Iron Mike Norton
  • Help Me Make It Through The Night
  • Help Me Make It Through The Night
    Genre: Roots Rock
    MP3 (04:04) [9.36 MB]
Biography
Slide guitarist, producer, and recording artist. Iron Mike Norton is described has often been described as one of the most innovative and creative artists in roots music. His use of sounds and style borrowed from electronic and urban music with roots brings a fresh interpretation to the genre.

Based out of the swamps of Florida, Iron Mike signed his first record deal in 1995 as a country artist. He was subsequently nominated for Best New Artist at the King Eagle Awards the following year in Nashville. By 2001, his live performances had begun to move in a slide guitar blues driven direction.

Mike spent a decade doing shows and selling self made Cd´s around the country in the underground alt-blues and roots rock scene before releasing the album many agree cemented his image as the ¨king of swamp stomp¨. Bad Monkey (2012) is regarded by any as the quintessential swamp stomp album, with its hill country influenced slide guitar, and 808 backbeats.

Over the next 8 years, Mike released five more albums, Bloody Knuckles (2013), Box Fulla Bones (2015), Swamp Stomp (2017), Arc Angel (2019), and The Invisible Man (2019), with songs spanning just as many genres. This, all while touring the U.S. and Canada with his band each year. His ability to cross genres has garnered him the opportunity to work with artists such as Willie Nelson, The Outlaws, songwriter Bill Dees (Oh, Pretty Woman), and his mentor, Sonny Landreth.

THelp Me Make It Through The Night
Iron Mike Norton
Copyright 2020 by Iron Mike Norton
GFO Records/Virtual Label

Produced by Iron Mike Norton at The Gutbuckit, in Ocala, FL

Mastered at Fe Sound

All vocals and instruments by Iron Mike Norton.

Read more about Iron Mike at Iron Mike Norton Official Website
Iron Mike on Facebook
Twitter: @ironmikenorton
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  • Members:
    Iron Mike Norton
  • Sounds Like:
    John Cougar Mellencamp, Anders Osborne, Steve Earle
  • Influences:
    Sonny Landreth, Billy Gibbons, Waylon Jennings
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    07/22/14
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