Mike Farris
With a gospel-fueled voice that sounds like a cross between the hard rock blast of Bon Scott and the joyful sweetness of Al Green, Mike Farris has taken a long time to balance his life and considerable talent. Devastated when his parents divorced when he was 11 years old, Farris tumbled early into the world of drugs and alcohol, a lifestyle that landed him in reform school. Nearly dying from an accidental overdose, he moved in with his father and began playing guitar and writing songs, gradually pulling himself out of the depths of his addictions. After forming the seminal 1990s blues jam band the Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies, however, the endless touring and bars sent him right back to his old bad habits, and while he put out fine music with SCW, with Peaceful Knievel, and during his stint as the singer for Double Trouble, Stevie Ray Vaughan's old rhythm section, Farris was in deep emotional trouble. Finally, in 2004, while attending the funeral of a friend, he decided he had enough, and embraced both God and sobriety. His two solo albums since, 2002's Goodnight Sun and the subsequent Salvation in Lights, produced in Nashville by Matt Martone and featuring Johnny Cash's longtime bassist Dave Roe, are remarkable musical and spiritual testaments to Farris' commitment to personal redemption.
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Discography
13 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Silver & Stone
Country - Released by Compass Records Group on 7 sep. 2018
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Shine For All The People
Rock - Released by Compass Records on 16 sep. 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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SHOUT! Live
Rock - Released by Compass Records Group on 14 apr. 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Honeysuckle Blue
Soul - Released by Tasty Goody Records on 28 jul. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Golden Wings
Rock - Released by Compass Records Group on 24 mei 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
More Days Like This
J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters
Soul - Released by HUNTERS RECORDS on 8 sep. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Night the Cumberland Came Alive
Mike Farris, Mike Farris & The Cumberland Saints
Rock - Released by Compass Records on 25 okt. 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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