Medicine Crow
Hear
and See
(Schedule
Of
Events and downloadable songs)
To
purchase the Medicine Crow CD
- A Much
Better Reality -
go here.
Going back to the
earliest human communities events,
history and traditions were preserved in song. The Gilgamesh epic, the
Song of
Miriam from Exodus, the stories preserved by the Navajo Singers all the
way to
the songs written and sung by such giants as Woody Guthrie and Pete
Seeger
represent a long tradition of preserving our stories and traditions in
song. In
that same spirit Michael Iott, known as Medicine Crow, writes and
performs topical
songs that are observations and commentary on contemporary cultural
traditions.
Mike began playing guitar in the 1960’s on a Gibson LG0 acoustic that was passed down to him from his older sister. Over the intervening years he has played many styles of music; folk, blues, rock and light jazz . In the 1980’s he worked with harmonica virtuoso Bill Price in the Iott & Price Band, with bassist Don Diamond in the Sentinels and, during the 1990’s, with Thom Burke and the Last Hippy Band.
Over the years he has shared stages with Tommy Chong, Dr. Hook, Bad Finger, and Bonnie Raitt and with regionally known artists Ghetto Gas John, Miko Fossum, Phil Winterdmute, Stargrazer, Harmonica Buzz, Jeff Baldori, Frog & The Beeftones, Seth Bernard and Daisy May, Jen Sygit, Chara Love, Eric Blades, Perry McDonald and Nicole Good Pierce.
His original songs feature rhythmically driven folk/rock/Acoustic Blues, 12 bar finger style blues, some intricate instrumentals and gentle folk ballads. His songs tend toward the topical rather than the romantic and cover all of those political, religious and social issues we are told to avoid when in polite company.
Medicine Crow currently has two CD releases with Lansing Michigan based Illegible Records: “A much Better Reality” (2006) and “Nahnah’s Garden” (2007). There are two new releases scheduled to 2008, with the working titles of “Hymn To Gaia” and “Logan Street”.
Much Love…Mitakuye Oyasin!
Mike began playing guitar in the 1960’s on a Gibson LG0 acoustic that was passed down to him from his older sister. Over the intervening years he has played many styles of music; folk, blues, rock and light jazz . In the 1980’s he worked with harmonica virtuoso Bill Price in the Iott & Price Band, with bassist Don Diamond in the Sentinels and, during the 1990’s, with Thom Burke and the Last Hippy Band.
Over the years he has shared stages with Tommy Chong, Dr. Hook, Bad Finger, and Bonnie Raitt and with regionally known artists Ghetto Gas John, Miko Fossum, Phil Winterdmute, Stargrazer, Harmonica Buzz, Jeff Baldori, Frog & The Beeftones, Seth Bernard and Daisy May, Jen Sygit, Chara Love, Eric Blades, Perry McDonald and Nicole Good Pierce.
His original songs feature rhythmically driven folk/rock/Acoustic Blues, 12 bar finger style blues, some intricate instrumentals and gentle folk ballads. His songs tend toward the topical rather than the romantic and cover all of those political, religious and social issues we are told to avoid when in polite company.
Medicine Crow currently has two CD releases with Lansing Michigan based Illegible Records: “A much Better Reality” (2006) and “Nahnah’s Garden” (2007). There are two new releases scheduled to 2008, with the working titles of “Hymn To Gaia” and “Logan Street”.
Much Love…Mitakuye Oyasin!
Say "Hello" to Mike: medcrow@yahoo.com.
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Medicine Crow's MySpace.com page.
Much
Love...Mitakuye Oyasin!
Michael (Medicine
Crow)