JULY 4TH, 8pm 2008

Michael Young and Friends

Micheal became obsessed with the guitar at the age of 18, inspired by the likes of James Taylor, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Joe Walsh, Chet Atkins and the Beatles.  These days he is mostly inspired by singer/songwriters such as Walt Wilkins, David Wilcox, James Taylor (still!), Lyle Lovett, Guy Clark.  His father used to drag him along to bluegrass festivals in the hills of the Missouri Ozarks and he gained an appreciation for the instrumental skills of the local pickers.  While Micheal was never that moved by the old time bluegrass style, he was blown away by the (then) contemporary rock/jazz/blues/bluegrass fusion music coming from the likes of New Grass Revival, The Tony Rice Unit and The David Grisman Quartet.  The mandolin was added to the toybox so he could participate in these styles.  Micheal has been singing lead vocals and playing mandolin with Wires & Wood for the past four years.  He does guitar, mandolin and vocals in the country/folk/rock band Too Far Gone and he is excited to be doing the same in the funky groove newgrass band Reintarnayshun.  He has played backing for just about everybody in the NZ acoustic music scene.  You can find him in the jam sessions at the acoustic music festivals, providing backing most Thursdays at 121 Café, and performing at the music clubs around <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Auckland</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>On 4th July, Micheal will be playing songs from and about <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place> and what it feels like to live there. He will be joined during the course of the evening by various musical collaborators to help create that <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State> sound

This is the club's 16th Birthday Party - please bring a plate of finger-food to share