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Mike O'Cull

Guitarist, Journalist, Man About Town....

About Me


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Guitarist/songwriter/teacher/journalist MIKE O’CULL is a familiar presence on the Midwest music scene. He has worked with ex-Sonia Dada frontman Paris Delane, members of Chicago’s Grammy-nominated Liquid Soul as well as many nationally known tribute artists including Rick “Elvis” Saucedo, Irv Kass, and Denny Diamond. He is experienced in original and cover music, plays electric and acoustic, and has a reputation as one of the best sidemen in the Chicago market. A partial list of venues he has performed in would include House of Blues Chicago, Chicago Blues Festival, WGN-TV News, the United Center, Fox Theater in Boulder, CO, The Belly Up in Aspen, CO, Buddy Guy’s Legends, Martyrs’, Uncommon Ground, Navy Pier, KBCO Radio in Boulder, CO, and many more.Savvy readers may recognize O’Cull’s name from his other career, that of music journalist. He is a regular contributor to the Illinois Entertainer, which is the largest music magazine in the Midwest and boasts 200,000 audited readers monthly and which has published O’Cull’s reviews and feature articles since the year 2000. He was also part of the old www.Chicagogigs.com for the first six years of it’s existence and helped build that site into one of the city’s most popular live music web destinations. His work has also appeared in Gig Magazine, Bassics, and Bass Frontiers. He does press releases, bios, liner notes, and web content for other area artists, as well.O’Cull is also an in-demand teacher and has recently become part of the famous Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. He teaches the Playing The Groove Jamming & Improvisation Workshop there and O’Cull is currently developing a series of workshops for the School. He also is available for private lessons, schedule permitting.The Moon Is His Only Light TV 1 Full Version
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Musicians, producers, songwriters, journalists, singers, poets, DJs, and other creative types interested in professional situations. I am looking to find new people to play/write with. I am open to anything but punk and metal. All else, fire away.

Television:

Paris Delane's Tye Dye Skye With Jordan The Poet Live @ Martyr's 2006 - World's On Fire 1
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Get this video and more at MySpace.comParis Delane's Tye Dye Skye - Rainfall Part1 Live @ Martyr's May 26 2006
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