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Vern Michaels

About Me


Hey all!! Thanks for stopping by! I guess I should start by initiating the uninitiated into my world huh??

Well, I’ve been playing my ass off all over Western Canada for, I guess as long as I can remember! I started my own little thing back in ’02 and since then we’ve been keeping pretty busy mixing up a show of classic country and rock covers with, of course a little of our own stuff here and there. I'm starting to filter in some songs from this summer's release "midnight and moonshine", as well as some other little bits from "vern's garage"...hope you like them

Nothin’ fancy here….just me and you hangin’ out on the web, sharing some music. Ok and maybe a video or two, but then that isn't too fancy is it??

So, enjoy your visit and I hope we'll see you out on our travels in the clubs and halls raising a glass with good friends!...That's important stuff isn't it?!!...
……Peace my friends!....VM

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/8/2007
Band Website: www.vernmichaels.com
Band Members: Dave Pederson --bass, backing vocals

Shane Dion --drums, backing vocals

Vern Michaels --guitars, vocals

Influences: ....and in no particular order.... Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchett, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, George Thorogood, Mott the Hoople, Ian Hunter, Burton Cummings, The Guess Who, Mick Ronson, T Rex, Slade, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, April Wine, Dwight Yoakam, Garth Brooks, and so many more but you get the idea....

Sounds Like: you'll decide
Record Label: blind dog records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

happy new year

Well here we are at the end of another new year&I always get a little reflective at this time of year, thinking about friends past and present and new years eve celebrations passed&.08 has been a par...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:46:00 GMT

what's up for now

what a month of boring inactivity for live shows around here huh?...well it's gotta happen now and then....it's finally snowed and looks like winter in this prairie world and I've been busy working on...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:59:00 GMT

still alive and well

wow it's been so long since I rambled here you'd almost think there hasn't been anything goin' on "round here" huh??....well it was a busy summer for sure. Some great people/some great gigs/ lots of "...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:35:00 GMT

July 7

Well, I'd love to say it was a stellar gig on the weekend but ya know they can't all be that way now can they?...we did survive a van with no a/c. Woke up Saturday to watch a parade from the hotel win...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:35:00 GMT

june 17

     Well&it's Tuesday and I've just now relaxed enough to fully absorb the vibe from the weekend in Radville! (actually me and the wife are sitting in the yard enjoying a beautifu...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:50:00 GMT

new song finally

wow do I ever let some time fly between visits sometimes!!...sorry my friends, no offense intended. Ijust gotta stop getting so wrapped up in life's little BS cuz it's just too short ain't it??! Anywa...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:17:00 GMT

hangin’ out

Hello my friends! A bit of a new look for the site again..keepin’ things fresh I guess?...I know I should have some new pictures on here by now but for some reason I just have nothing!...we had ...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:53:00 GMT

catchin up

It's been a while hasn't it??...sorry I got sidetracked there..not that there's been much new anyway, although I guess I've been busy with this and that. Mostly personal life stuff occupying my time o...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:37:00 GMT

why does it have to have a subject??

I posted a "nostalgia" pic' in here last week...there's a facebook group about the best of the clubs in Edmonton in the 80's and 90's and this picture surfaced there. My good friend Jeff, who was also...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:37:00 GMT

New Beginnings

Well my friends, I haven't been around here much in the last while. Death touched my world on Christmas Eve with the premature loss of my good friend / Brother in law.....so our holidays weren't exact...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:57:00 GMT