Mike Garbutt fell in love with the guitar before he reached 10 years of age. However, it wasn't until his late teens that he learned how to play popular music and attempt to earn a living as a musician. Following the Hippie Trail to Peace and Love, Mike quickly discovered living hand to mouth wasn't his idea of how a successful musician ought to be living? Abandoning the idea of a career in music, Mike sold his six-string and followed several other career pathways, earning a living until age 65.

As you may have guessed already, Mike bought another six-string along the journey, and embodied the songs of his lifetime in truth and allegory, and recorded "The Riff Vandal's Signature CD." As well, during the later part of his working life, Mike -AKA- "The Riff Vandal," also performed for many years as a volunteer musician in his home province of Manitoba. Music With Mike was very popular for almost 15 years, either solo or as part of the Riff Vandals.

Please enjoy listening to my Gramary ; ) & make a $5 - $10 contribution towards Mike's continued music endeavour. If you can't download either the zip file containing all the tunes, or individual mp3 files by right clicking on the music player consul (somewhere), please contact me and I'll email them to you. Otherwise the songs and lyrics are available for purchase or for none exclusive lease for you to record in videos, movies or advertising slogans, memes and the like. Or simply feel free to download the songs for your personal use, although all contributions including $1 are welcome : )

Take care, be kind and enjoy life ~ Mike