Mike Woodard

Artist Information

Biography

Mike Woodard keeps the crowds entertained with his mix of thoughtful original music and diverse cover songs. Singing about his life and the travels of a musician, Mike writes folk/rock tunes with a mix of influences from Dave Matthews to James taylor. In the song "Every Moment" off of Mike's latest release "Mixed Nuts" Mike sums up his beliefs in one line... "Time isn't something you spend if you live in every moment, the worlds got a lot to give but you don't own it". In addition to his original tunes, Mike also plays a variety of popular cover songs. Mike plays songs by James Taylor, John Denver, Bill Withers, Greatful Dead, Jack Johnson, Allman Brothers, Van Morrison, Jimmy Buffet, Phish, Billy Joel, John Mellencamp, Bob Seger, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, the Band, Al Green, the Beatles and many many more popular hits. Mike takes requests and loves to have the audience play "stump the band" to see if they can pick a song that he doesn't know!  

Instrumentation

Mike Woodard - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals.

Discography

All of Mike Woodard's original songs are on
www.itunes.com and cdbaby.com
Mike Woodard has released these albums:
Barbed Wire Limbo "Life Before Death" 1996 single released on Mona Lisa records compilation "Nineteen"

Mike Woodard and the Hippy Freedom Fighters "Workin' it" 1997

Bake McBride "High Rock Way" 5 song EP 1997

Mike Woodard "Straight Up" 1999 15 song cd

Mike Woodard "Street Sounds" 2002 10 song cd

Mike Woodard "Mixed Nuts " 2008 16 song cd

Mike Woodard "Colorado Man" single release 2012 available on itunes

Official Website

http://www.cdbaby.com/woodard

Links

• Mike plays Fresh Tracks on Plum TV Vail
• Facebook
• Mike playing live on Plum TV Nantucket
• Mike Woodard Mixed Nuts 2008

Audio

• Colorado Man Master
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• Every Moment
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• Campfire
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Lyrics

• Every Moment

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Press

• CD Review [+ Show ]
  

  SKIING MAGAZINE review of Mike Woodard's 1st album Mike Woodard and the Hippy Freedom Fighters, Wor...SKIING MAGAZINE
  review of Mike Woodard's 1st album Mike Woodard and the Hippy Freedom Fighters, Workin' It
  
  If Great bridges are a trademark of fine acoustic rock, Mike Woodard's music is filled with Golden Gates. Putting folk, jazz, blues, and spanish influences into an orchestral reinvention of the open air jam, the Freedom Fighters trounce mere Grateful Dead imitators. A brilliant debut with a hot rhythm section-our adventure pick.

• Jukebox Hero Spits out Favorites [+ Show ]
  

  Who: Jukebox Hero When: Tonight at Motherloaded Tavern, Breckenridge and Sunday at Snake River...Who: Jukebox Hero
  
  When: Tonight at Motherloaded Tavern, Breckenridge and Sunday at Snake River Saloon, Keystone
  
  Where'd the name come from? The band name is more of a definition of the band; we play almost everything, similar to what you would hear from a Jukebox.
  
  Home base: Copper Mountain
  
  Who are you? Jukebox Hero started playing in the winter of 2008 to the aprés ski crowd at Copper Mountain, mixing classic hits from artists like Bob Marley, Hall and Oats, the Eagles, Van Morrison, Steve Miller and The Band with current favorites from artists like Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson, Collie Budz, Old Crow and many others. Jukebox Hero plays most genres of music from rap to country and loves taking requests from the audience.
  
  If your music were a tangible item, what would it be, and why? Jukebox Hero would be a can of mixed nuts, because there is a lot of variety, something for everyone, and we are salty so you can't stop eating (or listening)!
  
  Why do people love ya? Because we play what they want to hear, and we do it with energy and fun!
  
  How do you keep it fresh? We are constantly adding songs to our catalog from good requests we get from audiences. Occasionally we bring a special guest up to play or sing a song with us; the crowd loves the variety and so do we!
  
  What's the craziest thing you've done/weirdest experience? We just played a party in Boulder for the Hash House Harriers drinking/running club on Memorial Day weekend. Let's just say they know how to drink, and they have some really funny drinking songs, and what's more fun than playing to a crowd of 100 men and women all wearing red dresses singing along to “Billy Jean” ... great stuff.
  
  

• Songs from the Street [+ Show ]
  

  The Inquirer & Mirror - NNantucket, Massachusetts Songs From The Street by Peter Martin Guitaris...The Inquirer & Mirror - NNantucket, Massachusetts
  Songs From The Street by Peter Martin
  Guitarist Supplements Street Performing With Traditional Gigs
  By Peter MartinThe Inquirer & Mirror - Nantucket, Massachusetts
  
  Last summer he quit his Boston temp job. He didn't "work" anymore, and sang about it instead.
  "Rather play in the street for free than get another job in the city" are the lyrics from "Don't Work Anymore," the eighth track of Mike Woodard's first solo CD.
  Woodard threw his guitar case down on Main Street last summer and called it his office. He punched out every day with about $50 in cash.
  "Sometimes I make $75 in an hour. Other times I make $30 for an entire day," said Woodard. His song continues, "You can't make enough money to be happy."
  
  After a summer of strictly street performing, Woodard has moved i
  
  He is tall and lanky, a little like James Taylor, whom he idolizes, but his voice sounds more like that of Dave Matthews.
  Woodard stood at the end of a small brick patio with a six-string acoustic guitar, a bottle of beer, and a microphone as the film "Small Time Crooks" came to a conclusion a the White Dog Friday night.
  "I've got to keep it quiet, there's a movie going on," he explained to the audience. Some patrons pay attention, others to their company, but they all hear his folk rock and voice. Passersby on the street ask friends "who is that?"
  
  A producer from an ABC soap opera asked the same question and requested Woodard's CDs, of which he has sold about a hundred this summer.
  "You n
  
  "A guy yelled at me once. A grumpy old man told me, 'that's not a real job, why don't you get a job?' " said Woodard. "He was just pissed because he didn't know how to play the guitar or something."
  Woodard knows how to play the guitar. Beside playing the Colorado area and many Boston clubs he's been in four bands and put out three CDs. In 1996 he played with Up With People when he and Ryan Dekoe, future friend and manager, shared a flight to Caracas in a Venezuelan military cargo plane at the req
  After his gig with Up With People, Woodard and Dekoe moved to Boston "to become rock stars," he said. That goal has not been met, yet. Tired of Boston, the city, and $1,000 in parking tickets, Woodard took Dekoe's advice and headed for Nantucket.
  
  Without setting foot on-island, he had already helped produce a song about it.
  "The harpooner," a song about a drunken Figawi sailor, was Woodard's first connection with Nantucket. Later, works like "She Must Have Come From Somewhere," a song about the girlfriend he met on Nantucket, more accurately reflect his impression of Nantucket today.
  
  Monday and Thursday he plays lead guitar and vocals for the Janitor's Gulch Band at a local bar. Saturday afternoon Janitor's Gulch plays at the Cisco Brewery and are compensated with cases of beer. Woodard hopes to play a few gigs at the Chicke
  
  
  "Rather play in the street for free than get another job in the city" are the lyrics from "Don't Work Anymore," the eighth track of Mike Woodard's first solo CD.
  
  Woodard threw his guitar case down on Main Street last summer and called it his office. He punched out every day with about $50 in cash.
  
  "Sometimes I make $75 in an hour. Other times I make $30 for an entire day," said Woodard. His song continues, "You can't make enough money to be happy."
  
  After a summer of strictly street performing, Woodard has moved into some local venues this season. He plays the White Dog, a downtown restaurant, bar and movie theater, Wednesday and Friday nights at 9:30 P.M. "It'
  
  He is tall and lanky, a little like James Taylor, whom he idolizes, but his voice sounds more like that of Dave Matthews.
  
  Woodard stood at the end of a small brick patio with a six-string acoustic guitar, a bottle of beer, and a microphone as the film "Small Time Crooks" came to a conclusion a the White Dog Friday night.
  
  "I've got to keep it quiet, there's a movie going on," he explained to the audience. Some patrons pay attention, others to their company, but they all hear his folk rock and voice. Passersby on the street ask friends "who is that?"
  
  A producer from an ABC soap opera asked the same question and requested Woodard's CDs, of which he has sold about a hundred this summer.
  
  "You
  
  "A guy yelled at me once. A grumpy old man told me, 'that's not a real job, why don't you get a job?' " said Woodard. "He was just pissed because he didn't know how to play the guitar or something."
  
  Woodard knows how to play the guitar. Beside playing the Colorado "ski area circuit" and many Boston clubs he's been in four bands and put out three CDs. In 1996 he played with Up With People when he and Ryan Dekoe, future friend and manager, shared a flight to Caracas in a Venezuelan military cargo plane at the request of the Venezuelan government.
  
  After his gig with Up With People, Woodard and Dekoe moved to Boston
  
  Without setting foot on-island, he had already helped produce a song about it.
  
  "The harpooner," a song about a drunken Figawi sailor, was Woodard's first connection with Nantucket. Later, works like "She Must Have Come From Somewhere," a song about the girlfriend he met on Nantucket, more accurately reflect his impression of Nantucket today.
  
  Monday and Thursday he plays lead guitar and vocals for the Janitor's Gulch Band at a local bar. Saturday afternoon Janitor's Gulch plays at the Cisco Brewery and are compensated with cases of beer. Woodard hopes to play a few gigs at the Chicken Box and The Muse before the first snow fall when he'll be back on the road, headed west for the Rockies

Setlist

here is a sample

Allman Brothers melissa
Al Green Let's Stay Togethor
America ventura highway
Bad company feel like making love
Band (The) the weight ophelia up on Cripple Creek the night they drove old dixie down Twilight the shape I'm in life is a carnival Stage Fright
Beatles Let it Be with a little help from my friends Yesterday Blackbird mother nature son across the universe
Ben Folds Brick
Ben Harper Burn One down steal my kisses
Bill Withers Just the two of us
Billy Bragg Paint you a picture
Billy Currington people are crazy
Billy Holiday Ain't misbehaving
Billy Joel Movin' out Still rock and roll to me the downeast Alexa
Bon Jovi Dead or Alive Living on an Prayer
Bonnie Rice Mustang Sally
Bob Dylan Don't think twice Lay lady lay Tangled up in Blue It ain't me Babe The times they are a changing knockin on heavens door all along the watchtower
Bob Marley I Shot the sheriff Sun is shining stir it up get up stand up no woman no cry Johnny was Talkin' Blues Three little Birds Is this love Mellow mood waiting in vain Small axe Bend Down Low Put it on survival album so much trouble zimbabwe top rankin' babylon system survival africa unite one drop ride natty ride ambush in the night wake up and live Uprising album Coming in from the cold Real situation Bad card we and dem Work Zion Train pimpers paradise could you be loved forever loving Jah redemption song
Bob Seger We've got tonight turn the page
Big head todd Bittersweet
Bread Everything I own baby I'm a want you Guitar man
Bruce Cockburn All the Diamonds
Bruce Springsteen Dancing in the Dark
Buffalo Springfield for what it's worth
Cake Mexico Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps let me go
Cat Stevens Wild world father and son
Chris Issac Wicked game
Coldplay Trouble In my Place viva la vida
Collie Budz Blind to You
Crash Test Dummies Mmm mmm mmm mmm Superman song
Creedence Clearwater Revival have you ever seen the rain
Crosby,Stills,Nash Southern Cross Helplessly Hoping Teach Your Children Wooden ships Treetop Flyer
Dan Fogelberg Leader of the band
David Bowie Space oddesy
David Grey sail away with me Babylon We're not right please forgive me say hello wave goodbye
Dave Matthews Jimi thang so much to say typical situation crash Satellite Dancing Nancies
Diamond Rio Meet in the middle
Dire Straights Romeo and Juliet Lady Writer
Don McClean Vincent
Duncan Shiek Barely Breathing
Eagle Eye Cherry Save tonight
Eagles (The ) peaceful easy feeling one of these nights Tequila sunrise Desperado Hotel California New kid in town Take it easy Lyin' Eyes
Edie Brickell Circle
Elton John Daniel
Elvis Costello Alison
Eric Clapton Change the World Layla tears in heaven can't find my way home
Eurythmics Sweet Dreams
Everlast What it's like
Extreme More than words
Fastball out of my head
Fine Young Cannibals she drives me crazy
Flaming Lips Yoshimi battles the pink robots Fight test
Flight of the Concords kiss is not a contract
Fleetwood Mac landslide go your own way
Foreigner Juke Box Hero
Foundations the Build me up Buttercup
Glen Hansard Falling Slowly when your minds made up
Gordon Lightfoot Sundown If you could read my mind That's what you get for loving me
Garth Brooks Papa loved mama the river the dance the thunder rolls rodeo standing outside the fire two of a kind
George Jones Bartenders Blues she thinks I still care
Grateful Dead Estimated Prophet cassidy Eyes of the world help on the way friend of the devil Mama tried Althea Scarlet Begonias Casey Jones Tennessee Jed Sugar Magnolia Bertha Ripple Me and my Uncle Truckin' Fire on the Mountain Mississippi halfstep ship of fools Dire Wolf uncle Johns band Dear mr. Fantasy
Green Day Good Riddance(time of your life) When I Come Around
Harry Chapin Cats in the Cradle
Hall and Oats Maneater Rich Girl
Indigo Girls Galileo closer to fine Virginia Woolf Ghost Three Hits Nashville
Jack Johnson Flake Banana Pancakes
Jackson Browne Running on Empty Doctor my eyes
James Taylor Country road
don't let me be lonely tonight something in the way she moves Steamroller blues Fire and rain Sweet baby James machine gun kelly Handyman Up on the roof You've got a friend You can close your eyes Copperline Carolina One Morning in May Hey Mister that's me up on the Jukebox Mexico new hymn Millworker bartenders blues walking man
Jason Aldean Big green tractor
Jason Mraz I'm yours
Jerry Jeff Walker Mr. Bojangles
Jim Croche Operator time in a bottle
Jimmy Buffet Margaritaville come monday a pirate looks at 40
Jimmy Hendrix wind cries mary
John Denver annie's song country roads Back home again Rocky mountain high thank god I'm a country boy
John Lennon Watching the wheels Imagine
John Mayer Say Waiting on the world to change
John Mellencamp Jack and diane
John Prine Angel from Montgomery
Jonathan Edwards Sunshine
Jonny Cash Folsom Prison Blues
Journey Don't Stop Believing
Kanye West Heartless
Kenny Loggins Danny's song
Kenny Rogers islands in the stream the gambler
Kermit the frog rainbow connection
King Harvest Dancin in the moonlight
Kingston Trio Scotch and soda Greenback Dollar
Kris kristofferson bobby mcgee
Leonard Cohen Suzanne
Little Feat Dixie Chicken
Looking Glass Brandy
Lynyrd Skynyrd free bird Sweet Home Alabama
Marc Cohn Walking In Memphis
Marcy Playground Sex and Candy
Metallica nothing else matters
Michael jackson Billy Jean
Neil Diamond Forever in blue jeans Hello again Girl you'll be a woman soon sweet caroline
Neil Young Down by the river Heart of Gold Southern Man Old Man Helpless walk on
Oasis Champagne Superova wonderwall
Old Crow Medicine show Wagon Wheel
Ozark Mountain Daredevils Jackie Blue
Otis Redding Dock of the Bay
Patsy Cline after midnight
Paul Simon April America Me & Julio Kodachrome Slip slidin' away mother and child reunion 50 ways to leave your lover the boxer homeward bound mrs. robinson
Pearl Jam Black
Peter, Paul & Mary Early in the Morning
Peter Tosh Coming in hot
Phish AC/DC Bag Waste Chalkdust torture
Character zero man mokayhe lawn boy sample in a jar Bucket full of thoughts possum wolfman's brother Bathtub Gin Horse Silent in the Morning Lifeboy Fast Enough for you Mexican Cousin Farmhouse All of these dreams Dirt Billy Breaths Gumbo the wedge suzie greenberg dog faced boy mike's song poor heart Fee reba Wilson
Pink Floyd Fearless comfortably numb wish you were here
Plain White T's Hey there Deliliah
Proclaimers the 500 miles
Prince purple rain
Pure prairie league Amie
Radiohead Karma police
Ray Lamontagne Trouble
Red hot chili peppers Dani California under the bridge soul to squeeze Breaking the girl tell me baby Snow
Rembrandts (the) Just the way it is baby Goodnight
Rightous brothers that lovin' feeling
Rolling Stones Angie can't always get what you want honky tonk woman
Ryan Adams Answering Bell
Santana Black Magic woman
Seals and Croft Summer breeze
Semisonic closing time
Sister Hazel all for you
Steel Pulse Steppin' Out
Steely Dan Dirty work
Steve Miller Band The Joker take the money and run true fine love
Stevie Ray Vaugh life by the drop
Stone temple pilots Plush Interstate Love Song
Sublime Badfish Santeria
Supertramp give a little bit
Talking Heads Burning down the house This Must Be the Place(Home) and she was take me to the river Cities
Tarrus Riley She's royal something strong
Tears for Fears head over heels
Three dog night jeremiah was a bullfrog
Toby keith I love this Bar whiskey for my men Beer for my horses
Tom Petty Mary Jane's last dance Breakdown won't back down
Train Meet Virginia
U2 With or without you One
UB40 Red red wine
Van Morrison Crazy love It stoned me Moondance brown eyed girl into the mystic
Violent femms blister in the sun
Wallflowers One Headlight
War Cisco Kid
Warren G &nate dogg regulate
Widespread Panic Please
Wilco Jesus etc.
Willie Nelson Mama don't let your babies grow up to
Beer for my horses(toby Keith)
on the road again
Always on my mind
Good Hearted Woman
Youngbloods Get Together
oldies uncahained melody
you are my sunshine
oh my love

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