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About Me

The Mighty Orq has quickly risen to be one of Houston, Texas' biggest bands by combining the energy of classic southern rock with undeniable pop hooks & melodies. Influenced by legendary Texas bands like ZZ Top, Soulhat, & Kings X, the band has been able to reach out to a wide-ranging audience that continues to grow & diversify. The band is best known for their high energy live shows, where through their music they take the audience to the extreme edges of rhythm, melody, and dynamics. The release of the band's 2005 album, "Milk Money", was met with widespread critical acclaim both at home and in Europe. They have been actively touring throughout Texas, Europe, and the South the past four years, while always maintaining a rigorous 200+ shows per year. This daunting schedule has allowed the band to fine tune theirs into a razor sharp trio. Their new album, "To The Bone", was recorded in New Jersey with famed producer/engineer Ben Elliott(Eric Clapton, Keith Richards) at the helm. The band is readying the album for an early 2008 release. The release of the album will coincide with huge shows around the US, and another 18+ months of touring the world to support it. This is a task that the band is not afraid to take .. all, this will only bring more and more people to come see what the next "little ole band from Texas" is all about. /

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/1/2005
Band Website: mightyorq.com
Band Members: Mighty Orq--Guitar/Vocals Westside Johnny--Bass/Keyboards Matt Johnson--Drums/Vocals
Influences: Stevie Wonder, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Arc Angels, Honeydogs, Deep Purple, Jayhawks, Earth Wind & Fire, Wilco, KISS!!!!, The Beatles, Miles Davis, Tower of Power, King's X, ZZ Top, Spinal Tap, Doyle Bramhall II, AC/DC, The Faces, Gov't Mule, Don Julio, Weed, Red Bull.
Sounds Like: Your ass getting kicked!!!!

Record Label: Pepper Cake / ZYX Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A few pictures

Just posted a few pictures of the other bands and folks at the NORTHGATE TAVERN in Baton Rouge where we played last night. What a day! We got back at 6 am sharp this morning and I'm just trying to get...
Posted by THE MIGHTY ORQ on Sat, 10 May 2008 05:20:00 PST

Matt @ www.moderndrummer.com

Hey everyone, Just wanted to let you know that Matt is featured right now at: http://www.moderndrummer.com/modern-drummer-blogs/ Matt is a long-time reader of the magazine Modern Dr...
Posted by THE MIGHTY ORQ on Tue, 06 May 2008 12:49:00 PST

Please Nominate The Mighty Orq!

The time for the 2008 Houston Press Music Awards are here. Please feel free to nominate us in any of the following categories: Best Guitarist/Best Male Vocalist: Mighty OrqBest Bass Player...
Posted by THE MIGHTY ORQ on Sat, 03 May 2008 07:51:00 PST

Houston Press review of "To The Bone"

Thanks to Chris Gray for listening and writing down his thoughts. We truly appreciate it. See ya soon, Orq, Westside, & MattTHE MIGHTY ORQwww.mightyorq.com The Mighty Orq: To the Bon...
Posted by THE MIGHTY ORQ on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:39:00 PST

New Review of "To The Bone" at www.texasmusictimes.com

MUCHO thanks go out to Mr. Keith Howerton at Texas Music Times Magazine(www.texasmusictimes.com) for giving our record, "To The Bone", a very nice review. It will be available worldwide in Sept...
Posted by THE MIGHTY ORQ on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:33:00 PST

New amp!

The pictures I just posted belong to an amp waiting for me in Maryland...... I’ll write more about SVTs and this one in particular later this weekend. It’s been a rough couple of weeks and...
Posted by THE MIGHTY ORQ on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:20:00 PST

pics

There will be some new pics from our latest shows.Thank you! We had a blast at THE HIDEAWAY last night. I like the acoustics at the Hideaway and I think everyone had a great time. Thanks To Benny...
Posted by THE MIGHTY ORQ on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:13:00 PST

CD release pictures

Our photos at the CD release show turned out awesome thanks to Jeff Fitzlow and theres hundreds of ’em. I just posted a select few but I’ll go through em all and post some more soon. Thank...
Posted by THE MIGHTY ORQ on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:21:00 PST

Paul Wall show

We wanted to thank everyone concerned for inviting us out to the Paul Wall show last night. It was a REALLY long day but we're glad to have the chance to hear so many good bands after our early set. I...
Posted by THE MIGHTY ORQ on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:46:00 PST

Great time in Austin

Rock City Icehouse. The name of a great venue we played for the first time on Saturday. Thanks a million to DORKSTAR for inviting us over! That is an awesome club. Great PA, a real stage, lights, prof...
Posted by THE MIGHTY ORQ on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:07:00 PST