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	Michael Young An excerpt from an article by Celeste Regal of The Observer in New Jersey: He was born in Hibbing, MN, in that northern mining town on the IronRange (remember North Country)? Young managed to retrieve his own special sense of the land: that makes his work worth considering. He started playing guitar at 14, and the game was on. He is microscopically articulate about his genesis as a musician -a sure sign of conviction. "I took a mandatory general music class in 7th grade. We were learning note values with drum sticks, we got into the keyboard a little bit, and then we got to the acoustic guitar," Young said. "I was noodling around with a guitar one day, and the teacher came over and asked if I took lessons. I said I didn't, but she said that I should look into it." After having his natural ability recognized by his teacher, he explained the experience to his mother. "She came home with a cheap no-name acoustic guitar. I spent a little time on that, plucking individual strings one at a time, like playing a horn, but wanted to learn chords and get a better knowledge of it," Young said. After taking beginner guitar lessons at the local music store, Young quickly got into the electric guitar. "I was playing both acoustic and electric and kind of bouncing back and forth between the two. My teacher mentioned fingerstyle guitar to me, and gave me a Leo Kottke CD," he said. "I took it, listened to it, thought it was cool, but gave it back to him telling him it didn't really get a hold of me and seemed out of reach. At the time, I didn't know Kottke was famous, so when I saw his name again, I thought it was a really bizarre coincidence. Since it sparked my curiosity that I would come across this obscure player again, I checked him out, and that's when fingerstyle guitar stuck."

Listen to Michael Young at his MySpace site www.myspace.com/michaelyoungmn More info at Michaelyoungmusic.com

“Michael's dexterity, depth and tone will fool you into thinking you're hearing an entire string section instead of just one dude with a 12 string. He channels real emotion and range in his songs, evoking dozens of moods and sounds out of his instrument...” Jeff Reeves, Arizona Daily Sun

“Michael’s debut, I Listen To My Feet, launches from conventional fingerstyle picking into energetic grooves. This Minneapolis based player is known for his engaging between song patter as much as he is for wrestling intricate rhythms from his six and twelve-string acoustic.” John Noyd, Maximum Ink

"In between slightly sardonic wit, Young wowed the audience with finger-picking poignancy, pregnant with depth and grace. His last song of the first set, 'No Smiling,' from an as of yet unreleased album, was an impressive epic piece that was as uplifting as it was ominous. Young is a new talent to watch; his career will surely gather as much momentum as his guitar playing does." Djuna Lardner, The Kearny Observer


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Up Coming! August 12, 2007

Michael Young

Fingerstyle guitarist from Minnesota!