All the Lannings, All the Hiltons,The Reedology, all the Brekkes, Levitskys, gentile Coyotes, Kellyman, Slaters, BROWNING!, Jeremys' (both Schonfeld and Kushnier) Jonathon The Dinklage, Donnie the Kehr,
Dan "the man" Cooney, Mo Bobby Jo, Gee the Whizz, The Morris Brothers around the sun, Ricky Boy, The Glorious Bell!!! It's a really cool, modular band thing... and we all understand it innately..........I mean..........THERE IS A SHITLOAD OF TALENT ON MY BOND!!! TELL ME I'M NOT GRATEFUL!!!
N.Y.C Slater Sisters
Influences
Ray Charles, Bobby Darin, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Simon And Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Donovan, Otis Redding, Buddy Holly, Aretha Franklin, Bluegrass and Folk Music, REAL Country music, Elvis, Dave Edmunds, Rockabilly, Early R n' B, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson, The Four Seasons, Showtunes (that's right!), my Mom and well, just about damn near everything.....
Michael Lanning began performing in theatre at the age of nine. With an extensive background and training in music and theatre, Michael has been a featured performer in many theatre companies including San Bernardino Civic Light Opera and the legendary Summer Stock, Junior University. Michael has recorded and/or toured with such musical greats as Donovan, Fleetwood Mac, Rockpile, Larry Gatlin, Mike Post and George Harrison. Michael’s band, Jiva, was the first American band signed to the Harrison label, Dark Horse Records, with George serving as their executive producer.
Michael’s distinctive, yet versatile, style made him a top session vocalist for national television and radio commercials for over a decade. Commercial jingles include the national spots-- "Heartbeat Of America, Chevy truck"," Snickers, There's A Hunger Inside You", "We Build Excitement, Pontiac", "Honda, Come Ride", “Sizzler, sounds good”, “ Hamm’s Beer, Leave the grind behind”, just to name a few. As an actor and a singer his credits include Steven Bochco’s “Coprock”, “Wayne’s World”, “ER”, “Thunder In Paradise” and “Baywatch”. A songwiter and a music publisher, Lanningsongs have been recorded by producer/guitar legend Dave Edmunds, The Stray Cats, French recording star Slyvie Vartan and many others. As a musician, Michael has mastered guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo, drums and percussion, And, is a hunt and peck pianist. Sorry, Mom.
Most recently, Michael starred in both the Tony nominated Broadway and National Tour Productions of composer Frank Wildhorn’s “The Civil War”. He has also been a featured vocalist for six years with The Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Visit Michael’s current projects/links at: www.itsonlyroy.com www.michaellanning.com. www.nynthavedrifters.com
Thanks Mike! Glad you like the tunes. We're going to be doing a CD release in the city sometime within the next couple of months, so, I'll let you know when that definitely is. Hope all is well, and have a very happy and healthy holidays! Talk to you soon.
Peace Sunday, June 5, 1982, Rose Bowl, no nukes - nuclear disarmament - stop nuclear madness concert - NYC - Central Park - June 12, 1982, 1,000,000 person march and rally for Nuclear Freeze. Photography and presentation by Curtis Rainbow. 'Give Peace a Chance' music by Achim Schultz. Inspiration by Yoko Ono. Dedicated to John Lennon.
Der, me thinks U R correct Sir! We did that at his studio w/Buddy engineeering. It was at Seals & Crofts old studio actually, down the street from Sembello's. His studio was down, so we were filtering everything over there. Fun times, Dood! As I remember, we were shooting for Robert Palmer with that one.
hey michael, nice tunes! hope you dig my music too. i've got a show in nyc at the bitter end this monday, oct 5 - would be awesome to see you there! rock on
Hi...Welcome, and thanks for dropping by our site for a visit. Thank you too for the add, and for the friendship.
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well, you might be gay. And you don't SUCK! You're a badass and I'm glad we destroyed it in MI! Your stellar dancer takes me to places that reminds that i'm not gay as well. so much gay talk, are there compensation issues going on or just man-boners over some sick ass tunes!?
Buddy who? HAHAHAHAHA! Of course I know who he is, he started the first pizza chain right? HA! I miss you silly too! Still in Clovis, Im quite the cactus kicker now, just wait till you see my skills! XOXO!
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Hi Michael! FREE DOWNLOAD available for the bonus track of my debut solo album "Something Different" (released by Lion Music in 2008). The track's called "Glory Of Life - Bass only version". Enjoy!
