Mike Golden & Friends is an act based out of Chicago, IL. It is hard to say when singer/songwriter Mike Golden (22) began the project. He has been writing material for years and gathering friends along the way. MG&F is an acoustic jam band (for now) with all music/lyrics done by Mike Golden, and performed live with a variety of different friends at each show. With no drum set or bass guitar…(yet.) MG&F use beer bottles, stomping, and industrial sounds to give each show a unique affect on audiences and a different feel at each performance. With Mike’s unique vocal range, intense lyrics/melodies, and most importantly his friends, the sound almost comes to life either on stage or in your headphones. With Mike’s goal of no target audience he is opening up doors many artists struggle to open. Golden wants to bring a little grit and blues back to Chicago From Schubas to Jbar, Chicago is taking MG&F from an indie street cred crowd on Friday night, to a hip-hop based bar on a Wednesday night.

When Mike’s high-school band called it quits he began both working part-time and going to a local college as a full-time student. Not happy with his job or classes Mike decided he needed to move out and try school somewhere else. Repeating the same thing in West Lafayette, IN at Purdue University. Through all this Mike never stopped writing music and recording rough demo’s on his laptop. When his life seemed that it was only going through the motions, Mike decided it was time to drop everything and make a career out of creating music.

MG&F is a full band with music/lyrics done by Mike Golden, and performed live with a variety of different friends at each show. MG&F use beer bottles, stomping, and industrial sounds to give each show a unique affect on audiences. With 2 EPs out and 3 music videos Mike is making a name for himself around the midwest and reaching ears around the nation. His voice has been likened to a “blues & soul-inspired Jack White” and gritty Joe Cocker, his sound to that of a jam band as “MG&F” use beer bottles, stomping, and industrial sounds so that it seemingly fits its own genre. Full Band material is in the process of being recorded and should be out late Summer/ early Fall '11. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.