Pink Floyd
David Gilmour
Gary Moore
Guns N' Roses
Eric Clapton
Joe Bonamassa
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
The Eagles
Dire Straits
Mark Knopfler
David Bowie
Walter Trout
B.B. King
Buddy Guy
Jeff Healey (RIP)
Iron Maiden
U2
Coldplay
Killers
Jeff Buckley
Steve Vai
The Beatles
Duffy (Perfect Voice!)
Katie Melua
Just too damned many to mention!!!
David Gilmour - 'A Great Day For Freedom' - Live In Gdansk (Out 22nd September Europe)
Joe Bonamassa - 'If Heartaches Were Nickels Live
Sounds Like
All the above people, hopefully me... And Eartha Feckin' Kitt?!?
A Few Personal Photos. Hover Over For Description.
Michael (Mike) John Garvey is a 30 year old guitarist and composer from a small town near Liverpool called Warrington.
A brief musical history....
In 1994 I found myself travelling between Warrington and Blackburn, the town I'd just left. This was a fairly harsh time for me having moved to a strange new town. I got heavily into the music of Pink Floyd after hearing a friend play 'The Wall' and immediately went out and bought most of their albums including 'Dark Side Of The Moon' and 'The Division Bell', released that year. Something about the music, in particular the fantastic guitar playing of David Gilmour gestated gently in my subconscious.
Whilst back in Blackburn I happened to walk past a small music shop. In the window was a gleaming electric guitar.... At that moment I knew I wanted to be a guitar player!!! I managed to get a Fender Squier Stratocaster for Christmas, though sadly I didn't have the guitar in my possesion for too long.... "Didn't know how to string it, had no amp, didn't know how to play the f*cker!". For a year or so I forgot about guitar playing, believing that I wasn't cut out for it, simply wasn't musical. However I was cought by the guitar playing bug and from the age of 19 onwards had owned a succession of cheap guitars on which I gradualy learned my first chords and basic blues licks, quickly developing into a talented guitarist.
The year 2000 would be a pivotal year for Me. I was now aged 22 and had been playing for a couple of years or so. A new music course - the Access To Music Foundation Course - started at Warrington College. I immediately joined and quickly set up my first band 'Chapter 24' with new friends Mike Hadland and Ian Bennett amongst others. Whilst the band didn't write many songs and only gigged a few times a great time was had over those two years and I grew and grew as a player and composer, winning an award for best song and becoming the first Warrington band to play at the Northern Regional Festival at the Cockpit in Leeds. I was briefly tought by Tony Thorpe of 'The Rubettes' who had had a number one hit in the 1970's. The course was a great success and I left in 2002 with an Advanced Diploma in Popular Musics and a Nicotine addiction.
In 2003 I went to Brunel University in London to study a B.A. in Music. Sadly, within a short while of starting I realised i'd made a huge mistake with this particular course and left to find another direction. The direction was North via a Virgin Rail train from London Euston.
Over the past three or so years I have aquired new equipment and have developed into a more muture more refined guitar player. I currently live and work in Warrington, sharing a house with my girlfriend Liz and a pair of wooden elephants called 'Eddie Norman' and'Little Eric' and a furry Hippo called Humphrey (He is real!) and have a voice that is inaudible to humans. I can , however, communicate freely with baboons, gibbons and hump back whales! I'm currently working on my first album - 'In Search Of The Blue Nowhere' - Due late 2009.
Thanks for being my friend. My band Washington's Crossing plays all over the area and we hope to tour soon hope to see you at a live performance. Please come back often to listen to our music and tell all your friends. You can have a FREE song for your profile or a banner. Our music is for sale on iTunes and CD baby.
Thanks for your kind comment posted on my page earlier. I have great news: my instrumental guitar album has been released, and it is available on CDBaby!
The album contains 12 instrumental guitar songs, melodic progressive hard rock style (in the vain of John Petrucci, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani) and has over 64 minutes running time. You can listen to sound clips of all the 12 songs and also buy the album here: http://cdbaby.com/cd/tamasjonas
Hope I Can Count On Your Support As Every Vote Genuinely Means The World To Me.
If I Reach The Grand Finals With Your Votes & Help, I Will Send You A FREE CD. Just Send Me Your Email Address And You Will Be Contacted In Due Course.
In The Meantime, Please Help My Entry By Voting For Me And Asking Your Friends To Do The Same.
Drop by my page my friend. I posted a video and MP3 of me doing one of the hottest versions of “Voodoo Child” that you’ll ever hear.....guaranteed to make you smile! …..and you can download the MP3 for free!
Mikey! Ya man, you sound like Jimi on the first song with walter. Hey Mike, i was talking with Brian Ray, so i'm sending over a message this time. Jon..Massachusetts...U.S.A.
Hi Mike: whats up dude?, did you see McCartney and his band on the grammys the other night? They really rocked as usual. Hope all is well? Hit me back when you have a minute. Best, Jon..Worcester-Boston, Massachusetts...U.S.A.
