Originally from New York, Mike Conrad always wanted to be a cowboy. Pressured by his parents to follow in his father's footsteps and become a doctor, Mike resisted and inspired by the rodeos he attended at Madison Square Garden, he ran away from home at the age of 15 and joined the J.E. Ranch Rodeo. Although he was only with the rodeo for three months (before his parents tracked him down and he was sent home), Mike was exposed to his first singing cowboy, a rodeo clown who played guitar and banjo and sang songs.With banjo player Derroll Adams, he later toured Great Britain and Europe and had a lasting effect on the music scene there. He had made three folk albums for the British label, Topic. Playing in the small clubs and pubs of London by day, he would then take his act to the smart, West End Cabaret night clubs. Upon arriving back in the U.S., Mike discovered he had become well-known within the folk scene.
Mike's nickname is due not to his travel habits, but rather to the countless stories he would relate before answering the simplest of questions. Folk singer Odetta claims that it was her mother who gave him the name by remarking, "Oh, yeah, he can sure ramble on!"Mike is well known for his trademark red hat and borrowing facts from other famous bios.Myspace Backgrounds
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