![]() “I’ve always been deeply affected by the struggles faced by our disenfranchised communities. The community’s position was strengthened by the 2015 Field Study Of Gas Pipeline Safety In Tennessee, which included Mike’s extensive photo-documentation of corroded and poorly maintained interstate gas pipeline infrastructure and haphazard operating conditions across Tennessee. Little Folks Like You And Me featured the song “Poisoned Rivers,” which became a rallying cry for local community resistance to unwanted fossil fuel development in Middle Tennessee. Mike jumped back into regional touring to promote his work and to support various environmental causes, including the NODAPL standoff at Standing Rock, the Flint Water Crisis, and his own community, all of which were facing environmental degradation by irresponsible corporate actors and their enablers in public office. Bob would end up producing 2016’s Little Folks Like You And Me. During the next few years, he developed a friendship with neighbor and guitar legend Bob Britt (Leon Russell, Delbert McClinton, John Fogerty, Bob Dylan). ![]() In 2010, Mike finally planted some roots when he and his girlfriend, Nikkole Turner, bought a small homestead on the north side of Nashville to care for two horses rescued from a slaughter farm in rural Tennessee. touring in the midwest, mid-Atlantic, mid-South, and northeast regions, where his radio supporters and fans encouraged him to keep the hope alive… In 2007, he returned to Nashville and began laying the groundwork for 2009’s Hustled By Squares, followed by U.S. From 2003-2007, he worked the NYC club scene with his band and as a solo performer. Now recovered, the recordings have been completed and scheduled for release on August 27th, 2021.Īfter the loss of the Memphis sessions and his record deal, Mike left Tennessee, returning to New York City to assemble a band and subsequently release 2005’s Every Stone You Throw, his first independent effort, which carried some of the songs from the lost record. The tapes from that session fell into legal limbo and were lost for almost two decades. The original Memphis sessions featured rock legends Levon Helm on drums, Spooner Oldham on keyboard and organ, David Hood on bass, Jim Dickinson on piano, and his son Luther Dickinson on electric guitar. ![]() In 2001, Jim Dickinson started producing Mike’s second album, which never saw the light of day, as the record label collapsed before the record was completed. When Mike signed his first record deal, Crowell stepped in as producer, and together they turned out Somethin’ In The Air in 1999. Soon after, Mike traveled to Nashville to record demos, and his recordings reached the ear of Rodney Crowell. ![]() It was years later, while performing live on WWOZ in New Orleans, that he caught his first break with a music publisher who heard the broadcast. At the age of 20, he headed to New York City to seek out the '60s folk renaissance remnants. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Mike Younger left home at the age of 17 and cut his teeth as a fledgling street performer in Toronto and Vancouver. ![]()
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