Michael’s music is available on physical CDs (remember those?) as well as all the usual digital platforms.
Downloads and streaming available at Bandcamp, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Spotify. All CDs include free shipping (U.S. only). Click Add to Cart next to the titles below for prices.
“Welcome Back: A Collection” (2023): A journey through Michael’s past few years as a performing songwriter AND a look at the world in general on both sides of the global pandemic. The record is framed by his Covid Trilogy which includes the John Prine-esque “See You On the Other Side,” the humorous shelter-in-place country tune “Day Drinking Days,” and the post-pandemic anthem, “Welcome Back (to the Land of the Living)”.
“Welcome Back: A Collection” includes these songs that won or placed in the Great American Song Contest:
- “Cheapskate Hill,” OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SONGWRITING, Americana Category, 2023
- “Welcome Back (to the Land of the Living)” and “Cheers to the Road,” FINALIST, Americana Category, 2023
- “See You On the Other Side” and “We’re the Elders Now” placed in The Roots Music Report’s top 200 songs of 2022 (respectively, #117 and #197).
- “See You On the Other Side,” WINNER, Singer/Songwriter category 2020
- “Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night,” FINALIST, Americana category, 2019
“Hey Karma” (2017): Rootsy Americana from A-Z: Angels, zombies, mix tapes, a visit with comedian Red Skelton, and a few pokes at the nonsense of corporate speak and business jargon. Backed by guitars, banjos, mandolins, accordion and pedal steel. A fun listen with a good mix of nostalgia, sarcasm and gratitude.
“An anthology of imaginative and witty compositions delivered with a warmth that’s difficult to find in these edgiest of days. These songs are the best expression of a truly creative and idiosyncratic observer of the world ” – Rachel Choist, adobeandteardrops.com
“Lump of Coal” (2014): Features holiday songs spanning Thanksgiving (“Black Friday’s Eve”) and Christmas (“The Krampus Comes Out Tonight,” “Go Tell It On the Mountain”) along with a few live tunes, including “Highway 17” with new verses.
“What I love about Michael is his natural ability to tell a good story in song and relate to his audience. There is a sublime humour in much of what he writes and the accompaniment uncluttered, allowing his voice to take full command. The new EP. ‘Lump Of Coal’, exceeds all expectations, but don’t just take my word for it, go buy it!!! (Bryan Chalker, Somer Valley 97.5FM, Somer UK)
“Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night” (2012): Guitars, mandolins, and fiddles drive this Americana story collection that mixes nostalgia and humor, tales of moonshine, horses, and coyotes, and observations of modern life in a small American town.
“Dogspeed” (2009): A collection of mostly-autobiographical Americana tales, ranging from rock concert memories, to the perils of modern technology, to a four-legged hero of 9-11.
Santa Cruz Sentinel Review: Watsonville Writer Moves Along at “Dogspeed”
Spotted Mule and Other Tales” (2006): Bluegrass, folk, and Telecaster-driven country arrangements drive these stories about big cars, bad drivers, a final appearance from Johnny and June, unrequited love at a music festival, and (of course) mules.