Hi there! My name is Mike Garbutt, and I'm a singer songwriter guitarist and I've been playing for the past 40 years. As well as my own songs, I perform many standards and hits from 1930's through 1970's or so, covering a range of moods, e.g., playfull - funny - wistful - sad - profound - hopeful - rousing - etc... I perform on a weekly basis as a volunteer musician in the local care centres, and I try to get out as much as possible into the main stream.
My compositions relate my own or other's life experiences as honestly and as humanly as possible. I recorded my first CD, "The riff vandal's signature CD" in my basement, and while I'm sure it's a jewel case full of diamonds in the rough, it needs a bit of work and a few $$s before it's marketable. At least I can say that I have my own CD. My friend Craig best described my music as nostalgic-folk-rock-alt-country, though maybe its best that you listen to the tunes and decide for yourself.
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Recently I've joined up with a few guys to form a band, The Riff Vandals. We play gigs on a volunteer basis at local nursing homes and the like. Believe it or not we really rock, and we are always greeted with enthusiasm and excitement at all of the venues we play. For more info on The Riff Vandals please click here We're also looking for mainstream gigs.
Why do we strive so hard in our brief lives for great possessions? Why do we change our country for climes warmed by a different sun? What exile from his fatherland ever escaped himself as well? Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 - 8 B.C., poet)
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