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DESCRIPTION:Michael Hardie is first and foremost a writer with a global vie
 w who always lets his Texas roots shine through his music. He writes about
  a variety of subjects\, always focusing on the underlying love that we al
 l need in our lives. For this reason many of his songs are about personal 
 relationships and the joy and struggle of sharing life with those we love.
  His new release 'Real' seeks to make the message clear once again that 'T
 rue Love Never Dies.' In many ways the story of Texas native\, Michael Har
 die\, began in 1991 when Wolfgang Doebling\, editor of the German Rolling 
 Stone Magazine\, heard his album 'Houston Blues' and invited him to Berlin
  for the B.I.D. music conference. This first trip to Europe sparked a crea
 tive period of songwriting that would redefine him as an artist. Moving to
  the east part of Berlin in June 1992 (2 years after the Berlin Wall fell)
  was the beginning of a wanderlust that found him going back and forth fro
 m Texas to Berlin for the next 2 decades. By the time Michael reached Berl
 in (where he recorded 'Berlin Demos' in 1996) he had already spent 20 year
 s defining his craft. He began in Houston in the early '70's at age 19 whe
 re he opened for Blues Legend Lightnin' Hopkins. This led to 10 years in L
 os Angeles where he opened for Buddy Guy and Junior Wells in 1987 at the L
 ong Beach Blues Festival. He spent most of his time in the studio recordin
 g his songs with musicians like Jesse Ed Davis (John Lennon's favorite gui
 tarist). Through the years Michael has recorded his songs with greats such
  as Chuck Rainey\, Stephen Bruton and Milton Hopkins (cousin of Lightnin' 
 and former rhythm guitarist for B.B King). Milton became a lifetime friend
  and mentor for Michael and they would go on to record two Blues albums of
  Michael's original music\, 'Houston Blues'(1991) and 'Waiting For Perfect
 ion'(2008). Milton also appears on two tracks of the new release 'Real'(20
 14). In between\, Michael has spent extended periods of time in Austin\, N
 ashville\, New York City and Porto Alegre\, Brazil. Touring in Brazil with
  his daughter\, Myla Hardie and son-in-law\, Porto Alegre native Eduardo G
 uedes\, Michael further broadened his world perspective as can be heard in
  his music and writing. Myla and Eduardo both appear on Michael's latest r
 elease\, 'Real'. 'Real' is his fifth record of original songs and brings h
 is almost 50 years of writing and recording full circle. This record incor
 porates elements of his earlier works and takes them several steps further
 . Michael is currently living in San Antonio where he has spent 2014 recor
 ding 'Real' in Grammy-winning studio\, Blue Cat Studios\, with Joe Trevino
 . Michael returned to his home turf to record with a stellar Texas lineup:
  Ernie Durawa\, Milton Hopkins\, Freddie 'Steady' Krc\, Arturo 'Sauce' Gon
 zales\, Michael Martin\, George Batista\, Riley Osborn\, Chris Alcaraz \, 
 Al Gomez\, Henry Rivas and Michael Guerra. Most of the songs for this work
  were written over the previous 2 years in Berlin\, which he considers his
  second home and where he plans to return to live and tour in the Fall (20
 14).\n\nViel Spass wünscht Gratis-in-Berlin\n\nLink zum Tip: \nZu den Gratis-in
 -Berlin Angeboten: http://www.gratis-in-berlin.de\n
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SUMMARY:Michael Hardie (Texas) - Americana & Blues - Live in Speiches R&B K
 neipe\, Raumerstr.39\, Prenzl.Berg
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