Mike Beck & the Bohemian Saints: Solo

Date, 2010, Monterey, CA. Mike Beck (www.mikebeck.com), a popular solo acoustic singer/songwriter from Monterey, California, has recently released a new CD, "Feel"  (UPC# 884501249171, $10 suggested retail). "Feel"  features a dozen original Western-themed and other memorable songs thoughtfully performed by Mike Beck on a Gibson guitar. The CD’s cover artwork features "A California buckaroo" by internationally known artist, Jo Mora.

Mike Beck is well-known for his memorable ballads that capture old California, our world today, and the cowboy way of life. He has performed in over six countries, and throughout the United States, and recently returned from doing some shows in from Norway and Sweden. A former working cowboy who still conducts horse clinics in Europe, Mike Beck is known for his memorable ballads that capture old California, our world today, and the cowboy way of life. Two of Mike Beck’s songs were listed in the "13 Best Cowboy Songs of All Time" in the April 2009 issue of Western Horseman Magazine ("In Old California" – a song about Jo Mora - and "Don’t Tell Me.") His song, "Patrick" was listed as one of "The Top 15 Roadworthy Cowboy Songs" in the July 2008 issue of Cowboys & Indians Magazine. His song, "Amanda Come Home" was featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition, and is dedicated to all of the women who served in Iraq. In the Spring 2010 edition of The Cowboy Way, Bill Reynolds writes, "His love of the ways of the vaquero and the Pacific Slope region of the West comes through his songs in superb guitar work."

Mike’s music is frequently aired on all five of the popular California KPIG Radio stations (www.kpig.com) throughout California (including Monterey/Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, Chico and the San Francisco Bay Area) and via the station's popular Internet site. His music has also been heard throughout the United States and internationally, including NPR Radio, CBC, Sirius and the BBC, among others.

Born and raised in Monterey County, California, at age 13, Mike Beck went to the Monterey Pop Festival and liked what he heard. He picked up a guitar and never looked back. Since that time, he has been composing and performing a wide array of folk, rock and Americana music. Mike's songs reflect his life as a professional musician and a working cowboy in Montana and Carmel Valley near Big Sur. According to Ramblin' Jack Elliot, "Mike Beck plays the guitar like a Byrd. His strings do things that mine could never do. They obey the slightest finger-touch commands like a fine Reining Horse."