FROM MIKE
(Post-Firmware Unlock - Silence of the Fans Guide: GitHub) After a lot of trial and error with various other people's scripts, ChatGPT, my own feeble brain and skills, I figured out how to automate fan control on an HP DL380 Gen9 using a dedicated Linux…
I have requested that all 21 albums/singles be removed from Spotify. They already pay an abysmal rate for plays, so I never promoted my music there. Then they made an announcement where they plan to pay even less. My leaving won't hurt them, or me,…
Coming Fall 2023, new music from Mike Lawson & Friends, including Ojo Taylor, Gary Talley, Bob Bralove, Phil Keaggy, Scott Guberman, Noah Wall, Joe Montague, Philip Madeira, Denise Stewart-Bates, Tyra Juliette, Patricio Böttcher, Andres Ollari, and more.
Another single from a new album I am working on, pre-released on bandcamp... co-written from lyrical ideas sent by my first drummer from my teen years, Michael Knapp, who I am grateful to finally collaborate with again after 40+ years. The group of friends on…
I retreated back into the studio today long enough to finish this up and release Dr. John's Right Place, Wrong Time, a little early as a single. It is only on Bandcamp until the album comes out this summer, and there you can listen for…
Coming soon... I am in the middle of another new album, with some more fun stuff and guests, old friends and new. I have some more new music and favorite songs I had always wanted to cover. That is a massive list, and it seems…
A preview link to the currently unlisted video for "I Got a Reprobate Mind," from last year's album 3200 W 22nd Court, features Mark Pfaff on mouth harp, Denise Stewart Bates on backing vocals, Joe Montague on drums, Phil Madeira on Hammond, and I'm singing,…
https://youtu.be/RFv-mpcDVgUReleasing on YouTube Dec 1, 2022. Written and recorded a few years ago, I finally put some effort into finishing this “suicide ballad” story and video:Noah Wall - Vocals, FiddleMike Lawson - Guitar, Vocals, BassRichard Jasper - BagpipesAlex Sturbaum - BodhranBrian Knave - Drums
Well, lookie here, man... my YouTube channel finally has had enough viewing time and subscribers to be "monetized" so please run on over, click subscribe and let some videos play through, ya hear? I could earn tens of dollars! Thanks!
Here it is, without any fanfare, "Mike Lawson and Friends Lay It All Down" presented in Apple Music Hi Res Lossless format. Better late than never, right? Twelve song, 55 minutes of unrepentant goodness.
https://youtu.be/d4AztyFTXUcIt is a song I probably would not have written, except Keaggy was showing me a cool Hofner bass has was considering parting with, and I had to take home, and I did. And that night, I wrote this, the next day it was in…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS9Kocrs4IYThe 1975 crossover RnB/Gospel/Disco hit by Mighty Clouds of Joy as reimagined by Mike Lawson and Friends featuring: Joe Montague - Drums/Percussion Denise Stewart Bates - Backing Vocals Mike Lawson - Guitar, Bass, Vocals Scott Guberman - Hammond organ Phil Keaggy - Guitar - now…
I'm at a grand age now where there is no delusional seeking of fame, no stars in my eyes, no real care in the world about whether or not the music I make sells, or doesn't sell, or if people like it, or don't. Well,…
https://youtu.be/s9jrnBCvoLUI began putting this video together last winter, but got distracted and forgot to post it. Even though the new album has now been unleashed upon an unwitting public, I figured why not post one more video from 3200 W 22nd Court.So, I did.
https://youtu.be/kfIu5LaIQyo https://youtu.be/kfIu5LaIQyo We released this video tribute to Bob Welch on June 7,2022, ten years after his passing. Lay It All Down, by Bob Welch, appeared on the Mystery to Me album, one of five albums he did with Fleetwood Mac. We remember you, Bob. "Lay down…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1q_ro4uHGcThis is a classic song made famous by Little Jr. Parker in the 1950s.The annual "Dead Covers Project" on YouTube, was in full swing in tribute to Europe '72's 50th anniversary, and Keaggy and I had been talking about blues songs, and Mike Bloomfield in…
https://youtu.be/oJ3sHtGKbSYKathy sent me a piano track of her playing this, and it made me want to expand on it, bring in some friends, and record a song I have always wanted to do. Thanks, Kathy.Featuring Friends: Kathy Mayer (Piano – USA), Joe Montague (Drums –…
https://youtu.be/ypbxW3iGv5MThe video for Benedict Rides, a song by Merl Saunders and Pam Carrier, originally featured vocals from the Hawkins Family. It was pure early 70s greasy funk. When I was selecting some Saunders songs to cover, Merl Jr. suggested I do this one. I'm glad…
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