Member Since: 24/03/2007
Band Website: www.mikekavanaugh.com
Band Members: Mike w/Craig Owens on fiddle performing Mike's tune entitled After You at the Grand Opening of the new Kaleidoscope Coffeehouse in Albion, Michigan.Mike & Craig performing Susan Enan's Bring On The Wonder. Hear Susan's gorgeous original at www.MySpace.com/susanenan.Mike typically plays solo acoustic but can at times be seen & heard with one of these local performing artists sitting in: Terry Vargo (keyboards), Greg Hurley (guitars, bass, drums & percussion), Craig Owens (fiddle, guitar & strange stories), Steve "Frog" Forgey (loud & extremely loud guitars - just teasin' Frog), Greg Sauceda (drums & percussion); Mike Pelham (bass guitar and deep thought)...Has been doing quite a few shows lately with Craig Owens on his magic fiddle...Sometimes when he gets back in the Boston area he gets to do some playing with Eric "Guitar Doctor" Vance and other members of Illustrated Man...
Influences: Thrice - Come All You Weary
..A garden full of artists including Rev. Gary Davis, Bruce Cockburn, Peter Green, early Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dylan, Thrice, Bruce Springsteen, Jorma Kaukonen, Julie & Buddy Miller, Rolling Stones, Eric Bibb, Taj Mahal, James Taylor, Neil Young, Patty Larkin, Bonnie Raitt, Ry Cooder, Van Morrison, Howlin' Wolf, Jessie Colin Young, Buffalo Springfield, Shawn Colvin, Willis Alan Ramsey, Ray Charles, Billie Holiday, Charlie Chaplin, Sarah Vaughn, Mick Goodrick, Al Green...
Sounds Like: Mike Kavanaugh, mike kavanaugh, Mike kavanaugh, er, mike Kavanaugh...
Record Label: None
Type of Label: Major