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Michael King Ross
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Michael King Ross is a singer/songwriter whose musical heroes are people like Bob Dylan, John Prine, Tom Waits, Greg Brown, Lucinda Williams, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Earl Keen, Todd Snider, The Rolling Stones, Sonny Boy Williamson, Ramblin' Doug Hamblin, Steve Goodman, Big Bill Broonzy... people like that. Not that he necessarily sounds like any of them, but he sorta fits somewhere into that genre.
Why this name?
Got it off my birth certificate.
Do you play live?
Now and then, in the Twin Cities area. I love playing for an audience.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
Gives us a much larger pool of music to wade through before we find the good stuff.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Sure. Have 'em give me a call.
Band History:
Born in a log cabin. Moved to Gallup, New Mexico where I learned a lot of cowboy songs and Indian songs. The rest is history.
Your influences?
Singer/songwiters - Dylan, Prine, Waits, Greg Brown, Lucinda Williams, Springsteen, Robert Earl Keen, Todd Snider. Contemporary folk, I guess you could say. Mostly guitar - acoustic & some electric. Mature themes, not likely to appear on American Idol.
Equipment used:
Mostly guitars - acoustic and electric. Some mandolin. Bass & drums & organ & piano and the occasional synthesizer sound. Oh - and those little egg-shaped shaker things, sometimes...