Mike Keneally

[Paul Smeenus]

My first internet forum was alt.music.mike-keneally. I'm a big Mikey fan, he's an unbelievably great guitarist (in the unlikely event you didn't know, he was Frank Zappa's last "stunt guitarist", a select group of players that includes Steve Vai, Adrian Belew and Jeff Simmons), an even better keyboard/piano player, and a fine composer. The only criticism I'd have of Mikey is that he sometimes tries to sing too hard (he's actually a very good vocalist with tremendous range when he's singing under control) and he can kinda blow his voice out.

He also has a knack for hiring great musicians, Bryan Beller has played an amazing bass for him since the beginning with his first solo album "Hat", Rick Musallam has also been on board for many years with his fine playing, there have been many excellent drummers, percussionists, and other musicians over the years, always fine players.


I recorded this at The Potato in LA in '06, obviously with Mikey's permission




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