Artist description Texas World Music Concerts is the brainchild of Dallas musician Mike Dawson. Mike's experience playing and recording music around the world taught him that collaboration is the key to success.And so our collective was begun. To date, Dawson's collective include musicians from Dawson's Band, Nervewerks, Chris Miller, Rhett Butler, Bart Van Bemmell of the Satellite Bishops, Minefield, Amy Jo, and other exceptional Texas musicians. In order to find a new and burgeoning audience, Mike Dawson produces Texas World Music Concert performances. By carefully blending songwriting styles ranging from rock and blues to jazz and reggae, the live performances provide a wide array of music from around the world with a Texas flair.The performers are hard working, seasoned professionals who enjoy performing together as much as they enjoy music. Dawson recently performed and produced original band-singer-songwriter showcases in North Texas.

Music Style Rock, Jazz, Reggae, Blues, Folk ,(to name just a few!)

Musical Influences This is very difficult to catagorize but to name just a few influences by musicians and other artists: Ray Charles, Robert Johnson, Albert Collins, Etta James, Oregon, Herbie Hancock, the Marsalis Family of New Orleans, Jaco Pastorius, Roger Waters, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Pretenders, James Taylor, Peter Gabriel, The California Guitar Trio, Tony Levin, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, B.B. King, John Coltraine, Paul Simon, Miles Davis, and on and on and on.........

Similar Artists Yeah right, try to describe the variety of music in this diverse group!

Artist History Dawson has met musicians through friends, professional musicians and engineers, chance meetings, fate, and just plain luck (or crazy coincidence).

Group Members Dawson & Dawson's Band, - This web site is under construction. All new music and collaborators!

Instruments Vocals, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Drum Kit, Percussion, Piano, Synthesizers, Brass, Strings,

Albums Each artist has released independent works; visit the artists' mp3.com sites via the links page.

Press Reviews Dallas Morning News, The Music Page, Feature Article by Teresa Gubbins, 7/13/00 Playback, ASCAP's member magazine, "Stepping Out", Eric Philbrook, 8/00

Additional Info Stay tuned for Dawon's Jazz Release and his Singer-songwriter release, "Patriot" in 2003.

Location Dallas, Texas - USA

Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).