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P.O. BOX 830; NEDERLAND, COLORADO 80466 mike@michiganmike.com
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of Venues and Artists I have worked with. in a number of years. I will do so when I have more time. It's probably better to focus on the here and now than on the past. The Nickname: I got the nickname 'Michigan Mike' on November 20th, 1992. I was travelling the country in search of a new place to live and it was my first night ever in the State of Colorado. I didn't know a soul west of the Mississippi and the snow was dumping so bad on my way into Boulder that I couldn't see the mountains. At a gas station I asked for directions as to where I could catch some live music and was directed to the Pearl Street Mall area. I ran across a bar called 'J.J. McKabes' (not there anymore) and a band called 'Steak' was performing. The bar was not crowded due to the storm, so I started shooting pool with a group of five or six people... three of whom were named Mike. They also had a few other Mikes in their clan of friends... each of whom had a nickname to distinguish who was who. Being fresh out of Michigan I instantly became 'Michigan' Mike. I was out of my car for less than two hours before getting the moniker! The Dark Horse Boulder, CO - December 1992 thru March 1993 My first job in Colorado was as a DJ at The Darkhorse. I played standard party music on Thursdays and Saturdays for a while, and then initiated a Grateful Dead Bootleg Night on Tuesday nights. Leftover Salmon - Colorado to California to Michigan and back. Un-Official, Part-Time Videographer, Photographer, Taper, Archivist - November 1993 thru December 1995 I was turned-on to LoS shortly after moving to Colorado and quickly became a HUGE fan. I found myself doing a lot of unofficial stuff to try and help out in those early days. I had the fortune to videotape their first Telluride Bluegrass Fest performance in '95 (standing in the rain on a lawn chair in the 2nd row) and also videotaped most of that '95 summer tour, including the High Sierra Music Festival w/ interviews with VH-1 and a lot more. Sadly, the videocamera and most of the tapes were stolen from the merchandise van near the Fillmore West. But basicially, I just tried spread the word and help promote their shows. Toe Jam Presents... Before the name 'Michigan Mike Presents' was used, I booked acts under the name "Toe Jam Presents". Acts such as Skin, Blackdog and The Mountain Music Project were booked at venues such as Tulagi’s, The West End Tavern, Outback Saloon, La Iguana, K’s China, Wilderness Pub (at Rockies Brewery). There are still a few posters around from back then. The First Foot Stompin’ Mountain Movin’ Music Festival Mike Henry's old house on Cold Springs Drive; Nederland, CO - April 15, 1995 The backyard/garage party where the phrase 'Michigan Mike Presents...' was first used. It actually read: "Ashleigh, Henry and Michigan Mike Presents..." The two other names were eventually dropped after I moved out to Caribou Road. Kegs of beer and a tarp extending off the garage enabled a really good time for Nederland locals to jam out. The 2nd thru 4th Non-Annual Foot Stompin’ Mountain Movin’ Music Festivals 1632 Caribou Road; Nederland, CO - August thru September 1995 Backyard parties, complete with kegs and a covered stage at my (no heat-no water) cabin up Caribou Rd. These multi-band events featured artists such as Blackdog, FE’, Mountain Music Project, On Air, Skin, Soul Tractor and more. Very small-time. No budget and no cover charge. Very chill. Top of The Square Nederland, CO - Oct. 1995 thru Aug. 1997 Music Bookings, Promotions, Whatever, etc… Because it was more a sleepy town at the time, there was not a lot happening in the bars for people my age when I moved to Ned. The PI and the Assay Office hosted some hard-rock and blues bands now and then, but that was about it. The place for GenXers was called Top of the Square, which, except for a weekly open-mic rarely hosted live music. But alas, backyard festival season had just ended and so I convinced the club's owners to let me bring in a band once a week. A quick and significant increase in business convinced them to knock down walls and convert from an intimate, little four-dining room restaurant/bar into one big party area. It was a huge hit and by July of '96 I was booking five nights of music a week there! By August '97 I had booked more than 300 nights of music at The Top! It was THE CLUB... even if you lived in Boulder. (Because Boulder had absolutely nothing going on at that time either... every thing there had just converted to pool halls.) People were coming out in droves for the live tunes. Other businesses in Ned saw this reaction and started booking live bands also... and hence the 90's Nederland music scene began to bloom. Booking and networking at The Top led to the creation of 'Nederland Acid Jazz' (below) and 'Bluegrass Wednesday' (below). A great many bands got their start at The Top, while others were already big names. Bands included Charles Sawtelle & Whippets, Tony Furtado, Wendy Woo Band, Zukes Of Zydeco, Zambeeland Orchestra, Skin, Fe’, Chief Broom, Roots Revolt, Foxtrot Zulu, Fat Mama, Sherri Jackson Band, Hypnotic Clambake, Magraw Gap, Ben Stevens, Blackdog, Floodplain Gang, Bruce Hayes, Mark Diamond, Motor Bootie, Tribal Folk, PSOAS, Odd Men Out, Wiley Cotton Band, Catawampus Universe, Dexter Grove, Chitlin, Johnny O. Band, Kim Reece & White Bred Funk, Kester Smith, Dave Grant, Steve Owen, Acoustic Food Chain, Adrian Romero & Love Supreme, Available Jones, Bambochee, Bleecker Street, Blue River Rounders, Blunt Instruments, The Boulevards, Brainbone (w/ Drew Moore), Brethren Fast, Buckethead Dog, Butlers and Thieves, The Buzz Harvest, Cajun Style!, Chip and the Chowderheads, Chocolate Cow, Chuck Grossman, Craig Corona Band, Dank, The Deadbeats, Double Dose, Doublestop, Drip City, Durt, Dwight & the Terrestrials, Free Funk Ensemble, Funk & Wilde, Furious Howard Brown, Government Grown, The Great Swannee Orchestra, Heptagram, HiFi Mofo, Higher Ground, Jack & Mike, Flipper Jester Trio, Jazz Ficks, John Randal Band, Koro, Launching Lydia, Legba, Liquid Playground, Loose Roots, Mountain Music Project, Mumbling Douglas, Acid Jazz with Nandeska, The New Originals, Old Soul, On Air, OPUS, The Organ Grinders, Otis Roach Band, Pete Fiori & Friends, Pickabillys, Rhino 2 Rhino, Rubber Spark, Seldom’s Ark, Shankis Lonvernia, Acoustic Prostitution, Schwagg, Mucis, Rasputin, Sammy D. & Master Cylinder, Side Of Fries, Soul Tractor, Spike & Jerry, Steve Burnside & The “G” Forces, Stubblefield, The O’Malleys, Tom Yermack, Tree Full Of Pigs, Tribe Of Butterflies, Uncle Daddy, Uncle Woody, Union Wage, Vermiscious Knids, Zale & Friends, members of Leftover Salmon, members of String Cheese Incident, plus many more. Stage Stop Inn Rollinsville, CO - Late 1995 thru Early 1996 General music bookings and promoting, etc… New Years Eve 1996 with Skin and Friends was a big event and also was my first show with presale tickets. It sold out in a major blizzard! Other acts inculded Blackdog, The Buzz Harvest, Chocolate Cow, Disarray, Furious Howard Brown, Mountain Music Project, On Air and Schwagg. Overland Stage Stop Brewery Longmont, CO - Feb. 1996 thru July 1998 General music bookings and promoting, sound and lighting, consultation, etc… Convinced the town’s first brewpub that music would help business shortly after they opened. They became Longmont’s hot music spot. Their business has flourished and they were voted best place to see live music in a local Longmont newspaper’s Readers Poll. Over 250 bookings. Many of the bands listed for Top of The Square also played here. (NOTE TO SELF: List the Bands!) Eldora Special Recreation Program Benefit Concert Boulder Theater; Boulder, CO - Sunday, May 4 1996 This was my first big concert! It featured Charles Sawtelle, Tim O’Brien, Tony Furtado and Mark Diamond with special guests Soul Tractor and Doublestop and was a benefit for handicapped and disabled children and adult athletes. The First Nederland Music & Arts Festival Sat. & Sun, June 8th & 9th 1996 - Chipeta Park; Nederland, CO Conceived, organized and executed this two day music and arts festival in the center of Nederland which showcased over twenty local and touring bands and artists. It was a huge success and a big money maker for the town. Bands who played included Skin, Roots Revolt, Higher Ground, Available Jones, Fe', Blackdog, Wiley Cotton Band, The Buzz Harvest, Chuck Grossman, Steve Ray Liedlich, Patrick Latella and special guest MC: Vince Herman (of Leftover Salmon). 1996 Colorado Freedom Festival Boulder Bandshell; Downtown Boulder, CO - Friday thru Sunday, June 28th thru 30th, 1996 Over fifty bands and artists played the two stages of this successful three day outdoor Friday through Sunday event. Organized all aspects of music and beer for the festival located in the heart of Boulder, including the application of park and alcohol permits, finding a beer sponsor for funding (Left Hand Brewing Company), hiring of sound engineers and EPO (Boulder Sound-cop), getting additional alcohol insurance, performance scheduling and band bookings, MC and stage announcing, recruiting of staff and volunteers, printing staff shirts, site direction, stage and fencing, etc… It was an epic event for downtown Boulder and The City Of Boulder was extremely pleased with the result. The event featured Charles Sawtelle, Tony Furtado, Sponge Kingdom, Chief Broom, Skin, Sally VanMeter, Fe', Zestfinger, Magraw Gap, Adrian Romero and Love Supreme, Brethren Fast, Available Jones, The Wendy Woo Band, Soul Tractor, Double Dose, Legba, Wiley Cotton Band, Blackdog, Aquarium Voodoo, Tribal Folk, Mountain Music Project, The Buzz Harvest, Libby Kirkpatrick, Chuck Grossman, Acoustic Food Chain, JoAnne DelCarpine & Mauricio Caparelli, Brainbone (w/ Drew Moore), Bambochee, Steve Ray Liedlich, Chocolate Cow, Butlers and Thieves, Chip and the Chowderheads, Tribe Of Butterflies, Blackhorse Sleeping, Still Lookin', Mkono, Rom Rayman, Mangore Classical Guitar Duo, John Randall, Patrick Latella, Mitch Alden and many more... Nederland Acid Jazz debut Top of The Square; Nederland, CO - Monday, July 29, 1996 The improvisational session that started it all featured Dave Watts (Drums - Skin/Shockra), Ross Martin (Guitar - Tony Furtado Band/Nina Story), Aaron Holstein (Guitar - Boogie Shoes), Edwin Hurwitz (Bass - Skin/Shockra) and Ian Duncan (Sax - MST/Phat Vibe). The weekly session of rotating musicians every Monday quickly became the hottest thing to see and hear in town. Nederland Acid Jazz is credited with having a substantial impact on Nederland’s music scene, and perhaps on the Boulder music scene also. A live compilation CD is ‘in the works’. Click the NAJ link for more info! Jerry Garcia’s First Memorial Concert Somewhere Outdoors; Leadville, CO - Friday, August 9 1996 I had the honor to act as Master of Ceremonies for this special show which featured Merle Saunders & the Rainforest Band and Double Dose. 'Bluegrass Wednesday' debut Top of The Square; Nederland, CO - Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1996 The first Bluegrass Wednesday featured bluegrass great, flatpicker Charles Sawtelle and his band The Whippets. Wednesday remained a staple night of music in Nederland at The Top until July 1997. The 1st thru 4th Big Ole Mountain Festival Rollins Pass Mercantile; Rollinsville, CO - Summers 1996 thru 1997 Conceived, organized and executed several random music festivals in this beautiful outdoor mountain setting. Artists have included Fe’, Legba, Tribal Folk, Wendy Woo, Seldom’s Ark, The Mountain Music Project, Available Jones, Grinch and more. The first festival featured the now-famous ‘mooning’ of the Amtrak train. New Potato Café (at the Chalet Suisse) Nederland, CO - Feb. 1997 thru Sept. 1997 General music bookings and promoting, sound and lighting, consultation, etc… Acts including Stanley Jordan (on opening night), A.C. Reed & The Sparkplugs, Tony Furtado Band, Hypnotic Clambake, The Drovers, Skin, Grinch, Caedman’s Call, Blackdog, Blunt Instruments, Rubber Spark and a weekly Nederland Acid Jazz performance. Dickens Opera House Longmont, CO - Dec. 1996 thru June 1997 General music bookings and promoting, sound and lighting coordination, etc… Artists booked include Stanley Jordan, Psychograss: (Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Tony Trishka, David Grier and Todd Phillips), Tony Furtado, Chris Daniels and The Kings, Zukes of Zydeco, Hypnotic Clambake, Laughing Hands, Chief Broom, The Floodplain Gang, Skin, The Alleygators, Available Jones, Bogart Alley, Chuck Grossman and Greg Schockett, Chitlin, Colorado Cajun Dance Band, Drip City, Fe’, Freek Hungre, Grinch, Mumbling Douglas, Naked In The Basement, Old Soul, Sammy D. and Master Cylinder, The Velvita Sisters and Wendy Woo with Hannah Alkire. The Stanley Jam New Potato Cafe; Nederland, CO - Sunday, June 8th 1997 Stanley Jordan played an unannounced impromptu gig with several of my Nederland Acid Jazz players at this venue. Widely known as the best show to EVER hit Nederland, this jam featured Stanley Jordan with Ty North (Bass – Leftover Salmon), Dave Watts (Drums - Skin/Shockra), Ross Martin (Guitar - Nina Story/Tony Furtado Band), Mike Kang (Mandolin/ Electric Violin – String Cheese Incident), Mike Travis (Percussion - String Cheese Incident), Jamie Janover (Percussion – Realms Ensemble), Vladislav Grishevich (Keys), wsg: John 'Blackdog' Ridnell (guitar). With only about three hours notice, a crowd of over 300 people had collected for the free show. (Yes, there are audio tapes.) Mimi Fishman’s First VisionFest Red Rocks Amphitheater; Morrison, CO - Monday, July 7 1997 I had the honor to act as Master of Ceremonies for this concert, which was a benefit for The American Glaucoma Society. The show featured The David Grisman Quintet, Merle Saunders & The Rainforest Band, Government Mule, Ominous Seapods, Chief Broom, Brother Kind and Liquid Playground. Also organized the Nederland Boogie Bus. Chartered a bus and took an entourage of about fifty people to the show. The package deal included a concert ticket and keg beer on the bus. Wolf Tongue Brewery Nederland, CO - July 18th, 1997 thru June 11th, 2001 All music bookings and promotion, general consultation, etc… Artists include The Tony Furtado Band, Acoustic Syndicate, Blueground Undergrass, Yonder Mountain String Band, ThaMuseMeant, Runaway Truck Ramp, The Floodplain Gang, The Larry Keel Experience, Gordon Stone Band, Stir Fried, Matt Flinner Quartet, The Motet, Sherri Jackson Band, Living Daylights, Chupacabra, Tunji, Jive, Foxtrot Zulu, Jaka, United Dope Front, Djate', Hanuman, HairyApesBMX, Juice, Snake Oil Medicine Show, Tree O'Frogs, Mitchell Long Trio, Shanti Grove, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Schleigho, Porterhouse Quintet, Blackdog, Billy Tolles & His Rhythm and Blues Express, Coco Robocheux, Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband, Hillbilly Hellcats, One Flight Up, Butterhead, Melissa Reaves, Jamie Janover and his Realms Ensemble, Funkiphino, Open Road, Javier Mendoza Band, Zukes Of Zydeco, Wagogo, Rebecca Folsom Band, Greenwich Gulch, Deila Konda, Freshly Baked, Jackstraw, Single Malt Band, Sugarbear, Mark Diamond Band, Dexter Grove, Freelance Bishops, Sugarloaf String Band, Dave Watts' Hip Bop Workshop, Wendy Woo Band, Rainville, Ashleigh Flynn and The Equestrian Bonnets, The Bear Creek New Music Project, Danny Shafer Band, Mr. David Booker’s Famous Swingtet, Fat Apple, Network, The Vantado Martet, Commander Robot, New Country Kitchen, Tall Trees Grove, Cold Mountain Rhythm Band, Lionel Young Band, Ben Stevens, Available Jones, Gerry C. & The Zydeco Playboys, Papa Yah, Sans Peur, Spicy Brown, Wiley Cotton Band, Erik Deutsch Project, Jive Talkin’ Robots, Jyemo, Kim Reece & White Bred Funk, Zeut, Kutandara, Acid Grass, Bill Kopper Project, Adrian Romero & Love Supreme, The Alleygators, Tree Full Of Pigs (w/ Ross Martin), The Boulevards, Bruce Hayes Band, Colorado Cajun Dance Band, Shaking Tree, Recreational Vehicle, Double Dose, Doublestop, The Dust Bunnies, The Electric Fence (w/ John Zangrando), Peter Wilde, Electric Mayhem, Live Squid, 4-Word, Johnny O. Band, The Flow, Clumsy Lovers, Robyn E. and Blue Roux, Buckeye, Free Jazz Funk Formation, Fireweed, Rare Form, Furious Howard Brown, The Great Swannee Orchestra, Nouveau Zydeco Honkees, Jamrose, Ponticello, Blew Willie, Melissa & The Corvairs, Chuck Grossman, The Smokin’ Section (w/ Mark Diamond), Soma, Sonya Vallet Group, John McKay solo, Squad/Squadzilla, Squatnik, Superwhat?, Whispering Pines, Phantom Trigger, Efoe', Pickabillies, Pine Beetles, Psychotones, Sally Shuffield, Wojo, Salty Dog Blues Band, Uncle Daddy, Craig Corona Band, Deniz Davis Trio/Quartet, Zukes Of Hazard (Zukes & RTR members), Spud Boys (Zukes & YMSB members), MindGoFlip, Patrick Latella and Jarad Astin, Joshua 3, Blue Ice, Nederland Jazz Insurgency, Aquarian Voodoo, Acoustic Food Chain, Hairplane, Satterfield Band, Anita and The Zydeco People, Steven Ray Liedlich, Acoustic Prostitution, Chumps Who Pick (Zukes & YMSB members), The Late Notice String Band, The Last Minute Jam Band, Burnin’ Toast, DJ Psychonaut, DJ Jah Sonic, DJ Double A, DJ Cloud 9 and a weekly Nederland Acid Jazz gig every Monday. Also started Taper Tuesday: Grateful Dead Bootleg Night. Mars Café Boulder, CO - November 1997 thru April 1998 A weekly Nederland Acid Jazz gig every Tuesday. Held in high regard by the media as the most creative night of music in Boulder. The 1st Annual Nederland Music & Arts Festival Sat. & Sun, August 7th & 8th, 1999 Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Field; Nederland, CO Stanley Jordan, Tony Furtado Band, Yonder Mountain String Band, Nederland Acid Jazz, Dave Watts' Motet, Pete Wernick & Live 5, Runaway Truck Ramp, The Floodplain Gang, Ty Burhoe & Friends, Open Road and the Nederland BluegrAcid Jazz All-Stars (with Vince Herman, Nick Forester, Sally VanMeter & More!), plus more. Mellow Mushroom Boulder, CO - January 2000 thru May 2000 Music bookings and promotion, general consultation, etc… Artists included Hillbilly Hellcats, Single Malt Band and a weekly Nederland Acid Jazz gig every Tuesday night, plus more! (NOTE TO SELF: List the Bands!) The 2nd Annual Nederland Music & Arts Festival Sat. & Sun, August 5th & 6th, 2000 Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Field; Nederland, CO Stanley Jordan (solo and with Nederland Acid Jazz), Yonder Mountain String Band, Keller Williams, Tony Furtado Band, The Motet, ThaMuseMeant, Ryan Shupe & The Rubberband, New Country Kitchen, Runaway Truck Ramp, Chupacabra, Kutandara, and the Nederland BluegrAcid Jazz All-Stars (with Vince Herman, Pete Wernick, Christian Teele, Jean Ballhorn & More!), plus more. Pioneer Inn Nederland, CO - July 16th, 2001 thru July 2004 Booked & promoted random gigs including Garaj Mahal, Fareed Haque Group, Ethereal Plane... and a weekly Nederland Acid Jazz session every Monday night. The 3rd Annual Nederland Music & Arts Festival Sat. & Sun, August 4th & 5th, 2001 Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Field; Downtown Nederland, CO Merl Saunders and His Funky Friends, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Motet, The Slip, Nederland Acid Jazz, Hanuman, Jaka, Being Lara Maykovich, Single Malt Band, Runaway Truck Ramp, Jamie Janover's Loop Realm, Blackdog (solo) and 'Nederland BluegrAcid Jazz All-Stars' (with Vince Herman, Matt Flinner, Ross Martin, Dave Watts, Tye North, Dave Easley & More!), plus more. Acoustic Cafe' Nederland, CO - October 31st, 2001 Halloween with Being Lara Maykovich NedMex Restaurant & Cantina Nederland, CO - December 2001 thru June 2002 All music bookings and promotion, general consultation, etc... Artists included Acoustic Semi, Acoustic Syndicate with guests Yonder Mountain String Band, All Night Honky Tonk All-Stars, Askimbo, Being Lara Maykovich, Blackdog with the PsychoHorns, Cabaret Diosa, Chuck Grossman Gang, Cormneal, Daddy Stovepipe, Danny Brandt Band, David Troy Band, Daybreak, Deep Banana Blackout, Descarga, D'jate, DKO, Dr. Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited, Fireweed, The Flow, Flying Lu, The Foggy Noggin Boys, Free Radicals, Funky Babylonians, Garaj Mahal with guest Stanton Moore, The Great Swannee Orchestra, Greenwich Gulch, Haywire, High On The Hog, Hit and Run, Hot Buttered Rum String Band, Irie Still, Jah Family Bandw/ Zionway Sound System, Jaka, Japonize Elephants, Jive, Jyemo, Larry, Liza & the Soulstars, Matt Flinner Quartet, The McCloskey Brothers Band, Meet The Candidates Party Vince Herman, MoRealms, New Years Eve with THE MOTET, Ned-grassRevival w/ Leftover Salmon's Vince Herman, The Ned-Mexican Air Force, Network, New Country Kitchen, OM Trio, Onda, Open Bluegrass Pick, The Organ Grinders, Pan Jumbies, Porterhouse, St. Patrick's Day with Sans Peur, Shakedown Street w/ The Grateful Dead's Vince Welnick & Bob Bralove, Shanti Groove, Shindig, Single Malt Band, Single MalTrees Grove Band, The Slip w/ Nathan Moore, Sucker, Tall Trees Groove, Tonal Denial, Travellin' Pita Band, United Dope Front, Wiley Cotton Band, Will Bernard & Motherbug, Xander Green & String Cheese Incident's Mike Travis, Zula Zula, Zuppa's Kitchen, 4-Word, and a weekly Nederland Acid Jazz session every Monday Night. The 4th Annual Nederland Music & Arts Festival Sat. & Sun, August 3rd & 4th, 2002 Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Field; Downtown Nederland, CO The Charlie Hunter Quintet w/ Ron Miles, Vinyl, Tony Furtado & The American Gypsies w/ Paul McCandless, Melvin Seals' Melting Pot, Matt Flinner Quartet, Shanti Groove, Theory of Everything (w/ Tye North, Dave Watts, Ross Martin, Robert Walter + More), Robert Walter's 20th Congress w/ Will Bernard, The Motet, Cabaret Diosa, Jive, Blackdog w/ Cecil 'P-Nut' Daniels & The PsychoHorns, plus more. 'Tweener Acts include Samba Dende, Women From Mars (w/ Liza Oxnard, Liz Clark, Junis Ponds), Hit & Run Bluegrass w/ Rebecca Hoggan, Single Malt Band, Tall Trees Groove, High On The Hog, and Danny Shaffer. ADTOT (A Different Train of Thought) Nederland & Rollinsville, CO - April 2002 Booked and Promoted a series of bands at multiple venues over a 3-day period for a Non-Profit corporation to benefit other Nederland Area non-profits. (NOTE TO SELF: List the Bands!) The 5th Annual Nederland Music & Arts Festival Sat. & Sun, August 2nd & 3rd, 2003 Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Field; Downtown Nederland, CO Flecktone Victor Wooten (solo & with Nederland Acid Jazz), Garaj Mahal (featuring Fareed Haque, Kai Eckhardt, Alan Hertz & Eric Levy), The Motet, Vinyl, Black Frames featuring Skerik, Mike Dillon, Brad Houser & Earl Harvin), WookieFoot, Robert Walters' 20th Congress with Will Bernard, Tony Furtado & The American Gypsies, The Big Wu, Ross Martin/Matt Flinner Band, and Possum Logic. 'Tweeners include Papa Mali, Noam Pikelny, John & Bill McKay, Patrick Latella, Wayfarers, Single Malt Band, Blackdog solo, Cameron Byers, and Samba Dende. NedFest On The Flats - The Boulder Theater Boulder, CO - Thurs, September 11th, 2003 Stanley Jordan (solo & with Nederland Acid Jazz), Zuvuya, Heavy G. & the Boogaloo Communicators, Blackdog & The Psychohorns, Fenye' and more! I & I Caribbean Cafe' Nederland, CO - November 2003 Music bookings and promotion, general consultation, etc. (NOTE TO SELF: List the Bands!) First Street Pub & Grill Nederland, CO - April 2004 thru June 2004 All music bookings and promotion, general consultation, etc. (NOTE TO SELF: List the Bands!) Whistler's Cafe Nederland, CO - July 2004 thru the last Monday in August 2004 Booked & promoted a weekly Nederland Acid Jazz session every Monday night. Papa Party My Backyard; Nederland, CO - Wed, July 14th, 2004 Booked & promoted a party with Papa Mali. Set up my stage, sound system, grills, kegs, campfire, etc. The 6th Annual Nederland Music & Arts Festival Sat. & Sun, August 7th & 8th, 2004 Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Field; Downtown Nederland, CO Leftover Salmon's Vince Herman (solo), Shanti Groove, Tony Trischka Band, Joe Craven Band, Benevento/Russo Duo, Nederland BluegrAcid Jazz All Stars (with Vince Herman, Rob Wasserman, Joe Craven, Tony Trischka, Bill McKay & More!), Garaj Mahal (featuring Kai Eckhardt, Fareed Haque, Alan Hertz & Eric Levy), The Motet, Albino!, Papa Mali, & Rob Wasserman solo. 'Tweeners include Doug Baker, Samba Dende, Patrick Latella, Chris Connolly, John & Bill McKay, Bruce Hayes, & Arthur Lee. The Black Forest Nederland, CO - November 2004 thru Present All music bookings and promotion, general consultation, etc... Albino!, The Motet, Kan'Nal, Shanti Groove, Zilla, + More TBA?!? NedFest On The Flats II Tuesday, March 15th, 2005 Boulder Theater; Boulder, CO Nederland BluegrAcid Jazz All-Stars (w/ Drew Emmitt, Pete Wernick, Mike Travis, Nick Forster, Billy Nershi and much, much more!); Runaway Truck Ramp; Pete Wernick's Live 5; Single Malt Band; Honkytonk Homeslice (w/ Jillian & Billy Nershi); Young & In The Gutter (aka Shanti Groove acoustic); The Eldorans; plus more! The 7th Annual Nederland Music & Arts Festival Sat. & Sun, August 27th & 28th, 2005 Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Field; Downtown Nederland, CO (See NedFest 2005 link for artists.) PROFESSIONAL RESUME OF MICHAEL E. TORPIE Click Here! Click Here to see a LIST OF MEDIA REVIEWS & NEWS ARTICLES RELATING TO MY WORK
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