The Mike Glendinning Band
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Mike Glendinning is a Bay Area Songwriter and musician. He was born in 1976 and has been playing guitar since he was 12 years old when he was first inspired by the music of Jimi Hendrix. Since then Mike's music has continued to grow, change and develop. He played guitar in his high school jazz band and, after that, performed in a rock band for four years. But his own, original music really began to take off in 2002 when he built a home studio and started recording original compositions. Nine months later Mike put out his first CD-Machine In The Sky- featuring himself on guitar and his wife, Christina, singing.
Mike's second CD-The Mike Glendinning Band-was released in 2005. This time out Mike and Christina were joined by Blair Reese on bass and Ron Gainer on drums for an introspective, avant-grade performance of original Glendinning material. Theo Cedar says, "Mike Glendinning's latest CD uses many tools from his diverse guitar arsenal to paint an inviting view into their private
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This is a review from www.indie-music.com By Mark Fisher.............. "There have been very few times in my life where I was completely undecided on what I thought about a CD. This, however, is one such time. The Mike Glendinning Band describe themselves as grunge jazz, and I think that’s a pretty good call. The guitars have an avante garde and dirty sort of feel to them throughout a lot of the CD, which gives it that punk rock/grunge DIY feel. Also contributing to that side of the fence are Christina Glendinning’s off-kilter vocals. She sounds flat at times, but I’m tempted to say it’s intentional. Intentional or not, it is definitely one of the things that gives this CD its unique feel. When Mike isn’t grunging it up on songs like “Test” and “Home,” he is offering up a smooth jazz style that sort of bridges the gap between jazz standards and Radiohead. Most of the CD falls into the aforementioned style, which makes the grungier moments that much more intense when they hit. The haun
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