This one is an oldie that is a little more Folk/Americana than my current stuff. I wrote it around 1991 and rerecorded it on New Year's Eve 2005 after being out of music for 10 years as an attempt to prove to myself that I could still do it. No tricky wordplay or earworm hooks, just a pure and simple something.

Happy New Year

A radically reworked version of Squeeze's "The Knack" by Mike Dees. This appears on "If I...If I...If I:The Songs of Squeeze Revisited" from Burning Sky Records. You can order it at http://www.burningskyrecords.com/bsrsqueezev2.php or download MP3s from Amazon, iTunes, or http://www.nimbitmusic.com/burningskyrecords .

Mike Dees-The Knack-Squeeze Tribute

Track 2 from the "Unearthed" album by Mike Dees. Available at iTunes, Amazon, and www.mikedeesmusic.com

What You Do

Track 9 from the "Unearthed" album by Mike Dees. Available at iTunes, Amazon, and www.mikedeesmusic.com

Picture

Track 4 from the "Unearthed" album by Mike Dees. Available at iTunes, Amazon, and www.mikedeesmusic.com

Tonight

A sneak preview from Mike Dees next album "Something Like Glitter."

AM Radio

My version of "Let This Dream Never End" by Jellyfish. Taken from the 2007 release "Sensory Lullabies: The Ultimate Tribute to Jellyfish" by Burning Sky Records.

Let This Dream Never End (Jellyfish Tribute)

Mike Dees is a Singer/Songwriter from Memphis, TN. A prolific purveyor of Southern-fried power pop and veteran of many bands, he recently struck out on his own and hasn't looked back since. Whether playing solo acoustic or with a full-on rock band, he always delivers heartfelt (if slightly acidic) lyrics and ragged jangle rock.

Imagine 1970's AM rock (Neil Young, America) mixed with British Invasion and Power Pop (Big Star,Teenage Fanclub, Gin Blossoms) filtered through a ragged dose of distorted bliss (Soul Asylum, Husker Du, Guided By Voices). Like a candy-coated razorblade, these pop gems slide down smooth before the internal bleeding of emotion sets in. With these sugary bitter-pop nuggets, you can't eat just one. Crunch all you want, we'll make more.

Mike has released an EP in 2007, Buried, and a full-length album in 2008, Unearthed, both from Door 23 Records. He also has songs on all five CD releases from Burning Sky Records (including Beautiful Escape:The Songs of the Posies Revisited, which made music critic and International Pop Overthrow founder David Bash's Best of 2008 list.) In 2008, he was voted in by readers of the Memphis Flyer to play the Memphis Popfest and appeared on a limited-edition single from Goner Records commemorating the event. The second album, "Something Like Glitter", will be released in 2011.

Mike Dees

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