Michael Gurley

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Michael Gurley
Gurley holding a guitar
Gurley onstage in 2005
Background information
GenresRock, active rock, country, jazz standards, children's, folk
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active1987–present

Michael Gurley is an American musician whose musical talents have been featured in many successful rock bands including dada and Butterfly Jones.[2] He is best known as the guitarist and co-lead singer of dada.[3]

Musical career

Gurley's band

RIAA gold record award. dada toured with Sting and bands such as Crowded House, and Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds. They opened shows for Stone Temple Pilots, Courtney Love, Sarah McLachlan
, and a host of other bands and musicians.

Among others, Gurley has recorded and played with Ringo Starr of The Beatles, Stewart Copeland of The Police, and Mick Taylor of The Rolling Stones.

Gurley co-wrote and co-produced the album

Wayland, MI) along with Grammy-nominated producer, instrumentalist, and mixer Florian Ammon.[6]

Gurley was a singer and the lead guitar player for Kiefer Sutherland in The Kiefer Sutherland Band for 6 years. He also performs in Mike Gurley and the Nightcaps,[7] a jazz standards band. His early career included a stint in the power pop band Louis and Clark,[8] which featured Louis Gutierrez of Mary's Danish and Joie Calio, bass player and vocalist for dada.

In his more than 30-year career, Gurley has published over 300 songs and has sold over 1,000,000 records.[citation needed]

Television music

Gurley has written theme songs for three

Harley Davidson, Chrysler, and Nickelodeon as well as professional sports commercials. Gurley is also the singing voice in the commercial for the successful Xbox video game Titanfall
.

Discography

Louis and Clark

  • Hollywood Capacity: Maximum (1987)

dada

Butterfly Jones

  • Napalm Springs (2001)

Mike Gurley and the Nightcaps

  • Champagne Champagne (1996)
  • Euphoria (1999)
  • I Ain't Gonna Sit On Santa's Lap (2004)

Solo

  • Ultrasound (2020)

Billy Boy On Poison

  • Sweet Mess EP
     (writer/producer, 2008, Ironworks)
  • Drama Junkie Queen
     (writer/producer, 2009, Ironworks)

Billy Boy On Poison singles

  • "On My Way" (writer/producer, 2009)
  • "Angry Young Man" (writer/producer, 2009)
  • "4 Leaf Clover" (writer/producer, 2010)

References

  1. ^ "The Dahls". Thedahlsmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  2. ^ "Butterfly Jones | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  3. ^ Kugelberg, Johan (May 1993). "Dada". Spin. p. 7. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  4. ^ [1][dead link]
  5. ^ "Home". Waylandtheband.com. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  6. ^ "home". Florianammon.com. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  7. ^ "Welcome to our Pad | Mike Gurley and the Nightcaps | Home". Mikegurleyandthenightcaps.com. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  8. ^ Stewart Mason. "Louis & Clark | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-03-29.

External links

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