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MICK KOLASSA & THE TAYLOR MADE BLUES BAND

Sharing Their Free-Range Blues©

Mick Kolassa & The Taylor Made Blues Band is one of North Mississippi’s

favorite bands, whose love of and talent for the blues is infectious. 

 

When not on the road the band performs regularly on Beale Street in Memphis and at clubs and juke joints in Clarksdale and other Mississippi cities. Their albums have received critical acclaim and significant airplay worldwide. 

 

Playing a combination of original songs, cherished blues classics and some surprising blues “uncovers” of songs not traditionally thought of as blues, the Taylor Made Blues Band keeps audiences enthralled by

fitting the set to the fans to assure their enjoyment of the show. 

 

They are lively and animated in their performances, assuring that the fans enjoy themselves

as they listen to the band playing what Mick calls Free-Range Blues©. 

 

This band brings their love of the blues and a little bit of Mississippi to the stage.

MORE THAN A PERFORMANCE

More Tha A Performance

Mick is available for workshops on:

  • vocal performance

  • songwriting

  • planning and budgeting for a new album

  • the difference between a band and a group of musicians

WHAT THEY HAVE SAID

MIDWEST RECORDS - Chris Spector

Whether original, cover, or cover that shouldn’t work but does, we’re starting to get the sense that this cat is a self-compiled encyclopedia of the blues with the chops to back up putting himself out there front and center

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REFLECTIONS IN BLUE - Bill Wilson

Mick Kolassa could work up an arrangement and sing the phone book (from a small Mississippi town) and make it a hit

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BLOGCRITICS - Rhetta Akamatsu

Mick Kolassa has a voice that was made for the blues

What They Have Said

HONORS & NOTEWORTHY

Honors & Noteworthy

2018 International Songwriting Competition Semi-Finalist (Cotton Road)

2018 Downbeat Magazine Lists Double Standards As A Top Rated Album

2017 Independent Blues Award 3x Nominee:

         Contemporary Blues Album: Taylor Made Blues

         Traditional Blues Song: Taylor Made Blues

Song for the Common Good: In The Day

 

Mick had the honor and privilege of serving on the Board of Directors of the Blues Foundation

for 6 years, 3 as Vice Chairman

MUSIC

Music

VIDEO

Video
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