Artists:Jaime Michaels

Jaime Michaels sings. He always has. Always wanted to. Except maybe when he was in the fourth grade, and Sister Mary Eymard used to traipse him and his two brothers around St. Mary's and force them to harmonize to McGuire Sisters tunes. Fortunately, not too long after that, he discovered what was going on up the road from the old Rhode Island homestead. And from the first act he ever saw at the Newport Folk Festival, a very young Tom Paxton, he knew what he wanted to do. That.

And damned if that's not what he wound up doing. Well, more like this and that . . . a few years of sincere sixties singer songwriting in Cambridge trying to steal some of Tom Rush's tunings and Bonnie Raitt's rasp, opening shows with his then partner, the late Jesse Brown, for Dave van Ronk, Doc Watson, John Hammond and Jesse Colin Young . . . a couple of more solo years worshipping at the altar the Saints Tim, Buckley and Hardin . . . a fondly remembered stint as bass player/guitarist for the acoustic trio Beckett, touring and opening shows for Livingston Taylor, Jonathan Edwards and Earl Scruggs. Following time spent in Vermont teamed with guitarist Ron Renninger and saxophonist Leon Future in the band Favorite Cousins, Jaime left New England in 1980 for the shores of South Carolina.

What followed was at least a lifetime and a half touring the deep South as lead singer for the Truly Dangerous Swamp Band, learning how to drive a truck while sleeping . . . actually, the tour lasted for a pretty constant 8 years . . . the Swamp Band was out there rocking college campuses and clubs from Oxford, Mississippi to New York City, Princeton to Key West, opening shows for Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, Delbert McClinton, Poco, Rosanne Cash and Vince Gill among others . . . and all the time Jaime's been gathering up the pieces of his particular musical puzzle . . .

Living now in Santa Fe, New Mexico and back on the solo acoustic circuit for the past ten years, Jaime in 2004 released his fourth solo album titled wicked dreams second chances, joining the previously released a quiet heart (1994) and the critically acclaimed little dreams (1999) and angelus (2002). The album was once again produced by fellow Santa Fe (via NYC) writer/musician Jono Manson at his MedioMedia Studios.... Meanwhile, what Jaime likes to call his "Back for More" tour continues as it has for so long with festival, club and house concert appearances in 25 states, Canada and the Caribbean including appearances as a three time NEW FOLK FINALIST at the 2003, 2004 and 2006 Kerrville Folk Festivals.

In February 2004, Jaime journeyed to Italy where he toured with Jono Manson. While there, he recorded a new album, "once or twice upon a time", this time using Italian musicians. The new album was released in March, 2006, on the Italian label Club de Musique Records and is available in the US at concerts and at CDBaby.com.

- from the artist's MySpace page.