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Bass/Keyboards/Guitar/background & lead vocals.Mike was born in Buffalo, New York but moved to New Jersey at an early age. Mike grew up singing and playing music with his father who was a member of his church choir and the Barbershop Harmony Society - "Dapper Dans of Livingston" (NJ).Mike played trumpet and baritone horn with his school band and was a member of his church choir, high school choir, college choir and the USAF Male Glee Club at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Miss.After learning ukulele from his dad as a child, Mike took great interest in the electric guitar. He began playing in bands at age 13.Mike's major in college was music education. After serving in the military (USAF), Mike became a member of the Pop Explosion band and traveled with them extensively on the road. They had a Billboard top-40 hit single called "Fill My Soul" Mike has continued performing in Top-40, Rock and R&B bands such as "Denver West", “Freedom", "Prime Time" and “The Class of ‘57â€. Mike has been involved in the music business for almost 40 years.Before leaving NJ in August of '08 for warm, sunny Florida, Mike was recording in his Pro Tools home studio and performing keyboards as a member of the 1910 Fruitgum Company, who had several gold records in the late sixties. He co-produced, in his studio, 1910's Christmas CD ("Its A Bubblegum Christmas"), which was released in the fall of 2007.Now living in the Tampa Bay Area, Mike is playing bass with the "Darkhorse" http://www.Darkhorse-Band,com country crossover band out of St. Pete, FLA and he has teamed up with Izzy Evans to form a group the name of which is TBD... Tampa Bay Duo... http://www.MySpace.com/TampaBayDuo Retired after 33 years with AT&T, Mike is enjoying a full time music career.