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Americana Roots – Singer/Songwriter
(a little bit of folk, rock, country and “Ozark” blues)
Mick Byrd
Time Out Records
P.O.Box 141, 503 North Main Street * Vienna, MO 65582-0141
Phone/Fax (573) 422-3881 * Mail@MickByrd.com
http://www.mickbyrd.com * Performs solo or with band members
Memberships:
BMI, Writer; BMI, Mick Byrd Publishing.
MO Arts Council & Mid-America Arts Alliance Touring Rosters
Nashville Songwriters Association International -NSAI
Americana Music Association, Roots Music Association, Airplay Direct (DPK available)
Credits:
1995 Billboard Magazine Songwriting Contest – National Award for – Afternoon At The Wall
1997 Theme Song The Chance – Missouri Statewide Parents Advisory Network. -Mo.
Department of Mental Health The Chance- Chosen by Missouri Special Olympics for their
opening ceremony in 2000. Along with Gentle Souls these songs were also featured in 2001.
Both songs are on a CD single with proceeds going to Special Olympics Missouri.
Oasis CD samplers sent to Americana radio stations Train Song & Small Town Girl
National Radio:
NPR Program – River City Folk, hosted by Tom May
Writers Block-WDVX 89.9fm/102.9/webcast, host- Karen Reynolds
NPR Program – Car Talk – Drivin’ That Lawnmower to Town & This Old Truck,
Hosts: Tom and Ray Magliozzi
AIRPLAY DIRECT: http://www.airplaydirect.com/MickByrd Digital Press Kit /streamed /downloads for Radio
Performed to appreciative audiences at: (partial listing)
Acoustic Cafe (Cable TV Filming) – St. Louis University
Bluebird Cafe – Nashville, TN (Songwriters Nights, Songwriter Picks Nights & In-The-Round) The Blue Note – Columbia, Headline KOPN fundraiser special
Borders Books & Music- St. Louis & Kansas City areas, IL, IN, TN, OH, PA, CT, OK, CO
Colfers, Carrig-on-Bannow Co. Wexford, Ireland
Culver-Stockton College – Canton, MO
The Focal Point Cultural Arts Center – Webster Groves
Folklore Center – Warrenville, IL (Chicago Metro)
Lyric Live Theater Newburg, MO
KOMU-TV Pepper & Friends programs, Columbia
Missouri Botanical Gardens – Best of Mo. Market – St. Louis
Mo. Special Olympics opening ceremony, 2000,2001 – Ft. Leonard Wood
Off Broadway – St. Louis
St. Louis Art Festival – Clayton, MO (St. Louis Metro)
Stones Throw Theatre – Carthage
University of Missouri – St. Louis
University of Missouri – Columbia, Peace Studies Program
Veterans for Peace Rally – Columbia
1st & 2nd Annual Vietnam Vets Reunions – St. Roberts
West End Theater Blackwater, MO
Westminster College, Fulton, MO
William Woods University Presidents Concert & Lecture Series, Fulton, MO
Mick has performed in TX, AR, KS, IL, OH, PA, CT, TN, IN, OK, CO, RI, MA Radio performances/ interviews (April, 2000 – River City Folk perf.- repeated) Ireland… and many more…
Recordings:
No Frills, Live At The Focal Point, The Barber, Stolen Kisses, A Few Good Tunes, Outer Road (Now recording Mick’s 7th CD)
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