MICHAEL TRACEY WHITE BIO
mtwhite12@comcast.net
www.michaeltraceywhite.com
410-251-0424
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Date of Birth: 8/15/67 10:15 PM
Birthplace: Salisbury, MD USA
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 190 lbs.
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
Hobbies: Songwriting, surfing,
collecting old records
Current Guitar of Choice: FENDER
Stratacoustic, Fishman pickup, sunburst finish
Guitars in Michael's Collection:
Several Martins, a Godin and several basses, including an upright
Favorite Color: Black
Favorite Foods: Steak and Sushi
Favorite Drink: Diet Coke with Lemon
Favorite Songwriters: Gershwin,
Berry, Lennon/McCartney, Wilson,
Costello, Crenshaw, Ray Charles
Favorite Albums: PET SOUNDS, the
Beach Boys; BAJA SESSIONS, Chris Isaak
Favorite All-time Bands: The
Beatles, The Beach Boys, Elvis Costello and
the Attractions, The Lettermen
Favorite Current Band: The Wondermints
Favorite Movie: IT'S A WONDERFUL
LIFE starring James Stewart and Donna Reed
Favorite Book: The BEATLES ANTHOLOGY
Favorite Newspaper: The
Washington Post Washington, DC USA
Favorite Local Newspaper: The
Daily Times, Salisbury, MD USA
Favorite Entertainment Local
Newspaper: Coconut Times, Ocean City, MD USA
Favorite Quote: "Expect the unexpected."
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"MICHAEL TRACEY WHITE'S
SONGS ARE NOT ONLY EVERY BIT AS GOOD BUT ACTUALLY BETTER THAN WHAT
ONE HEARS CURRENTLY ON RADIO STATIONS THAT SPECIALIZE IN ROCK."
Steve Allen, composer, author and
creator of tv's "Tonight Show." Mr. Allen is credited by
the Guinness Book of World Records as being the most prolific
composer in history.
"GOOD, ROOTSY, POP
MUSIC...... THIS MUSIC DESERVES TO BE HEARD."
Rootstown Music Magazine, Brussels
"I LOVE MICHAEL TRACEY
WHITE'S WORK, PARTICULARLY HIS VOCALS. I'D SAY MICHAEL IS ONLY ABOUT
TWO OR THREE STEPS AWAY FROM WHERE HE DESERVES TO BE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS."
Dick O'Bitts, former manager of
Don Mclean (17 yrs) and Janis Ian
"MICHAEL'S VERSATILITY IS
UNCOMPROMISED....HE IS A GREAT ASSET TO THE WORLD OF MUSIC"
Daryl Davis, keyboardist and
bandleader for Chuck Berry, Mr. Davis has also worked with Jerry Lee
Lewis, Chubby Checker, The Drifters, The Platters, The Coasters and
many other rock music legends.
"PERFORMING LIVE, MICHAEL
TRACEY WHITE CAN DELIVER JUST ABOUT ANY NUMBER ON REQUEST...WITH
MAGNIFICENT LIKENESS TO FAVORITES OLD AND NEW..........BOTH OF HIS
CDs ARE MASTERFUL PIECES."
Southern Delaware magazine, April 1999
IN 1996, MICHAEL TRACEY
WHITE RELEASED HIS DRAWING
PICTURES IN THE SAND CD
TO GOOD REVIEWS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE DAILY TIMES (Salisbury,
MD) WRITES: "BY VIRTUE OF HIS NOTABLE INFLUENCES, MICHAEL'S
ORIGINAL MATERIAL HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING FRESH WHILE SOUNDING
SOMEHOW FAMILIAR TO THOSE WHO HAVEN'T HEARD THE SONGS. THAT'S BECAUSE
HE WRITES IN A UNIVERSAL MUSICAL LANGUAGE THAT CAPTURES THE ESSENCE
OF POP MUSIC----WITH A SLANT TOWARD THE HOPEFULLY ROMANTIC." THE
CD SOLD AROUND 10,000 UNITS INTERNATIONALLY.
IN A ADDITION TO HIS RECORDING
CAREER, HOWEVER, MICHAEL TRACEY WHITE IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
AND SOUGHT AFTER SOLO PERFORMERS IN THE MARYLAND/DELAWARE/VIRGINIA/PENNSYLVANIA
AREA. AS A SOLO ARTIST, MICHAEL BRINGS THE SAME POP SENSIBILITIES TO
HIS LIVE PERFORMANCES AS HE DOES TO HIS RECORDED MATERIAL. HE IS A
MASTER INTERPRETER OF SONGS.
SINGING IN AN ENERGETIC YET SMOKY
TENOR VOICE AND ACCOMPANYING HIMSELF ON GUITAR, MICHAEL TRACEY WHITE
PERFORMS A VAST ARRAY OF COVER SONGS, FROM SENSUAL, ROMANTIC BALLADS
TO RELENTLESS, UPBEAT POP AND DANCEABLE MUSIC.
MICHAEL'S COVER MATERIAL ENABLES
HIM TO PLAY REQUESTS, FROM THE RELATIVELY OBSCURE (TUNES BY THE LIKES
OF JOHNNY CASH, SQUEEZE, MARTY ROBBINS, NICK LOWE, ELVIS COTELLO) TO
POPULAR CLASSIC TUNES (DON McLEAN'S "AMERICAN PIE" OF VAN
MORRISON'S "BROWN EYED GIRL"---BUT ONLY IF HE MUST.) HIS
RANGE OF SONGS ALLOWS HIM TO TAILOR HIS PERFORMANCES TO HIS AUDIENCE,
OR APPEAL TO A DIVERSE AUDIENCE.
IF "TRACEY" WERE NOT
MICHAEL'S MIDDLE NAME, INTERACTION WOULD CERTAINLY BE. MICHAEL FIRMLY
BELIEVES IN CONNECTING WITH HIS AUDIENCE AND AT ANY OF HIS SHOWS YOU
CAN EXPECT A GOOD AMOUNT OF SING-ALONGS AND JOKING WITH THE AUDIENCE.
HE EVEN ENCOURAGES THEM TO REQUEST BY THE DECADE; JUST GIVE HIM THE
DECADE AND HE'LL PERFORM COUNTLES TUNES FROM YOUR FAVORITE ERA.
AS A VETERAN SOLO, BAND, TOURING
AND RECORDING ARTIST FOR THE PAST 21 YEARS, MICHAEL TRACEY WHITE
BRINGS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE TO HIS PERFORMANCES THAT ENHANCES HIS
ADAPTABILITY. HE IS EQUALLY AT EASE PLAYING NIGHTCLUBS, RESTAURANTS,
OR PRIVATE FUNCTIONS, WHERE THE DEMAND FOR DIVERSITY IS CRUCIAL.
AMONG MICHAEL'S FEATURED SONGS IN
LIVE PERFORMANCES IS HIS ACOUSTIC RENDITION OF PAUL McCARTNEY, HIS
SONG NAMED AFTER (BUT NOT REALLY ABOUT) THE FORMER BEATLE THAT
APPEARS ON THE DRAWING PICTURES IN THE SAND CD. IT HAS BECOME ONE OF
HIS MOST FREQUENTLY REQUESTED SONGS AND RECEIVES FREQUENT WORLDWIDE AIRPLAY.
ALSO A SEASONED DRUMMER,
MICHAEL'S PERCUSSIVE SKILLS HAVE MADE HIM A HIGHLY-RESPECTED PLAYER
IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, AND THE WINTER OF 1998 FOUND HIM TOURING THE
USA AND CANADA WITH DETROIT ROCKABILLY GODS TWISTIN' TARANTULAS.
UPON RETURNING HOME FROM THE
NORTH AMERICAN TARANTULAS TOUR, MICHAEL STARTED PERFORMING WITH HIS
OWN SWING/ROCKABILLY COMBO, MICHAEL AND THELITTLE PROFESSORS AND
LATER THAT YEAR RELEASED TIME TO SWING, A COLLECTION OF SWING AND
JAZZ STANDARDS. THE GROUP QUICKLY GAINED A FOLLOWING COMPRISED OF ALL
AGE GROUPS AND BECAME A STAPLE ON THE NIGHTCLUB, COLLEGE AND FESTIVAL
CIRCUITS. THE GROUP STILLL PERFORMS FREQUENTLY.
IN 2002, MICHAEL RELEASED COLD
DAY IN DAYTONA.
THIS SONG WAS INSPIRED BY THE DALE EARNHARDT TRAGEDY AND MICHAEL'S
FIRST ATTEMPT TO RECORD SOMETHING IN THE COUNTRY VEIN. THE DISC SOLD
OVER 22,000 UNITS INTERNATIONALLY AND PEAKED AT # 9 ON THE
INDEPENDENT WORLDWIDE COUNTRY CHART. A GENEROUS PORTION OF THE
PROFITS FROM COLD DAY IN DAYTONA WAS DONATED TO THE GRANT-A-WISH FOUNDATION.
MICHAEL'S VARIETY OF LINE-UPS
CERTAINLY KEEP HIM BUSY, AROUND DELMARVA AND BEYOND: SOLO SHOWS (OF
COURSE), DUO SHOWS WITH SAXOPHONIST JOE SMOOTH OR DRUMMERS CHUCKY
DeMARTIN OR JOE MAMA, SWINGIN' SHOWS WITH MICHAEL AND THE LITTLE
PROFESSORS AND SHOWS WITH HIS NEW ROCK BAND (USUALLY JUST BILLED AS
MICHAEL TRACEY WHITE BUT ALWAYS A LINE-UP THAT'S A WHO'S-WHO OF
MARYLAND MUSICIANS).
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE MUSIC OF
MICHAEL TRACEY WHITE, CONSIDER THIS AN INVITATION TO MAKE THE
AQUAINTANCE OF A SOLO ARTIST OR BAND FRONTMAN WHOSE SONGS WILL MAKE
YOU IMMEDIATELY FEEL LIKE YOU ARE IN THE COMPANY OF AND OLD FRIEND.....GUARANTEED.
Special thanks to Dick Fleming of
the Hagerstown, MD Herald-Gazette for bio information.