Mike's first performance of note was when he sang the Irish Rovers' "Wasn't That a Party" for the United Church minister in his hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick. The concept of reading the crowd was apparently lost on the three-year-old Mike.

Twenty-odd years later, Mike still has a strong connection with the back roads of Carleton County, New Brunswick. His early influences (Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, John Denver and Blue Rodeo) have combined with his later musical encounters (Jazzberry Ram, Sting, Stevie Wonder and Colin Hay) to create his own blend of pop, folk and funk which is educated but never pretentious, and introspective but never self indulgent. Mike's lyrics often draw inspiration from the literary giants he has studied all his life, but they just as often s..