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Michael Quinn and the Bourbon Kings

A grisly but tasty slice of Americana/ Roots Rock

About Me

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............................................................ .......................... Moon Pie
.. Bourbon Kings Star Trek Battle
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Member Since: 5/31/2004
Band Members: Michael Quinn: vocals, guitar, percussion Joe Holland: bass Scott McIlrath:bass Dave Ujke: guitar, banjitar, blues harp, vocals George Marich: drums Jason Herd: drums Steve Martinetti: guitar, mandolin, percussion, vocals Erik Koskinen (touring and on CD) lapsteel, guitars Tom Zosel: sax JoAnn Peterson: cello, keyboards Jen Bevington: violin
Influences: Neil Young, John Hiatt, Martin Sexton, the Who, Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Richard Thompson, Robyn Hitchcock
Sounds Like: Tom Petty, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Jack Johnson
Record Label: distribution deal?
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Rainy Day Women

From Ujke's blog.... Okay, for once I have a relatively uneventful blog since the show in Prescott this past weekend was CANCELLED due to inclement weather.  We did our best to get the word out; ...
Posted by Michael Quinn and the Bourbon Kings on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:39:00 PST

Homeless man held in alleged Moon Pie attack

  May 26, 2008 FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GALESBURG, Ill. -- Police in Galesburg say a homeless man is spending the holiday weekend in jail after allegedly attacking an 84-year-old man with a b...
Posted by Michael Quinn and the Bourbon Kings on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:13:00 PST

Corn Jam

From Ujke's blog May 19th   Corn Jam this past Firday night certainly deserves mention.  In case you're not familiar, this isn't really a formal gig, but rather a gathering of area musicians...
Posted by Michael Quinn and the Bourbon Kings on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:05:00 PST

Ain’t Gonna Quit my Girl

From Ujke's blog... Thursday, May 15, 2008 ..TR>   Ain't Gonna Quit My Girl Current mood: awake Category: Music I like life on the road, is that so bad?  You are all going to have to w...
Posted by Michael Quinn and the Bourbon Kings on Fri, 16 May 2008 10:01:00 PST

Livin just enough for the city

From Ujke's blog... Tuesday, May 06, 2008 ..TR>   Livin' Just Enough For The City Current mood: creative Category: Parties and Nightlife I was on the road this week  first at the Black Bea...
Posted by Michael Quinn and the Bourbon Kings on Tue, 06 May 2008 12:42:00 PST

Gettin our kicks

From Ujke’s blog... Friday, March 21, 2008 ..TR> ..TR>   Getting’ Our Kicks& Current mood: adventurous Category: Travel and Places Last week I spent my annual vacation with Mic...
Posted by Michael Quinn and the Bourbon Kings on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:27:00 PST

Bikers and Twinklespunk

From Ujke’s blog.... Tuesday, April 01, 2008 ..TR> ..TR>   Current mood: froggy Category: Life This past weekend was another Shamrocks gig/recording session in Minneapolis with the Bour...
Posted by Michael Quinn and the Bourbon Kings on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:44:00 PST

Weekend Update

..TR> From Ujke’s Blog... Thursday, March 06, 2008 ..TR>   Weekend Update Category: Music Down and dirty blog update (before I get too far behind)... The weekend before last I went d...
Posted by Michael Quinn and the Bourbon Kings on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:44:00 PST

Ice Castle’s and Melvin’s

from Ujke's blog Thursday, February 21, 2008 ..>   Melvin's On The Lake Current mood: grateful Category: Music A couple of weekends back, here, we played at Melvin's on the Lake in Spicer,...
Posted by Michael Quinn and the Bourbon Kings on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:34:00 PST

The Windy City

From Ujke's blog... Sunday, January 06, 2008 ..> The Windy City Current mood: content Category: Life So the weekend before Christmas I took a road trip to play a gig with Quinn in Chicago and...
Posted by Michael Quinn and the Bourbon Kings on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:00:00 PST