley game "Twister" and undergoing three torturous years of cello lessons (way before cello was 'cool'), Mick finally wised up and picked up the electric Fender Bass i n 1982. After a stint with Rochester NY's inimitable Diljoys (surely a story for another day, and it would take about that long), he surfaced in New York City in 1986 as bassist, vocalist (and one of three songwriters) in The Tonebenders, an aggressiv e s i xties-styled beat group. After two full-length cassette releases, a 6-song vinyl EP, and extensive dates in the Northeastern USA, The Tonebenders imploded in 1991. Mick wasted no time and within weeks hooked up with the New-Brunswick NJ-based Grip We ed s. His five-year tenure (bass, vocals, songwriting & occasional guitar) with this Who/Move/Beatles/Badfinger-influenced band was highlighted by the release of the critically acclaimed full-length "House of Vibes" CD (released both in the 'States and i n E urope), some short US tours, and a whistle-stop two week tour in Germany and Austria. In the meantime, Mick founded and acted as the ringleader of The Legendary Wild Ensemble, a rag-tag band of talented and accomplished musicians who held court at vario u s Hoboken NJ venues, wowing audiences with a musical three-ring circus. The seven inch single that started it all is still available by mail order. Nineteen-ninety-six found Mick playing bass, guitar, singing & writing songs in the way-out-of-the-ordinar y No-Depression-styled country outfit The Ghost Rockets, who operated out of the NYC area but also criss-crossed the eastern portion of the US in support of their quite-well-received "Bootlegs" full-length CD release. (That album's recording of Mick's "Th is Girl of Mine" appeared on the Japanese compilation "Post Cards from the Other Side" along with such artists as the Silos, Russ Tolman, Five Chinese Brothers, John Wesley Harding, and Bill Lloyd. ) Two years in a row, the Ghost Rockets tours reach e d th e Twangfest festival in St. Louis, MO, but each time they had to turn back because the van ran out of gas. Since the unanticipated dissolution of the Ghost Rockets in 1999 (rumours of a secret pact to break up before the millennium have never been co n f ir med), Mick has performed some bass and vocal duties for (former Ghost Rocket) Buddy Woodward's Nitro Xpress, but has mostly concentrated on his surfing and snowboarding, opting to split time between his new digs at the Atlantic Ocean and an undisc losed tar-paper shack hideaway in the northern mountains....))pa

Group Members Recordings feature M.H on vocals, bass, various guitars, percussion, some drums, juice harp, and harmonica. Able-bodied assistants include: (Drums) Dave Martin, Charlie Servello, Kurt Reil, Pete Green; (Bass) Buddy Woodward; (Guitars) Mike Corcoran, Doug Davies/Cox, John Ceperano, Kenny Musto, Eric Porter, Rick Reil, T!m Mesko, Kristin Pinell, Buddy Woodward, Gary Gold; (Pedal Steel, Dobro, Lap Steel) Bob Hoffnar; (Harmonica) Jermy Tepper; (Vocals) Doug Davie/Cox, Mike Corcoran, Dave Martin, Kurt & Rick Riel, Kristin Pinell, Buddy Woodward, Gary Gold, DJ Pauly P Schwartz, Debbie Schwartz, Stephanie Seymour, (Organ) Andy Burton, Rick Reil.Ã

Instruments Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussion, Harmonica, Vocals, Juice Harp

Albums http://www.ampcast.com/mickhargreaves

Press Reviews "Mick Hargreaves' mix of folk and power-pop translates into a very enjoyable blend of rich vocals and catchy pop hooks. Acoustic, the song has a soft feeling to it, yet has a lot of power and drive to it, giving it a more rugged feeling." [In Music We Tru st].......... ?('Always Come' is) the kind of Thinking Man?s renegade rock Springsteen et al only really seem to able to hint at when push comes to shove, while in the hands of an obvious pro like Mick, things ride down that back road towards trouble wit h only twin six strings under the hood?and WORKS? - [Soundviews Magazine].......... "'This Girl Of Mine' is the perfect explanation of why Mick has had a successful, acclaimed career in "power folk"...Full of the jangly guitar of the Beau Brummels and Th e Byrds, the track boats clever lyrics: 'Friends say / it's not real / it's only your heart she'll steal.' Good stuff!" [DK Rider, Power Pop Music News].......... "Mick braveley strips himself down to basics... always standing proud with nothing but a vo i c e and a guitar or two to lean on... proving once again that it's the song that really counts, and Mick has produced three stellar examples of that all-too-forgotten maxim" - [Soundviews Magazine].......... ? ?This Girl of Mine? and ?Hard to Get? (com p le te with megaphone vocals) will have you singing along in no time!? - [Twist and Shake Magazine]...."Roy Orbison meets Van Morrison" - [Eric Worden]؉ۼ

Additional Info http://www.mickhargreaves.com

Location Long Beach, NY - USA

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