Michael Burks

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Strange Feeling 04:30 Tools
Empty Promises 06:15 Tools
Voodoo Spell 10:03 Tools
Changed Man 04:45 Tools
Love Disease 03:20 Tools
Got a Way With Women 04:26 Tools
Make It Rain 07:00 Tools
One More Chance 03:41 Tools
Salty Tears 00:00 Tools
Heartless 00:00 Tools
Mean Old Lady 04:25 Tools
Icepick Through My Heart 06:53 Tools
Ashes In My Ashtray 06:07 Tools
I Smell Smoke 03:50 Tools
Take A Chance On Me, Baby 05:17 Tools
Don't Let It Be a Dream 05:36 Tools
No More Crying 04:27 Tools
Quiet Little Town 05:40 Tools
Hard Come, Easy Go 05:05 Tools
Fire and Water 04:04 Tools
Don't Waste My Time 04:38 Tools
Count On You 04:52 Tools
Play Hard for My Money 02:39 Tools
Beggin' Business 00:00 Tools
All Your Affection Is Gone 00:00 Tools
Good Man, Bad Thing 00:00 Tools
Miss Mercy 00:00 Tools
Cross Eyed Woman 00:00 Tools
Hit the Ground Running 00:00 Tools
I Hope He's Worth My Pain 00:00 Tools
Hard Love 00:00 Tools
Since I Been Loving You 00:00 Tools
Pack It Up 00:00 Tools
Everybody's Got Their Hand Out 00:00 Tools
Little Juke Joint 00:00 Tools
Time I Come In Out Of The Rain 00:00 Tools
Storm Warning 00:00 Tools
What Can a Man Do? 00:00 Tools
Thank God for Fools 00:00 Tools
FEEL LIKE GOING HOME 00:00 Tools
Christmas Snow 04:01 Tools
Lie to Me 00:00 Tools
24 Hour Blues 04:58 Tools
Let the door knob hit you 00:00 Tools
Snake Eggs 00:00 Tools
Can You Read Between The Lines? 00:00 Tools
Willing to Crawl 00:00 Tools
Sara Smile 00:00 Tools
What Does It Take To Please You? 00:00 Tools
I Want To Get You Back 00:00 Tools
Valley Of Tears 00:00 Tools
Find Me a New Love 00:00 Tools
Little Did I Know 00:00 Tools
What Are You Doin' to Me 00:00 Tools
From the Inside Out 00:00 Tools
Raised up in Arkansas 00:00 Tools
Lonely Heart 00:00 Tools
Talk to Me Baby 00:00 Tools
Let the Doorknob Hit You 00:00 Tools
Can You Feel It 00:00 Tools
Nothin' Else to Do 00:00 Tools
Game Two Can Play 00:00 Tools
Too Hard to Please 00:00 Tools
Lyin', Sneakin' and Cheatin' 00:00 Tools
Jammin' At the Wheel 00:00 Tools
Blues Will Never Die 00:00 Tools
That's What I Am 00:00 Tools
Broken Wing Woman 00:00 Tools
Home of the Blues 00:00 Tools
My Little Girl 00:00 Tools
I Didn't Take Your Woman 00:00 Tools
You Ain't Slick 00:00 Tools
Stange Feeling 00:00 Tools
Take A Chance On Me Baby 00:00 Tools
You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover 00:00 Tools
Michael Burks - strange feeling 00:00 Tools
Michael Burks - Cross Eyed Woman 00:00 Tools
Can You Read Between The Lines 00:00 Tools
Time I Came Out of the Rain 00:00 Tools
What Does It Take To Please You 00:00 Tools
Lyin' Sneakin' And Cheatin' 00:00 Tools
Born Under A Bad Sign 00:00 Tools
Iron Man 00:00 Tools
You Can't Always Judge a Book by the Cover 00:00 Tools
House Of The Rising Sun - LRBC 2008 00:00 Tools
House Of The Rising Sun 00:00 Tools
House of the Rising Sun 18 Grolsch Bluesfestival Schöppingen 00:00 Tools
The Sky Is Crying 00:00 Tools
Promo Michael Burks 00:00 Tools
Take A Chance On Mr. Baby 00:00 Tools
Don't Let It Me A Dream 00:00 Tools
Iron Man - Hard Come, Easy Go 00:00 Tools
Life On Mars 00:00 Tools
make it rain - everybody`s got their hand out 00:00 Tools
Heartless - M Burks 00:00 Tools
Combustion Blues 00:00 Tools
California Blues 00:00 Tools
Can't Hold On 00:00 Tools
The Croppy Boy 00:00 Tools
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Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues, Blues-Rock Biography Born in Milwaukee in 1957, blues guitarist Michael Burks began learning his instrument at an early age -- inspired by his musical family (his father played bass and often performed alongside harmonica legend Sonny Boy Williamson II, while his grandfather was a Delta-style bluesman from Camden, AR). By the age of five, he was playing along with his father, and picked up a thing or two from his parent's record collection -- his father would often give his young son incentive to learn songs by offering him a dollar for each tune he could successfully figure out from beginning to end (a year later he made his performance debut in front of an audience, when he joined a cousin's band on stage). In the early '70s, Burks' father moved his family to Arkansas, and opened up the Bradley Ferry Country Club (a 300-seat juke joint), as Burks was hired as the leader of the house band, backing numerous blues and R&B greats that played the venue. By the time the club closed in the mid-'80s, Burks briefly put his love of blues on the backburner, as he supported himself by taking a job as a mechanical technician for Lockheed Martin, although he still managed to play clubs and regional festivals. In 1997, Burks issued his very first album, From the Inside Out, producing the entire record himself, which immediately racked up impressive reviews from several esteemed blues publications (Blues Access raved the debut was "the most impressive indie in recent memory," while Living Blues named it one of "the best debut discs of the year"). 2001 saw Burks' debut recording for the Alligator label, Make It Rain, produced in Memphis by Jim Gaines (Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan) and Bruce Iglauer (Albert Collins, Johnny Winter). Two years later, I Smell Smoke was released followed by Iron Man in 2008, both on Alligator. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guidehttp://music.msn.com/music/artist-biography/michael-burks/ Monday, May 7, 2012 Bluesman Michael Burks dies Chicago's Alligator Records reports that guitarist, vocalist, songwriter Michael "Iron Man" Burks died in Atlanta on Sunday, May 6, 2012. Burks, who was born July 30, 1957, was 54 years old. He was returning from a tour of Europe and collapsed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. He was rushed to South Fulton Medical Center where he could not be revived. The preliminary diagnosis for cause of death was a heart attack. Burks won the 2004 Living Blues magazine Critics' Award for Best Guitarist and received a nomination for the 2012 Blues Music Award for Best Guitarist. Burks released three albums on Alligator. GuitarOne named his debut album, "Make It Rain," one of the Top 200 greatest guitar recordings of all time. Burks had just finished recording his fourth Alligator CD, which is due for release at the end of July. RIP Michael. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.