Check out http://texasdirt.wordpress.com/ for a bio & interview on Mike Ethan Messick. He's their featured artist for the week.
brent, i'm obliged to defend ... i like messick's voice too. you say nasal, i say he's just twangy, like a lot of country singers. i love his voice and think it's perfect for the great stuff he writes.
I give it five stars! Great songwriting, great singing! I like his voice a lot...
Overall good album, great songwriter but the dude cant sing. If you can get over that, you can handle this one. It takes some time though to get past it, but if you can appreciate a good song and ignore the nasal its a good one.
I am a big fan of Mike Ethan Messick, both the artist and the man. In my opinion (for whatever it's worth), I truly believe that he is one of the most talented people to ever put words together on Brazos Valley soil (my favorite songwriter that I personally know!). A true songsmith and veteran of the stage, it's worth catching him live just to enjoy his banter between songs. I'm fascinated by his quick wit... He's also a very good-hearted fellow. Not many guys who are as good as he is (who know how good they are) are also as supportive as he is towards the younger guys just getting their feet wet in the music world. I've never heard him speak a bad word about another artist, even though time and again lesser talents are celebrated as much as- or to a greater extent than- he is. I love his cd and highly encourage you to buy it if you don't have it already. It's one of the good ones, and MEM is one of the good guys... the man, just like his music, is as genuine as it comes!
Well played ... some of my favorite songs. A real Texas talent.
This guy had been my neighbor for the better part of my entire life. I have always looked up to him as a fellow musician and want him to know that he knows what the true meaning of playing music is. Love ya man keep on playin hard.
It's every bit as good as I hoped it would be. Mike's one of those songwriters that's going to be remembered way past his time, and I knew that already, but the production on this kicks ass too. Plus the Gougers make everything better.
One of the best new songwriters in years. Fun to watch, too ... hope he's got a big future in store.
