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Above: In the Trak Shack laying down drum tracks. Sandon Mayhew in session.
Sandon Mayhew laying down sax tracks for the CD
"Tappin' the Source" in March 2002
Below: Lil' Bro, Larry Perkins at the Heritage factory
making
Michael's Model 150 guitar. See the finished guitar in several of
the photos on this site, and see other fine instruments at the Heritage
website. Below right: Jake VanPaepeghem playing Michael's '69
Fender Tele Thinline at a City Cellars gig.
Above: Singing the National Anthem at the State Capital
for the 9-11 Ceremony, 9-11-02
 
Above left photo of Orpheus: L to R - Michael, Quinn
Vanpaepeghem, Phil Rundquist, and Patrick Kurdy - approximately
1974. Above right photo of Straight Chaser quartet: L to R -
Michael, Lou Mathews, Lori Harper, and Bret May - approximately 1978.
 
Above left photo of Straight Chaser: L to R - Michael,
Bret May, Ed Bonham, and Lou Mathews - approximately 1979. Above
right photo: Sandon Mayhew on sax and Jack Moore in the background -
approximately 1976.
 
Above left: Michael with the Straight Chaser Trio.
Look close ... Lou Mathews and Michael are back to back gettin' down with
some hot licks. Above right: Lou Mathews on the left (nice paint job
on the Fender P-bass) and Michael on the right with the Straight Chaser 5
piece band. The photo of Jack and Sandy (above) was at the same
gig. These were taken in the mid-70's. Michael is playing a
Gibson L6-S guitar. That model is the same one Carlos Santana was
playing during this same time period. It had specially designed Bill
Lawrence pick-ups ... real hot! Michael literally wore out this
guitar.
Right: Larry Perkins with the twin to Mike's
Heritage guitar.
Below: Summer fun at Bolos!
 
Mike and Devin with the Doobie Brothers ~ Summer
2004. Mike's all time favorite band.
Drum Major with the Meridian High School Band in downtown
Boise ~ 1973
Below: Michael playing a trumpet solo @ the Library
Coffeehouse, 1-14-05 and waiting out the right wave @ Southbeach, OR 2007
 
Margaritaville ~ Library Coffee House July, 2010
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