Mike Strickland is:Entertainer – Musician – Teacher - Poet - Actor - Writer - Producer - Engineer - Publisher - Artist
Some of the instruments Mike plays (and that have actually made him money) are: Guitar – Bass - Keyboards - Harmonica - Vocals
Mike grew up in Memphis, started playing music before he could walk.. (OK, at age 9). Many of Memphis's premiere guitar/bass players learned their chops from Mike's guitar instruction book titled - "Guitar Dot-to-Dot Theory - Tips and Tricks".
Mike is single and has 5 children - 3 boys and 2 girls.
For fun he likes to play music and watch other people work in his yard. ;o)
Check out Mike's website at: www.myspace.com/themikestrickland
Some of the past players that have either played in Mike's projects, band(s) etc., or else he participated in their band(s), studio sessions, etc., include:
Larry Lee (Woodstock - Jimi Hendrix), Andrew Love (Memphis Horns), Ben Cauley (Otis Redding - BarKays), THE Shawn Lane
(Frank Gambale, etc. CDs include: Powers Of Ten, Tritone Facination, P.O.T. Live), Jimi Jamison (Survivor, Target), Tommy Hoehn (Ardent recording artist - former member of PRIX), Tommy Cathey (Target, DeGarmo & Key), Buddy Davis (Target), Bill Marshall (Hank Jr., Target), Greg Redding (Hotdogs, Black Oak Arkansas), James Flynn (Southern Creed), Hal Butler (Southern Creed, Survivor), Danny Fitzgerald (Reba Macintyre), Carlos Morales (Julian Lennon), James Cunningham (Wampus Cats), Robert "Nighthawk ll" Tooms (Wampus Cats, Reba Rusell Band, Delta Joe Sanders), Gina Moore (Gypsy Rose/Gina & The Twisters), Steve Johnston (Gypsy Rose/Gina & The Twisters), David Beaver (Edgewood, D. Beaver & Combinations, Gentrys), Andy Black (Audio Media Productions, Gentrys), Tom Ward (Shawn Lane, The Breaks), Danny Thompson (Village Sound, Natchez, Yankee Dime), Mike Mafai (Drifters, Randy & The Radiants), Linda Gail Lewis (Jerry Lee's Little Sis), Buddy Church (Black Oak Arkansas), Joe Norman (Memphis MoJo's), Pete Mendillo (Survivor), Joel Williams (Edgewood, D. Beaver & Combinations), Robert Hall (Zuider Zee), Steve Ebe (Human Radio), Mike Crews (The Revolving Band), John Kilzer (Geffen Recording Artist), Woody Degan (Southern Lights), Eddy Campbell (Gypsy Rose/Gina & The Twisters), Jerry Dean (Avenue), Wally Ford (Lizard Kings), Tommy Delfin (Eddie Harrison & The Short Kuts), W.C. Garrison (Eddie Harrison & The Short Kuts), Mike & Vickey Ralphs (Backstage Pass), Eddie Harrison (Short Kuts, Sam & Dave), Debbie Jamison (Eddie Harrison & The Short Kuts), Robert "Frasier Flash" Johnson (John Entwhistle's Ox, Issac Hayes), Robbie Turner
(Highwaymen 2), Steve Horton (Capital Recording Artist, Lonely Street Duo), Jim Pinkston (Lonely Street Duo), Ben Wages (Memphis Radio DJ, Memphis All-stars), Rick Erwin (Memphis All-stars), Joel Schumaker (Jerry Lee Lewis), Jerry Dean (Avenue), Johnny Courvelle (Black Oak Arkansas), Ben Wages
(Ben Wages Band, former Memphis D.J.), Robert Turner
(Coon Elder Band), Buster LeDuke
(Coon Elder Band), Brenda Patterson
(Coon Elder Band), Danny Jones
(Allen Toussaint), Bubba Feathers
(son of Sun Recording artist, Charlie Feathers), Jimmy Enright
(Suspicions), Brad Eiskamp
(Super 5), David Jaffee
(Rob & The Rage), Dylan Cranmer
(5 That Framed O.J. & now local Memphis D.J.), Dave & Don Miller
(Miller Brothers, Millers Cave), Mike Morales, Wally Ford, Joe Crain, Chuck Bratten, Chuck Jones, Mark Bagley, Bobby Tait, Mike Steel, Mike Wade, John Wright, Joe Norman, Bobby Lawson, John Tyler, Bobby Tillman, Milton "Jamaica" Bull, Les Birchfield, Shane Monday, Sam Whittaker, Sammy Haynes, Danny Baker, J. J. Barnett, Pat Sullivan, Brad Webb, Robert Love, Larry Moore, Billy Wayne Herbert, Tony Black, Bubba Williams, Lou Roberts, Dede & Sherry McCarver, John Millman, Tom Hackenburger,
"The Cadilac Cowgirl" Nancy Apple, Travis "Wayne" Whitten, Johnny Petro, Jim Spake, Rick Clark, Steve Gentry, Rick Harvey, Dave Smith, Pete Sully, Don O'Barr, Herman Green, Eric Denenna, Mel Senter, Dean Deyo, & probably YOU! (lol) ..and loads of others un-remembered right now!
Some acts Mike's opened for ..or shared the stage with in the past include:
Jerry Lee Lewis, Chris Isaac, Ace Cannon, Johnny Rodriguez, Molly Hatchett, David Alan Coe, The Hombres, Larry Doddson (lead vocalist for The BarKays), Izzy Stradlin (Guns & Roses Founder), Jim "Dandy" Mangrum (Black Oak Arkansas), Mike Gardner (Jimmy Buffett), Mack Vickery (songwriter for Elvis), Louis Paul (The Guilloteens), Jill Sobule
Mike is a former member of: Paul Robi's WORLD FAMOUS PLATTERS backing group..
PLEASE NOTE: The tunes contained in this current collection are various DEMOS made over a number of years and are NOT intended as a final product. Additionally, accompanying each song is a picture that has been specifically selected for that particular song. A careful listen (along with an actual 'picture' view) will surely direct you as to their individual pictorial meaning.
