Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Blind Boy Fuller, Son House, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson (I & II), Lightnin' Hopkins, Hound Dog Taylor, John Lee Hooker, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Elmore James, Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Blind Blake, Memphis Jug Band, Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson, Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Willie McTell, Charley Patton, Pink Anderson, Leroy Carr, Scrapper Blackwell, Mississippi John Hurt, T-Bone Walker, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Jimmy Rogers, Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside, T-Model Ford, The Mississippi Sheiks, Lonnie Johnson, Memphis Minnie, Mance Lipscomb, Jesse Fuller, Leadbelly, Josh White, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Townes Van Zandt, Dock Boggs, Clarence Ashley, Jon Mosey, Jack DiAlesandro, Howard Robertson.
<> Mike Lenz is based in Northeast Ohio and performs with The Mike Lenz Band, Highway 61 and solo on guitar, vocals, harmonica, and stompbox. He is influenced by everything from delta and piedmont blues artists such as Robert Johnson, Son House, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Blake and Blind Boy Fuller to Jug Band stomps and rags of the 20s and 30s to classic 50s and 60s electric Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Sonny Boy Williamson and Howlin Wolf to the juke joint boogies of Hound Dog Taylor and modern North Mississippi blues. His live show includes his originals, classic blues and bit of just about every genre of American roots music.
For more info, please visit http://www.mikelenz.com
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Hey Mike, Thanks for comin down to the farm and injecting some cool blues, I enjoyed jammin wicha, lets do it again soon.... all the best to you and your family....Bro. B.
OK, OK, it ain't acoustic. I lied. I think you know what I'm talkin' 'bout. It's solo. Pardon my grammactical error. It's good, better'n I can play on my ukulele. Tell all the free world 'bout it, and North Korea too.
Greetings from under the bridge! I drank my bottle of Thunderbird and napped a bit, but it's colder than the shady side of an iceberg and I cain't sleep. So I got the dangling Ethernet wires pinched tween my fingers in one hand, and my other hand's grippin' a girder, so let's see if I can git my WIFI woikin' good enough to upload this... here goes...
There we go. The best acoustic rendition of Jimi Hendrix's Little Wing in the known universe.
hi Mike, hope all is well. you may remember me.I took mandolin lessons from you years ago, learned a lot ,thanks. and thanks for the add. drop me a review over at my myspace some time. keep on rockin.. ,,,, MARK
hello mike, it's been a while. How are things there in ohio? We just put up new song if you'd like to check it out and tell us what you think. Either way, best wishes.
