This all new release features some of Nashville's' more prominent and respected musicians tailoring music for the Trop- Rock crowd. The songs are Parrothead inspired and written with the end result of you popping a cold one and relaxing into the music. The theme of the album is escapism at its' core. Tropical vacations, Southern girls, all of the things you would rather be doing than working and paying bills.
 Mike Broward is joined by producer/ engineer, P.T. Houston in this Nashville recording with musicians, Brian Pruitt on drums and percussion, Brian Davidson on guitars and Mandolin, Mike Rojos on keys and accordion, Don Kerse on Bass, Doyle Grisham on pedal steel and dobro, and Don Sheffield on trumpet.
 The track titles tell you where you're going. 
Parrothead Rehab, Just Not Today, Floribama, The Road To Rum, I want to Quit My Job, Lucky Man, Alligators, Lighten Up!, and It's Conga Time, suggest a variety of scenes while tying in an overall vibe of Island adventure.

I Want to Quit My Job

Floribama

"All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape. "- A. C. Benson

"I sell escapism." - Jimmy Buffett 

Mike Broward's latest CD, Island Getaway, is founded along these guiding lines. Centered in the theme of escape and the tropics, this album weaves it's way through everyday mundane experience of the job and boss and a way to feel good about them, to the sheer joy of getting away to a more relaxed, laid back lifestyle. 

There is a longing for the tropics and a need to lose one's self, expressed in a spicy stew of rock, blues, and pure Trop-Rock escapism. 

From the opening track," Little Miss Sunshine", a bright island ode to love-at-first-sight, to the single entertainers eternal question of what to do next in "What Would Jimmy Do?", this collection maintains a balance of energy, rocking tempos and an absolutely fun, positive vibe.
Recorded with the "A" list of studio session players in one of Nashville's best kept secrets,
Off The Row Studios, this work comes to life with stellar musicianship and wonderful production. 

Little Miss Sunshine

Another Day In Paradise

Island Getaway

What Would Jimmy Do

Love Is A Verb

The Sunny Side of the Street

Tropical Blues

Pace Myself

The Stingaree

Christmas In Key Largo

Mike is a solo entertainer and a recent transplant to the Nashville, Tennessee area. He works in a nation-wide niche of music that caters to the Trop-Rock crowd. He does club dates and many fundraisers, concerts and songwriter shows.

Mike has been associated with ASCAP since 1991, as a writer and publisher, and through the years has been awarded popular panel awards 7 times. He has released three Trop-Rock solo CD's of his music, and has contributed guitar, vocal tracks and songs to 8 CD's in the last 9 years. Mike also works as a freelance writer for Premier Guitar magazine doing product reviews and profiles.

Mike's music is heard around the world on different Trop-Rock desk-top radio stations, and was recently used on MTV.

 


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