Michael Burks... (Page 2 of 6)

Attention Gig-man..Albert Castiglia 8/18   Timeout Pub, Rockland Maine  HIGHLY recommended!!!!            Cathy

Salami, salami, baloney Swami Cate!!

No can do, Cath.....got Robert Cray at the Palace in Greensburg penciled in on the 18th.....and I may not make that.  I'm in Spartan mode until the Dallas gig, don'tchaknow.....

Besides.....as much as I'd like to see him (still sorry I missed the Ft. Lauderdale show...), Maine ain't exactly right up the street!!  I may be goin' to Texas, but I can't afford to make a habit of flyin' in for shows!!!

Good you put it out though.....does he have a thread in here??

I can do wonders with beans.  Trouble is, they kinda do wonders with me, too.....

As far as I can tell, I'm the only one goin' to Texas that has a clear focus!! 

JB/BDS Friday night in Dallas

BDS Saturday afternoon at ACL in Austin

BDS Saturday night at Antone's

JB Sunday afternoon at ACL

SRV's statue Monday morning at Town Lake with the mornin' sun on it.....

No LL Bean dis time.....

Yer comin' here in a few weeks???  WOO HOO!!!  What day??  I don't see your band in the line up.  Hope it's Friday, you can catch Tab.....and don't worry, you'll see me and Jeff.....

Ya know.....I've never been to Maine.....

Yes my friend we will be there, I'm looking forward to it.

George you forgot something: You always wanted to meet my wife Corine, you both talked so much  on the phone and now: You'll meet her!!
Be prepared my friend: She's like all the ladies: I want to be in control................................

Glad to see you  in Winterswijk!

Andre Wittebroek

I thought I'd go ahead and pull this back up because George is going to gush. Thanks for calling and sharing "Empty Promises" with me. MB always pleases my ears. Again, tone, tone, tone!!! George also got to meet him and get a picture. Can't wait to hear all about the festival!  Cathy

None of our little group – Andre, his friends Rudy and Johan, Marco Bluesmagazine (strange name, that) and me – had ever seen Michael ‘Iron Man’ Burks live.

Marco and I knew his sound from cd’s, but the other three were complete novices. I suspect that a very large proportion of the audience present also didn’t know what to expect, because I can only compare what happened after Michael walked out and cranked up his Gibson to a mass Bonabaptism experience – mouths first fell open, smiles appeared, huge grins next, collective jaw dropping, people bopping and clapping along, and that mega kick you get when you realize that everyone around you is sharing the same buzz you’re on.

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4236/dscn3215.jpg - Happy Hammer

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4479/dscf3536.jpg - Andre

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/713/dscf3556.jpg  - The Iron Man

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/51/dscf3560.jpg - “Enjoying!”

I’m afraid that I can’t produce a set list, though I know that he started with ‘Fire and Water,’ which immediately won the crowd over. Naturally,  he played ‘Empty Promises’, which I filmed (part of which Cathy managed to catch per phone too) and which will be posted for all to enjoy, as well as a brilliant instrumental version of ‘House of the rising sun’.

Here are links to Michael’s home and tour pages –

http://www.michaelburks.com/

http://www.alligator.com/index.cfm?sect … State=play

I strongly urge anyone who has a chance to see The Iron Man live NOT to miss the opportunity. He is a killer, AND he has ‘The tone’. © Granny Cate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RDMGnJoNQ0 - Empty Promises from the Blues cruise (To keep you going till my film gets posted!)

I notice a festival near Stuttgart in July (Eva) and also a gig in NYC about a week after HAB. Have at it people, Michael deserves a bigger audience (imho).

MICHAEL BURKS ROCKS!!!

Thanks for the review and photos Amsterhammer.   
I've got his Ironman CD which i like. Hopefully one day he will make it to these shores...

Ah, Bob.

I told Michael I was a friend of Bob's, who won the Flying V, and said hi from you - his face lit up, he thought it was way cool that someone at a little festival in Germany knew you.

No sign of a Flying V. He played the whole show with his pretty yellow Gibson and man, what a sweet, sweet sound he gets from that thing!