MICHAEL LILLE: Suitable Disguise

Michael Lille

Suitable Disguise

© 2006 Downstream Records

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Folk / blues / singer-songwriter

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UPDATE: Recorded in Jan / Feb `06 in Austin, TX - Michael's new CD "Suitable Disguise" has just been released and is now available . Co-produced by Lloyd Maines and Paul Pearcy, special guests include George Marinelli (Bonnie Raitt band), John Hagan (Lyle Lovett band), Ruthie Foster, Sara Hickman, The Sherpas, Dana Cooper, Eugene Ruffolo and Diane French. Stay tuned for added shows once the CD is released.

Other projects include: Never Home to Stay, co-produced by Grammy winner Mark Prentice, and features guitarist George Marinelli and Vinnie Santoro of Air Parma, Valerie Carter, Jerry Douglas, and many other special guests.
His 1996 self-produced release, Middle Child, features Alison Krauss on background vocals and Victor Wooten on bass. In 1992, Lille's debut Just In Time, was produced by John Jennings and featured Mary-Chapin Carpenter on background vocals. As a songwriter, Washington Post music scribe Mike Joyce praised Lille's "gift for soul searching" and "innate tunefulness."

Performing Songwriter magazine calls Lille "a star on the rise whose voice is soft leather, and his guitar work is flawless." Add to these strengths a relaxed confidence on stage and you understand why he won the 1996 Telluride Troubadour competition and the 1993 Kerrville New Folk Songwriter award. Lille has been on tour as the opening act for Alison Krauss, and has opened shows for Bob Dylan, Little Feat, Leo Kottke, David Wilcox, Kathy Mattea, J.J. Cale, Warren Zevon and comedian Carrot Top.

A team player too, Lille is the "L" in one of Washington, D.C.'s best-loved groups, SGGL, who have released their fourth disc, On The Shoulder, recorded live at The Wolftrap Barns in Vienna, VA. [Sales of their previous albums have soared to over 80,000.]

In Feb. 2003, Michael released a new record with The Sherpas titled "Honor Among Thieves". The long awaited recording also features Tom Prasada-Rao and Tom Kimmel.

As if all that weren't enough, Lille is also an outdoorsman and world traveler, having lived and worked in exotic locales such as New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Nepal and Bhutan. In 1999, after 7 years in Nashville, Michael moved to Colorado where he now makes his home.

Always dedicated to growing and being the best he can be, this man for all musical seasons continues to tour, record and translate his life experiences into captivating music. As Lille says, "it's really a privilege to be able to do the things you love."

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  • Advance word was that Michael Lille's new cd was good.
    author: G. T. Spence

    Good understates "Suitable Disguise" by a long shot. The first time I heard "Can't You Hear the Whistle Blow" it was exhilarating. Each song is a keeper. Lille's versitility is strongly accented from the clever "I Loved Rosie" to the strong spiritual tone of "We Surrendered". What "Suitable Disguise" amounts to is an exceptionally well-crafted cd with as fine a group of selections(including the covers of Mars Bonfire's "Born to be Wild" and Allen Toussaint's "on Your Way Down" as I have found on any cd. Thanks, too, Mr. Lille, for the final cut that yanks us back down to earth and leaves me ready for more. A must buy for any serious music lover.

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