Mike Quinones

(Venues are free to choose between Bio #1, or Bio #2.)

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Mike Quinones wanted to be Robin Hood when he was little, but instead, he became a musician (and hasn't regretted it). He hails from western Massachusetts, and has been writing songs ever since he got his first guitar in high school. Musical inspirations have included Paul Simon, Radiohead, The Beatles, and Cat Stevens. His music has been described as passionate, adventurous, and intricate, and features songs with evocative melodies that carry their listeners to unexpected places. He has shared the stage with Vince Welnick of the Grateful Dead, Heather Maloney, The Mobius Band, Olivia Mancini, The Milkman's Union, The Brass, Wishbone Zoe, and many, many others. Mike is currently touring the eastern US, in support of his newly released album, Centuries.

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Mike Quinones was an Ankylosaurus in a past life, and enjoyed wandering the Cretaceous highlands, eating fresh green shoots and the fruits of flowering plants. The creatures and the landscape of that time were strange and wonderful, and they stirred the music in his heart. Millions of years later, with many doomsdays having come and gone, he was born into the body of a giant catfish, and lived a most interesting life of hunting, resting, and daydreaming. His soul filled with water, and the song of the water mixed with the song of the warm, circling air. Unknown lifetimes in the future, Mike's spirit came to rest in human form, and he took to playing instruments and singing, feeling a need to travel and play, to share the songs that still moved within him.