Mike Goudreau Band

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Born in 1965 in Newport, Vermont into a musical family with an English mother and a French-Canadian father, Mike Goudreau picked up his first guitar at age 14 and hasn't stopped playing since. His early influences included the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, and later, Albert , B.B. And Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dutch Mason - to name a few. Such diverse interests help to explain why Mike is confortable in so many musical genres, especially jazz and blues.

For the past 7 years, Mike has been working on getting his many songs published for Film/TV in the U.S. And Europe. His songs have been used on such network TV shows as Everybody Hates Chris (CW) , Dirty Sexy Money (ABC ), Army Wives (Lifetime) , Kath & Kim (NBC), George Lopez Show (TBS), Justified (FX) ,Scoundrels (ABC) , Let's Make A Deal (CBS), Friday Night Lights (ABC),Memphis Beat (TNT), Auction Kings (Discovery), Oddities (Discovery), Hung (HBO), Defiance (FX) and The Fosters (ABC Family) most notable.

Over the past two decades Mike has performed at some of the most prestigious Jazz & Blues Festivals in Eastern Canada including a record number 9 appearances at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, 13 times at the Tremblant International Festival de Blues, 7 appearances at the Edmundston Jazz and Blues Festival, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, Rimouski, 3 times at the Maximum Blues de Carleton, Fredericton's Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival, Saint John Jazz Festival and Festival by the Sea, among others. When asked why he plays both jazz and blues Mike replies: "I get bored doing just one type of music. I love jazz for its beautiful melodies, chords, and improvisation. I love blues for its energy, soul and milking its three-chord structure. I enjoy playing rock 'n roll too. But no matter what music I play it has to SWING!"

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