Mike Therieau
Austin, TX
Rock / Accoustic / Classic Rock
Bio
After playing with mod-psyche band the Event, blues rockers the Loved Ones and cosmic country crooners Mover and Dave Gleason's Wasted Days, Mike Therieau went solo. His life should have begun in Memphis, as the saturated vintage amplifier tones and analogue warmth of his songs sound like something pulled from Big Star's record collection. Other moments channel the same gospel rock rave-ups that Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett were conjuring in the desert of the 1971 film Vanishing Point. Theriea...
Press
“The most exciting moments of Mike Therieau's debut collection come when the Oakland-based singer -- a vet of The Loved Ones and Dave Gleason's Wasted Days -- channels the ghosts of Muscle Shoals and goes for the throat. On the opener, a Saturday-night number called "Wear You Off My Mind," Therieau tears loose in the final chorus, his voice fraying at the edges of the tune's hard-luck sentiment. The songs that follow draw from the same well of country-touched '70s soul and rock (think white genre blenders like Eddie Hinton, Delbert McClinton and early Seger), but Therieau sounds most at home strutting to a mid-tempo grind. With the sweaty howl of "Midnight Apt. #9 Blues" and falsetto confession of "I'm Sorry," Therieau's all guts. And by the time the record spins out to the wail of "Creeping Round," he proves to be more than a diligent student of the classics that have inspired him; he's pretty damn inspiring himself.”
Artist Stats
Fans: 6
Song Plays: 26
Visits: 171
Video Plays: 2
Widget Hits: 2
Status
Status:
I haven't been here in months!!!
Blog
First Blog Entry
Sep 17, 2009 at 04:15 PM
I moved to Austin, TX a little over a month ago. I came following a girlfriend whose jobs was taking her here. I'd spent many years, playing in all sorts of bands in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now I'm in a new town, starting all over, come and check in from time to time, see how my reinvention is going. Thanks
