A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MIKE

If you like folksy country music & songs that will make you chuckle, you'll love Big Country Mike Mattera. He will amuses you as he discusses the events that transpire on the hit TV show "DEAL OR NO DEAL"..."DOO-DOO ON YOU" is no urban legend, just hard core facts about what happens when you feed the sea gulls..."PILLS PILLS" will have you laughings all the way to the doctors
office..."TRYIN' TO GET LOVE STRAIGHT" ...will make you re-think your approach to finding that special someone...and his latest "GASOLINE...feel the pinch at the gas pump.
A product of the 60's and 70's folk rock era, Mike grew up playing music from the Everly Brothers, Peter Paul & Mary, John Prine, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Harry Chapin and many more....Played throughout the Northeast at colleges, resorts, and county fairs, under the name Michael Shoemaker...of "Shoemaker & Holly". His music and lyrics are greatly influenced by and reflect his surroundings. Many songs depict events with a humorous edge as he explores the path of growing up, life's expectations, failures and success with love, friendships, health and faith.