Jun 15, 2025
Mike's new album is called The Sound
of Muscle Shoals.
He's waited almost 20
years to round up the next generation of Swampers and
record at the world-famous FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals.Wow - was it worth the wait? Mike Farris lives and sings
The Sound of Muscle Shoals.
The sound is a mix of blues, soul and country. The
NY Times called it Indigenous American
Music.
The same sound that came from Etta, Aretha, Boz, Paul Simon,
Wilson Pickett, Neil Young, Percy Sledge, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel,
The Staple Singers and many more.
Long before heading for FAME studios, Mike had to clean up his
life, and he talks about hitting rock
bottom.
That's when his wife said, "We're going to do something
different this time. We'll start by talking about the
why's.
Why, when you start getting successful, you
self-destruct?" Mike said, "That scared the hell out
of me."
Mike is many years clean now, and he's riding the Slow Train
to Muscle Shoals.
Enjoy The Sound of Mike Farris!!