Biography

"AROUND" Mick's 7th, Released 11/4/10, See "PRESS" for a review or visit his website for several. "Around" has been in the top 10 of "Roots Music Report" Roots Country Internet Radio Charts for the past 6 months and counting.. (posted Aug. 2011)
If you really like meaningful music, you’ll love to spend an evening with Mick Byrd. Mick is a singer/songwriter from the small town of Vienna, Missouri, who has gained a following based on his superb songwriting, warm vocals and intricate guitar work. He still teaches and coaches in Vienna, where he grew up, and many of his songs reflect those life experiences.

Mick calls the music he does “Americana Roots” because he says “That gives me the freedom to do what I enjoy and what I hope the listeners will enjoy.” Serious music listeners are sure to enjoy the depth and imagery of these story songs. From thoughtful social issues to fun filled songs that make you laugh, folk/rock, country or Mick’s own “Ozark blues” these songs keep you listening. Mick has 7 CD’s and a special 2 song CD with “The Chance” and “Gentle Souls” benefiting Special Olympics Missouri.

Mick has won a national songwriting award from Billboard Magazine for “Afternoon At The Wall.” His guest performance on “River City Folk,” a NPR program hosted by Folk Artist Tom May, has been repeated. “Drivin' That Lawnmower to Town” & “This Old Truck” have been played on the NPR Program, “Car Talk” hosted by Tom and Ray Magliozzi. Mick has also performed twice on “Writer’s Block” hosted by Karen Reynolds on WDVX in Knoxville, TN, a program devoted to independent artists. Mick has the experience of playing on the road in 14 states and the country of Ireland. Mick is a member of the Missouri Arts Council Performing Artists, Mid-America Arts Alliance Touring Roster, Nashville Songwriters Association International and the Americana Music Association.

Clint Harding, host of “Blue Highways/No Limit” - KOPN 89.5 fm Columbia, MO, says, “Every song comes with it’s own story (although rarely necessary to get the point), and when delivered in a relaxed south central Missouri drawl one can feel that this is what it must be like to sit around the cracker barrel on the general store porch on warm summer nights listening to the local storytellers.” And from Karen E. Reynolds, host of "Writer’s Block", WDVX, Knoxville, TN writes, “This guy is a storyteller in the truest sense. His songs reach into your soul and play around with your heart, leaving it changed when he leaves. And, this change, after the moving experience of Mick Byrd’s music, can only be for the good.”