Medicine
Crow
Singer/Songwriter
Michael
F. Iott
Eaton
Rapids, MI
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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 May Erlewine, 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.
To date, Mike has released five CDs on
A Much Better
Reality
(2006)
Nahnah' Garden
(2007)
Nahnah's
Garden can be purchased on CD Baby
or can be purchased as a Download
Here
Live!
(2007)
Hymn For Gaia (2008)
and
Contact
Information:
Michael F. Iott
Eaton Rapids, MI
medcrow@yahoo.com
Much Love...Mitakuye Oyasin!
Michael (Medicine Crow)