Nashville, Tennessee
65 Years Old

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"Genre-bending songs and killer instrumentals."

BIOGRAPHY

Born (1944 ) and grew up in Liverpool. Turned professional in 1962 with The Barons ( Parlophone ). Moved to London in 1965. West Five ( HMV ), Checkmates ( Pye ), Ferris Wheel ( Pye & Polydor) Began writing seriously in 1966. Worked as session musician/ singer for Dusty Springfield, Doris Troy, and Colin Blunstone ( Zombies ) among many others. Publishing executive for Robert Stigwood Organisation 1970-1972. Moved to Nashville in 1973, where I've since participated in all facets of the music business.

LEVEL

professional

GENRES

Singer/Songwriter, Rock , Folk

PUBLISHING COMPANY

Irish Eyes Music. Admin. Bug/Windswept, I own my own publishing

Contact

Administrative: snowmichael@bellsouth.net

P.R.O.

BMI

INSTRUMENTS

accordion / b3 organ / banjo / bass / acoustic guitar / electric guitar / harpsichord / keyboard / mandolin / percussion / piano / synthesizers / tambourine / vocals

INFLUENCES

Lennon & McCartney, Brian Wilson, Randy Newman, Van Dyke Parks, Allen Toussaint, Mac Rebbenak, Brill Building, Holland/ Dozier/Holland, Dan Penn and everyone who ever wrote a good 'un.

DAY JOB

Music Industry / Songwriter / Author.

I AM INTERESTED IN

in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

experience >

SONG CUTS

Marmalade, Ferris Wheel, Georgie Fame, Alan Price, Julie Andrews,Shane Fenton/ Alvin Stardust, Earl Scruggs Revue, Ray Stevens, Dennis Locorriere, Dr. Hook,Gloria Loring, Cathryn Craig & Brian Willoughby, Noel Murphy, Frank Emerson, Larry Keith,Orsa Lia, Elizabeth Reed, Cornelis Vreeswijk & Osten Warnerbring, Los Valldemosa, Thom Bern's Valhalla, Sunshine, Ray Flacke.

SONG PLACEMENTS

Macdonald's commercials, Hartmann Luggage, many others 1985-92, when a partner in Martin & Snow Media Music.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

U.K. Ivor Novello Award 1971-72.( Rosetta ) Number 1 Plaque Germany 1970 ( Rosetta ) Number 1 Plaque Benelux 1970 ( Rosetta ) Diamond Addy Award (2) 1986. ( JIngles ) Diamond Addy Award 1987. ( Jingle )

OTHER SONG OR ALBUM CREDITS

Sang on John Lennon' s 'Power To The People'. (1972.) Co-produced and co-wrote Ray Flacke's album ' Untitled Island ' (1982.) Produced 'Smashers' ( Kat Family/ Epic ) (1980.) Keyboards and 12-string guitar on 'Rockin' Horse' album,( re-issued on Rock-Ola (2005 ). Keyboards on ' Outlander ' by Meic Stevens, ((re-issued by Warner Bros. 2005 ) Track with The Barons on 'The Mersey Sound' ( EMI Gold , 2008 )

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Cadillac Sky

Cadillac Sky should be a lot more tired. It’s early Saturday afternoon at MerleFest and the band–Bryan Simpson, Matt Menefree, Andrew Moritz, Ross Holmes and newest addition David Mayfield–has already logged two performances on the day....

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Sessions: David Bazan

It was pretty slow. I mean, I played [the songs] on acoustic guitar for a long time, but I didn’t know how to transfer them to the other format. I didn’t want it to be a solo acoustic record. I wanted there to be bells and whistles and full band arrangements even if I didn’t want it necessarily to be electric guitar rock....

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Sessions: Vetiver

“It’s always slightly confounding to me whenever Vetiver is depicted with the same tropes that people have read off of press sheets,” says Andy Cabic. “The same sort of milestones get mentioned but then no one really digs to find out that there are those other things going on.”

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Behind The Song: “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing”

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell sang, it has been remarked, like lovers, although they weren’t. Similarly, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, the team behind one of Marvin and Tammi’s most enduring hits, “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” wrote as if under the influence of amatory forces; even if, in the spring of 1968,