LITTLE MIKE SEMI FINALIST FOR BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES RELEASE FOR “PINE TOP PERKINS & JIMMY ROGERS – GENUINE BLUES LEGENDS ALBUM, EP OR SINGLE RELEASE - MIKE APPEARS ON SHORT BIO • How Long? (2016) CD • Pinetop Perkins & Jimmy Rogers – Genuine Blues Legends Queens native Little Mike grew up on (2015) CD the very competitive New York City • Friday Night (with Zora Young) (2015) CD music scene. He started playing harp • Live at the St. Augustine Bluzfest (2015) CD at age 14 and took up piano two • All the Right Moves (2014) CD years later. His first brush with the • Forgive Me (2013) CD blues came while hearing John Lee • Heaven – Pinetop Perkins (2012) Hooker at Carnegie Hall and later • Blind Pig 25th Anniversary Collection w/Pinetop Perkins (2001) listening to a Paul Butterfield record. • Live in Paris (2000) After that Little Mike couldn’t get • Hot Shot (1998) enough. If a blues show was in New • Flynns Place (1995) York City, Mike was there, especially • Prime Chops Vol 2 (1993) when the Chicago players came to • Payday (1992) town. His favorite was Muddy Waters. • Help Yourself - Eddie Clearwater (1992) “I used to go and see Muddy anytime • Prime Chops (1990) he was within 150 miles of New York“ • Heart Attack (1990) he said. “He is easily the biggest • Heart and Soul – Hurbert Sumlin W/James Cotton and Little influence on the band and my Mike (1989) playing. And if it’s not Muddy himself • After Hours - Pine Top Perkins (1988) then it’s the great guys he always • Little Mike’s Harmonica Boogie/Since My Mothers Been Ill (1985) picked to play with him, like Pinetop Single 45 Perkins and Otis Spann on the piano or Little Walter and James Cotton on FESTIVALS PERFORMED Harp.” • Bacon Bourbon and Blues Festival 2019 CONTACT • Daytona Bike Week at the Cabbage Patch PHONE: 352.219.5480 Little Mike LINKS WEBSITE: https://LittleMikeandtheTornadoes/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LittleMikeandtheTorna does/ EMAIL: • You Tube: Anne Bello, Agent https://www.youtube.com/channel/LittleMikeandtheTornadoe 352.514.4996 s [email protected] • EPK: https:/annebelloproductions.com/little-mike-the- tornadoes/ Anne Bello Productions, LLC 352.514.4996 www.AnneBelloProductions.com Booking, Band, Festival and Event Services .