Michael Dart vocals and acoustic guitar,
Luke Halpin vocals, fiddle, mandolin
bass, drums, guitar subject to change at times :)
Influences
Merle Haggard, Vern Gosden, Al Bruno,
Tiny Moore,Gordon Terry, Luke Halpin,
George Jones, Roy Nichols,Robert Plant,
David Bowie, Waylon Jennings, Dale
Watson,Larry Dean, John Lennon, Asleep
at The Wheel,Ray Benson, Freddy Fender,
Tommy Duncan,Floyd Tillman, Ernest Tubb,
Mel Street, Johnny Paycheck, Wayne Carson,
Max D. Barnes,Danny Ciarfalia, Dave Kirby,
Mickey Wells,Red Lane, Freddy Powers, Willie
Nelson, Bonnie Owen,Red Simpson,Rose
Maddox, Johnny Cash, Mel Street, Dave
Sprowl,Curly Putman, Wayne Kemp, Ken
Nelson,Howlin Wolf, Albert King, Jimmie
Rodgers, Bob Wills,Big Bill Broonzy, waaaay
too many to list....
any street singer that can bring a tear
from a glass eye,any song that can give
you goosebumps, tears, and send
shards of pathos, hope, grief, love,
happiness, isolation,
anger, loneliness...<>
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Michael Dart has been fronting his own band since 1999. The band has included a variety of Hall of fame pickers such as guitarist Al Bruno as well as frequent guest players such as steel guitarist JayDee Maness and a variety of other players. The current line-up includes Michael Dart vocals and acoustic guitar. ..fiddle, mando,steel, glockenspiel, hurdy gurdy, theramin...drums,guitar, bass are subject to change at any time. :)
Michael Dart is out of Austin, TX ,by way of Pasadena, CA He prefers to integrate Traditional Country Music sounds with a mix of Delta Blues and Western Swing as well as sprinklings of Tin Pan Alley and Swing...
He has opened for Merle Haggard, Asleep at The Wheel, David Allan Coe, Freddy Fender and Hot Club of Cowtown........
" Michael Dart is crazy. His country obsession rules just about every waking moment, and in the punishing reality of night-to-night club life rewards are few and far between. Whether performing his own sturdy originals or resurrecting Floyd Tillmans "Driving Nails in My Coffin" or Jimmie Rodgers "TB Blues," Dart is impressively involved and dedicated. This dogged perseverance often pays: Dart frequently enjoys sit-in talent of the highest order, welcoming the likes of country guitar genius Al Bruno and the great California steel guitarist JayDee Maness, a former Buckaroo and in-demand session player who nowadays only rarely hits the bandstand. As Maness said recently, "I only play for a lot of money or if its a lot of fun." The latter, as Dart well knows, is exactly where its at." Jonny Whiteside }
after 3 kids, not sure about the six-pack..that might be stretching it a bit!! but thank you for your loving support.....LOVE YOU clean-cut passy boy turned long-haired Austin man!
hi mike . hows texas? hope u and ur family r doing well> u know gilbert is out ur way. im no longer workin @ leh. may take a road trip to texas in the near future> if we do maybe we will contact u~heather
It did go really well! thanks! luke told me you were inspired by something i said about learning to like my own songs. it seriously took time and convincing myself quite a bit! :)
Hey Michael! Greetings from your neighbors here in Austin, TX! Thanks for cruising by, we hope to see you at a show soon and we'll knock one back together! xoxox, Your friends, The Mother Truckers
HEY BUDDAY!
THATS MAH JAM!
