Michael Guthrie

I have recently performed at:

2005 Northwest Folklife Festival.
The Langham Theatre, 2004 (2006 booked), Kaslo, BC.
"Live" on KBCS 91.4 FM "Lunch With Folks".
"Troll Radio Review" broadcast live on KMUN 91.9 FM from the "River Theatre"Astoria, Oregon.
The Tumbleweed Music Festival, Richland, WA, 2003/2004/2005.
The Yakima Folklife Festival2005.
The Festival of Wooden Boats, Seattle 2004/2005.
The Cranberrian Fair, Illwaco, WA 2003,
The Highwater Festival of Fools, Astoria 2004.
The Puget’s Sound Concert Series at Meadowbrook 2004 and The Crossroads Mall 2005,
The Pike Market Busker’s Festival 2004/2005.
The Lakewood" International Festival" 2005.

I regularly perform in the Seattle area at: The Hopvine Songwriters Showcase, Murphy’s, Third place Books, El Diablo, Hotwire, Liquid Lounge, Pegasus Coffee, Winslow. P and G Speakeasy Cafe. Passed gigs: The Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival, Kaslo, B.C., "Second City", Spokane, opened for Jim McDermott at Trinity Methodist Church, Rev. Rich Lang

In Seattle, I have performed in these bands: "Uncle Ed’s Molasses Jam", "Little Russell"," Holly Figueroa", "Sweet Tweety", "Deb Seymour", "Jake Tompson" and Ron Dalton.
In Canada: "Allison Hogan ", "Bruce Rathie", "Ken Hamm", "Jim Dix", "Tom Thompson" and the "MoonHogs". In 1974, I spearheaded the foundation of the Langham Cultural Society, in Kaslo, B.C., Canada, which houses a hundred seat performing arts center and visual art gallery. In July, 2004 the Langham celebrated its 30th anniversary. Darelyn (Farnham) Guthrie and I owned and operated the Village Green Cafe in Kaslo from ‘73 to ‘79, where many Canadian artists performed, including; Bruce Cockburn, Ken Hamm and Rika Rubsadt.I currently volunteer for Victory Music as a sound engineer and I write a monthly column "the Ramblin’ Mike" for the Victory Review Magazine.
Please see my web site below for more BIO information, Calendar 2004/2005, CD, live sound samples and a video!

CD available at CD Baby.com

My first exposure to singing can be attributed to my mother, Mamie (McClain) Guthrie, who used to sing hymns and country ballads around the house. At age 15, I was introduced to the guitar by my friends, Tom Holt and Doug Gangwer (the Pill Palace Porch Pickers).. I joined the folk music club at Pasadena High, which was run by my art teacher, Rollie Younger. I studied Flamenco Guitar with Michael Parsons and I used to frequent the Flamenco shows at the “Ice House” in Pasadena. I also hung out in “Skid Row” Pasadena, (which is now “Old Town”), at the “Museum”, which was a folk dance coffee house, where I met Darelyn Farnham. Dare and I played folk music together for the love of it.

In January of 1971, Dare and I moved to British Columbia and in May, we settled in the Village of Kaslo, BC. Not long after, thanks to the kind generosity of Alfred and Johanna Herzig, we found ourselves opening “The Village Green Cafe’”. We hosted a coffee house venue with live music, poetry and belly dancing, which brought a lot of talented song writers to our door... the highlight being when Bruce Cockburn stopped by one day and played for his lunch, then he and Dare played some tunes for a few lucky customers. "The Village Green Cafe’" was a source of much inspiration for me to begin writing my own songs.

1981 my life took a turn back to Pasadena, California to visit family. I ended up staying there. I returned to my trade as a commercial artist and lived in Burbank until 1988 when I moved to Seattle, Washington.

One reason for moving from Burbank was to work less and play more music. Seattle has a rich musical heritage and vibrant music scene today.

I can't make up my mind which instrument I want to play and which type of guitar sounds good, so I just have a room full of as many instruments as I can cram in there, with all my electronic gear and lock myself in and indulge in my multiple personality disorder.

I used an 8 track analog tape, (Tascam 388 ) and mixed down to a CD-RW 5000 with the usual toys in line to produce "Conscious Collective" I like mixing old technology with the new. When I can aford some new toys I'm sure I will venture more into newer stuff.

Old tube radios, audio amplifiers, guitar amps and old instruments keep me busy doing repair and restoration work which I enjoy doing.

More to come.......