Bio

[color="blue"]I have been singing most all my life; I started out in the church choir as a young man around 8 years old and did that for years, when I got to High School I sang in the choir there as well…. what a cool experience, we used to travel around to different colleges and do like a battle of the choirs thing against other schools (we kicked their butts!!) I joined the military after high school and dropped out of the music scene for a number of years, then about 10years ago I entered a talent contest and did a karaoke song to a Randy Travis tune and much to my surprise I got a standing ovation, I was floored and everybody told me I should be in a band so I hooked up with my buddy and a couple other fellas and we did a blues/rock thing, about that time I picked up the Harmonica (cuz I can’t play guitar...lol) and taught myself how to play by listening to greats like Jr Wells, Charlie Musslewhite , Andy Santana ect.. I moved from Modesto to Sacramento and did nothing with my music for about 3 years then I was at some event and they had a singing contest so I decided to enter, I sang Mustang Sally and rocked the house…. what a great time, I won the contest and as part of the prize I got to sing with the band, that’s when it all started again the drummer, bass player and I became good friends and one day Michael James asked me to front an SRV tribute band called “Say What” what a great band that was but it wasn’t meant to last and soon fell apart I told my drummer friend that I was going to start another band and he said if I didn’t let him be the drummer he would come to all my gigs and picket and protest……We came up with Big Mike & the Fat Katz.....I have taken private voice lessons on several different occasions to expand my range and learn how to not sing flat and currently have a 4 octive range.....I have also taken many harmonica lessons but I am still not at the level I would like to be.[/color]