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Mike Slaton & The Wheels

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About Me

Mike Slaton & The Wheels is a band that pays attention to writing and playing songs that are steeped in sincerity and bedded in soul. Going to sleep country and waking up rock n' roll. This is a songwriter driven, four piece rock band that is not fooled by musical fads or what their company thinks they should be doing. They pay attention to the music that feels and sounds best to them. This comes from growing up listening hard to rock 'n roll, country, soul, and other branches of American music. The band is lead by singer/songwriter Mike Slaton. The calvary follows with Chuck Spry on drums and backing vox. Chris Cardamone on bass. and Ted Crenshaw on lead Guitar.All members have been involved with numerous groups and projects in the past, but they collectively believe this is THE band. With an authentic grasp on that rocking American sound, they contain something that has been missing in popular music for some time now. While staying subserviant to the song, their delivery is direct and their sound true.'Big Bad Love' - Their debut EP will be available soon. Half a dozen songs saturated with humble, heartbroken, rock 'n roll.Join the mailing list
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Member Since: 7/20/2006
Band Website: mikeslatonandthewheels.com
Band Members: Mike Slaton - lead vocals, guitar & harmonica. Chuck Spry - drums and backing vocals. Chris Cardamone - Fender bass. Ted Crenshaw - lead guitar.
Influences: Ancient country tones, feelings, heartbreaks. Rock and Roll. Songs that contain soul, meaning, and truth, written by songwriters that absolutely had to do it. Some of our immediate influences are Willie Nelson & Family. Van Morrison.Tift Merritt, Rolling Stones. Merle Haggard. R.E.M. The Band. Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Jay Farrar. Kris Kristofferson. Uncle Tupelo. Son Volt. Whiskeytown. Harland Howard. Rodney Crowell. Hank Williams and his sons. Gram Parsons. Patty Griffin. Waylon Jennings. Blue Mountain. The Jayhawks. Jeff Buckley. Billy Joe Shaver. Troy Seals. Otis Redding. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. Townes Van Zandt. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. U2. Jeff Tweedy. The Replacements. Skip James. Josh Rouse. Larry Brown....
Sounds Like: Humble Heartbroken Rock and Roll.
Record Label: none
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Give Till It 's Gone

Give till it..s goneWritten by Mike SlatonUsed to spend my time thinking ..boutAbout what I lost in youBut I made it back home and I figured outThere wasn..t much to loseOn a cool fall night by the fr...
Posted by Mike Slaton & The Wheels on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:56:00 PST

Lyrics

Port Gibsonwritten by Mike Slatonthere were times when i'd stumbleand times i'd fall to the groundi rewind 'cause i'm humbled just by having you aroundthere's a story of a faded summerand a small town...
Posted by Mike Slaton & The Wheels on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:42:00 PST

MS & the Wheels setlist @ bella festa

Mike Slaton & The Wheels bella festa 10.20.06 lonely nights along your way september sad films flow sixty-one give till it's gone port gibson sunday morning encore: *it wont be long *first time pl...
Posted by Mike Slaton & The Wheels on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:57:00 PST

Riverfest setlist

Mike Slaton & The Wheels10.7.06 Riverfest Wilmington along your waysad filmsseptembergive till it's goneflowsixty-onesunday morninglonely nightscalifornia stars*port gibson *written by Woody Guthr...
Posted by Mike Slaton & The Wheels on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:51:00 PST

bellafesta setlist

mike solobellafesta 9.17.06open roadsouthern skyseptember*sunday morning*port gibson**excuse me while i break my own heart**give back the key to my heart**give till it's gone**with chuck on kit**with ...
Posted by Mike Slaton & The Wheels on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 02:01:00 PST

whiskey set list

Mike Slaton & The Wheelsthe whiskey9.13.06port gibsonalong your wayseptembersunday morningcalifornia starsflowsad films lonely nightsgive till it's gone...
Posted by Mike Slaton & The Wheels on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 01:51:00 PST