Steve Earle, John Prine, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Billy Joe Shaver, Fred Eaglesmith, Gary Stewart, The Band, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakum, John Hiatt, The Bottle Rockets, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Mark Jungers
Mike Ethan Messick turned a childhood fascination with classic country music into a hobby and, with time, a career during his years in College Station, TX. An aspiring songwriter for as long as he can remember, Messick started playing his music in public at open mikes and talent shows during his college years at Texas A&M, picking up influences and constantly writing as he went. One of his works, "The Everclear Song", became a signature song for Roger Creager (a fellow Aggie) and gave Messick a level of notoriety that helped him book gigs all over the state, playing memorable acoustic and high-energy full band shows at Texas landmarks like The Firehouse Saloon, Hurricane Harry's, McGonigel's Mucky Duck, and Adair's well before the late 2006 release of his debut CD Bootlegger's Turn. Emerging from a scene that has produced talents like his friends The Gougers, Gabe Wootton, Chad Boyd, Larry Hooper, and many others, Messick is set to take his blend of Americana, folk, roots rock, and classic country back on the road.
UPDATE: Starting with Summer of 2007, MEM has relocated to Austin, TX. Still writing, still playing, and hoping to step up his schedule in the near future. Other recent developments include a new Gibson Les Paul (definitely time to put a band together again), songs covered on new projects by Big John Mills and Josh Langston, and Roger Creager occasionally throwing Messick's "Kings Of Juarez" into his live shows. The CD is also available now at Waterloo Records in Austin and Evolution Records in Baytown, TX.
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Catch (or better yet request) MEM's music on the following radio stations: LoneStarFM 107.3/92.5 (Brazos Valley), KORA 98.3 (Bryan/College Station), Aggie 96 (College Station), RadioFreeTexas.org, KEOS 89.1 (Bryan), and hopefully more to come. The CD is available at LoneStarMusic.com and at Hasting's in Bryan, College Station, and San Marcos. | View | Add Favorite
Wrapped Up In Me is on radio stations across the Nation as of this week. Request it NOW at your local radio station! If you sign up on my mailing list this week you will be entered in the drawing for a copy of my new self-titled CD Susan Hickman. you also get a free download just for singing up. Just fill in the mailing list form on my MySpace page!!! Hope you have a great week!!! Love, ~Susan www.susanhickman.com
we are on our way back to TX after a GREAT West Coast run that wraps up on Sat May 2nd at the Scoot Inn in East Austin w/ our good friends the Mother Truckers...c'mon down!
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Heck yeah good times!!! I love Bandera!!! Beats the hell outta Baytown - this is more my style! Me and my little girl just got back from grilling a steak at the 11th street bar after playing in the river...and it's wednesday!!! they have "cook your own steak" night on wednesdays with a band playing outdoors there and kids can run around and dance that night!
I know I've asked some of you and I'm sorry for hounding, but it's getting down to the wire. There are only 2 days of voting left. Please just take a minute to go vote for me. Little Big Town is taking the top 4 bands onto their tour to open a show. I'm the ONLY girl in the top. It takes a minute. Click the picture below or go to www. eventful. com/littlebigtown and DO IT NOW!!! Thanks! If you've already voted, pass the word...Anything helps! Thanks again! Please, please, pretty please?
Hey man I'm gonna be play'n The Iron Cactus up north in the next month or so, not sure of the date yet. Let me know if you wanna song swap, another buddy from LL, TX might play also. I think I'm getting 15% bar. T-Ly
We are honored to be nominated for the Texas Music Awards ~ 2009 RISING STAR.
PLEASE.....follow the link below and VOTE FOR US, THE JOEL HOFMANN BAND.
When you vote, be sure to support our friends as well..... SONG OF THE YEAR - Tres Womack "Gather 'Round" ALBUM OF THE YEAR - Tres Womack "Freak Show" LIVE BAND OF THE YEAR - Ben Morris and the GABC DISC JOCKEY OF THE YEAR - Daniel Miller - RadioFreeTexas INTERNET RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR - Radio Free Texas
What's up brother. Sunday should be a damn good time, I look forward to it. Get out tomorrow night if you stay in Austin - Shiner's Saloon - SW corner of 5th and Congress 9 pm- Midnight. Talk to you soon bud.
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