Basic Information
Members: Mike Harmeier, Preston Rhone, Catlin Rutherford, Kyle Ponder, Zach Moulton
Mike and the Moonpies
Austin, TX
Country / Honky Tonk / Texas Swing
Bio
Parts rock, parts country and folk, Mike and the Moonpies play with a soulful tenacity thick enough to damn near cut with a knife. This is good old fashioned, old-school, bar room blues.
Hard-gigging country quintet Mike and the Moonpies titled this year's full-length debut "The Real Country" — a title they seem to consider a charge to keep. They look the part — front man Mike Harmeier sports a cowboy hat as he growls and drawls his way through a set of cutting country anthems, lead guitarist...
Press
“Honky-tonk music operates locally like clockwork. For starters, the Continental Club regularly hosts Heybale! and Dale Watson, while the Broken Spoke boasts Chaparral and Jesse Dayton. Outside of South Austin, though, Mike & the Moonpies have been ruling the roost for several years now. The local outfit has self-released two albums of hard-livin' country with a rare sense of humor that goes over equally well Mondays at Hole in the Wall and unplugged on Tuesdays for happy hour at Mohawk, which also offers the Moonpie: a shot of well whiskey and a Lone Star for $3. "The songs started as jokes originally," recalls leader Mike Harmeier, a 27-year-old from outside Houston. "Then I started to get more serious ... and drinking." The band's stock has risen nationally thanks to a breakthrough session with Daytrotter and subsequent spot on the website's annual Barnstormer tour. "It doesn't matter where we play," says Harmeier. "We're a good dance band; that's what it's all about."”
Artist Stats
Fans: 1,899
Song Plays: 3,729
Visits: 3,113
Video Plays: 272
Widget Hits: 13,407
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Austin, TX
Austin, TX






