Victoria, Carr, Allesandro and Kendrick amps.  A 335 Joe Walsh had custom built, a custom tele, Gibson Les Paul lite and dozens of 50's & 60's vintage stuff.  SIB, Klon, TC redals and custom acoustic guitar built for me by Yamaha.

Michael Chain has hit the charts this year with songs off his new Hard Ten Records CD, Songwriter.  No stranger to the concert stage (Michael was the lead singer for the original KNACK on Capitol Records), Robert Hilburn, respected music critic of the L.A. Times, listed his band as one of the top 10 greatest concert groups of all time.  Michael has played everywhere from honky tonks to Hollywood Bowl and shared stages with everyone from Led Zeppelin to Merle Haggard.

Writing both words and music, Michael’s songs have been recorded by B.J. Thomas, Vicki Lawrence, Wayne Newton, the Knack, John Davidson, the Mills Brothers, Leroy Van Dyke, Eric Anderson, Manuella Torres, and Cheryl Ladd to name a few.

Michael is also an Emmy nominated television writer (Rambo, Punky Brewster, Police Academy, and the Chuck Norris Show) and a top voiceover artist.  You’ve heard him as the voice of McDonalds’ Chicken McNuggets, the Transformers, and on countless TV and radio commercials from Budweiser to Sears.

Michael’s new band has been creating quite a buzz in music circles.  Nicknamed the GANG by a DJ who flew in to catch their debut, they are all top studio pickers and seasoned concert performers.  You have heard them on Ricky Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, Billy Joel, Paul Anka, John Fogerty, Danny O’Keefe, Gabor Szabo, Jackson Browne, Bill Monroe, Bob Seger, Vince Gill, J.D. Souther, the Knack, the Champs…the list goes on and on.  You gotta catch these guys live.

I am a single artist with a backup band made up of players who have performed and recorded with people like Billy Joel, Tom Waits, Ricky Nelson, Linda Rondstat, Eagles, etc.

Bob Dylan started me in music and Frank Sinatra gave me my first singing job.

Dire Straits, Lyle Lovett big band live in Austin, Randy Newman

Changing strings everyday for a session or every few days when gigging is a pain.  My Elixir's go for days in sessions and weeks of gigging.  Amazing!  One concert in Kansas was 95º and humidity high enough for swimming.  My Elixir's got drenced but to my amazement they held their tone and after a wipe down were fine for a week's more shows.  Try doing that with conventional strings!