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Mikey Blackwell | | |
City: Fayetteville
Country: USA
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I am a folk songwriter hiding out in the hills of the Ozarks. In 1999 I joined the Navy and rode around the world for a few years.
In 2003, a few months after the start of the Iraq War I declined re-enlistment and was given my Navy Achievement Medal along with an honorary discharge and sent home. Determined to be more assertive with my songwriting I moved to Texas and met a man named Bill, with one real leg. He said he knew Troy Aikman. Anyway, I also wrote political songs (some of which will be featured in a future album).
I campaigned for Howard Dean and that summer I played the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival. In 2004 I moved to Oklahoma and fell asleep at the wheel with my cruise on while driving 80 on I-35 North into OKC. I didn't get scared, but the guy behind me freaked. I also took a road trip through the desert that year and went alien hunting in Roswell.
In Mid-2004, I moved to Fayetteville and began studying English at the University of Arkansas. I met the Opera Singer in math class and began singing beautiful duets together about polynomials and functions.
In 2006 I began working as a sound guy and humped speaker stacks for over a year. During that time I began working on a Rock 'n' Roll Album with fellow sound guy/drummer/guitarist/utility man John Crider. That project was scrapped in 2007 to focus efforts on the folk album, Hey, Hey.
For this project I asked Producer/Songwriter Emily Kaitz to come on board and offer her assistance. Fortunately she said "Yes'. I've just recently started booking gigs again under the support of the new album. You can find some of the tracks for the upcoming album here on MySpace . More tracks available on the Official Site.
Thanks for looking me up,
Mike
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