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Mike Fair and the Adventure Seekers

ADVENTURE CALLS, WE ANSWER

About Me

A little more than a year ago this was a made up band. A work of fiction. The product of one guy’s imagination. You see, I made a record in what was once a living room in a small apartment. I played all the instruments, produced it, wrote most of the songs. Nobody to argue with that way.I recruited some good friends to play a live show for the release party. It was a big time. Then we had some surprises. We were invited to play Midpoint, the biggest music fest for unsigned bands in the Midwest. The band was nominated for a Cincinnati Entertainment Award and CityBeat picked it as one of best local releases of 2006.We’re a real band now. We want to put the roll back in rock and roll. We want you to dance, dance, dance. We want you to come see us. We want you to send us a love letter. We want you to be part of our adventure. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

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Member Since: 3/29/2006
Band Website: mfasmusic.com
Band Members: Luke Alquizola - keys and vocals, J. Matt Retherford - drum kit, Aaron Zlatkin - bass and vocals, Mike Fair - guitar and vocals
Influences: Woody Guthrie, Clifton Chenier, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Reed, The Faces, Johnny Shines, Moby Grape, anything on Stax/Volt, Curtis Mayfield, Buck Owens, The Byrds, Edward Albee, Martin Scorsese, Marlon Brando, Claude Monet, Sandy Koufax...oh yeah...the Fab Four
Sounds Like: A 1971 sonic roadtrip from London to Memphis to St. Louie.
Record Label: No label
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Looking back (again)

Maybe 10 years ago I had gotten a lovely Garcia-Grissman album with Shady Grove on it. A song on the album, The Dreadful Wind and Rain caught my attention. Unlike most people, music all starts as inst...
Posted by Mike Fair and the Adventure Seekers on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:53:00 PST

From the archives

We were going through the Adventure Seekers archives and uncovered an early version of You'll Feel Better Soon. I was determined to put a steel guitar on the song. But as determination turned to ...
Posted by Mike Fair and the Adventure Seekers on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:15:00 PST

A Look Back At 07

At the end of the year in 2006, things were pretty upbeat for The Adventure Seekers. On the strength of our little homegrown record and essentially one live show, we were invited to play Midpoint, the...
Posted by Mike Fair and the Adventure Seekers on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:49:00 PST

Smiling on CityBeat's Best of '06!

CityBeat picked the 2006 releases they thought were the best and guess what?? MFAS's I Am Smiling, Dammit made the list! What a huge honor. The Adventure Seekers and me are really feeling good about t...
Posted by Mike Fair and the Adventure Seekers on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:35:00 PST

Whaaa? CEA Nomination for MFAS!

Mike Fair and the Adventure Seekers are an overnight sensation! We were nominated for a Cincinnati Entertainment Award in the Best New Artist Category. After the initial shock wore off, I say, Why the...
Posted by Mike Fair and the Adventure Seekers on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:00:00 PST

Mike Fair and the Adventure Seekers at Midpoint!!!

Now this is nothing I ever expected. Something like 3,000 bands submitted their press kits to play at Midpoint Music Festival, and one Mike Fair and the Adventure Seekers got chosen to play. This is 3...
Posted by Mike Fair and the Adventure Seekers on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 02:25:00 PST

Some nice press on I Am Smiling, Dammit

This article appeared in CityBeat, the arts and entertainment weekly in Cincinnati A More-Than-Fair Debut By Mike Breen Local guitarist Mike Fair unveils his new band, Mike Fair and the Adventure See...
Posted by Mike Fair and the Adventure Seekers on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:48:00 PST