We had the chance to catch up with Mike Wheeler. We talked about letting the songwriting process happen organically, the therapeutic aspect of songwriting, and music as an all-inlifestyle. We also visited a little bit about Bertha Grateful Drag that he plays with.
Mike Wheeler is a singer-songwriter originally hailing from Vermont. With stintsin Montreal, New Zealand, Augusta, GA, Key West, Colorado, Wisconsin, and Kentucky-- where he was called "hands down, one of the finest WKY singer-songwriters going at the moment" (News4U, 2017)-- Wheeler now calls Nashville home.
Mike's debut LP, Roll Another Dime, produced by Grammy-winning studio engineer, RobEaton, was released by Pacific Records in March of 2022. The record features appearances by Adam Chaffins, Todd Smallie, Rob Eaton Jr., and Sierra Ferrell. He is hoping to release 2 albums in 2025!
In recent years, Mike has performed at Newport Folk Festival, CaveJam, & Sea Hear Now as a member of BERTHA: Grateful Drag, as well as Folk Alliance International, ROMP,Maverick Festival (UK), Dark Songs, Aiken Bluegrass Festival, The Frendly Gathering,IBMA: World of Bluegrass, Steelbridge Songfest, and countless clubs, pubs,living rooms, and dives, paving his grassroots DIY.
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