MICHAEL POWERS

Muddy Waters-Jimi Hendrix-Rockabilly. VOCALS & GUITAR: ACOUSTIC-ELEC-HOLLOW-DOBRO STEEL

FOR THE "BLUES & CLASSIC ROCK" CONNOISSEUR

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"NEW YORK BLUES HALL OF FAME"

CAN ALSO  ROCK  YOUR WORLD
 
 
5x Blues Music Award Nominee
 
During his high school summers POWERS toured as part of James Cotton's Band. He was part of the cult clubs Great Gildersleeves, Manny's Car Wash, Maxx Kansas City, The Ritz, CBGB's and now, Terra Blues. He has recorded  preformed with or opened for Johnny Winter, Pinetop Perkins, Buddy Miles, Expensive Whinos, Amy Helm, Stanley Jordan, Tom Jones, Bruce Springsteen, Chambers Brothers, Canned Heat, Gunhild Carling, Jackie Flavelle, Hubert Sumlin, HoneyBoy Edwards, John Lee Hooker, Cherelles, The Holmes Brothers, Buckwheat Zydeco (truck below) & even James Brown! 
 
 
 

EVENTS  ON THE FREQUENCY DIAL...

AUG. 9, 2011 - the UPRISING begins! 

For CD BABY pre-sale, click CD cover:
PRODUCERS:   DON LOPEZ (MANA'O TRIO)  &   ERIC DURHAM
13 Tracks - links to hear 3:

I MISS YOUR KISSIN  featuring HENRY BUTLER piano and TOPSY shakers & tam 

 SPANISH CASTLE MAGIC (Jimi Hendrix cover) feat. NEIL BURTON drums LOOKIN FOR THE TRUTH  duo with ANGEL ROSE

BLEECKER STREET STRUT

 

 SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER  (Elmore James cover, recorded in Maui w/Mana'o Frequency) UPRISING featuring ERIC DURHAM organ & (all) sound effects
POWER MIDNIGHT LIGHTNIN' feat. JOHN COLIANNI piano IT'S ABOUT THAT TIME  featuring ANGEL ROSE lead vocals HONEY BEE (Muddy Waters cover w/Mana'o Frequency)

GOT'S TO GO! 

GOTTA GO RIGHT NOW - the Instrumental Bonus (both w/ BILLY CRISTIANI & BARRY HARRISON)

 I AIN'T SUPERSTITIOUS  (Willie Dixon cover w/Mana'o Frequency Paul Marchetti, Miguel Sobel, Don Lopez)

 REVOLUTIONARY  BOOGIE  featuring CHARLIE TORRES bass

 

  

Michael Powers uses ALL of his diverse influences and turns them into pure musical expression.  Crowd pleasing and Rockin the music from his very soul... GET FREQUENTED ! 

"BLUESIANA BREEZE - 3 DECADES" CD  (Powers originals) 1976-2007

EFES PILSEN FESTIVAL in TURKEY inspired Powers' ISTANBUL, written on-stage!

                                                                        All POWERS compositions, except # 7  

   

 CLICK HERE to HEAR SONGS & for ringtone or mp3 purchase:  

19seventysix - *solo acoustic  6:04Bluesiana Breeze* 4:37 In Memory Of 911** (written by Marco Petrilli) 3:49

 Istanbul*  6:19 video

 Bluesiana 7:13 **POWDER KEG Band LIVE Burning House*  3:24
 Istanbul Electric 5:19 orchestrated by Eric Durham) Street Corner Rhapsody**  3:50

 ESP Frequency Affair solo electric 4:08

 

      5x blues music award nominee:

                              

 2005     N O M I N A T I O N S     2007

 W.C. HANDY BLUES AWARDS - 2005

ONYX ROOT CD:  Best New Artist Debut 

Contemporary Blues Male Artist of 2005

Song Playing: "COUNTRY BOY"

MEMPHIS BLUES MUSIC AWARDS - 2007

Contemporary Blues Male ARTIST of 2007

Contemporary Blues ALBUM of 2007

"PRODIGAL SON" - SONG of the Year  

 

 

 
Electronic Press Kit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photos & imagery design - courtesy of Andre Van Der Kerkoff

 SOLO  dvd

ZOHO RECORDS 2010 JJ CALE TRIBUTE CD's (Instrumental, us & uk) 

 

 11. Louisiana Women 5:27

MICHAEL POWERS - guitar. 

Producer, Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, by Lee Boice at SONIC Studios

12. Travelin’ Light 3:33

MICHAEL POWERS - guitar.

Producer, Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, by Eric R. Durham, Sr. at Studio ONE

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