Mikey B3 Burkart

Mikey B3 Band is a power trio infused of Hammond B3 Organ, Organ Bass, Keyboards, Guitar and Drums and lead Vocals and Backing Vocals.
If Deep Purple and The Meters had a child together enter Mikey B3 !i A Southern Based Power Trio. Driven by Hammond B3 Organ, Organ/Key Bass, Keyboards and Soulful Lead Vocals of Michael Burkart AKA "Mikey B3 Burkart".
UNO Jazz Guitarist, former member of Graveyard Rodeo, Acoustic Swiftness and Tangkers Craig Alexander on Lead/Rythm Guitar & Vocals and Vocals.
Home grown Nola & former US Navy Musician, Herman Halphen on Drums & Vocals.
The Original Music and Sound of Mikey B3 Burkart is New Orleans Southern Blend Blues,Funk, Rock and Bayou Swamp woven together. Bringing you a unique and very New kind of Gulf Coast Rock Soul
Michael Burkart AKA Mikey B3 Burkart. is Creater Producer, Songwriter and Front-man of the group. Lead Vocalist, Hammond B3 Organist, Organ Key Bass and rhythm and lead.
The Original Music and Sound of Mikey B3 Burkart is a blend of New Orleans & Gulf Coast Rock, Soul, and heavy Bayou Swamp Funk woven together with Strong Vocals and Harmonies.Bringing you a unique and new kind of Organ & Vocal Power Trio.
MB3 is much more than just a New Orleans Jam Band. The All Original music of Mikey B3 Burkart brings the Southern Gulf Coast dance, funk, soul and crosses to the other side and hits you with a head banging classic Muddy Swamp, Deep Purple and Fishbone Rock edge that calls the attention of music lovers from all spectrum's. You will go on a musical journey that all walks of life,young and old will love.
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“Music is my meditation, my outer body travel, my emotion, my passion and through rhythm, imagination, dance and explosion, you see me as Mikey B3 and my keyboard and organ style.”-Michael Burkart, Lead singer and Hammond B3 Organ player
As a native of St. Bernard, Louisiana, Michael Burkart (known as Mikey B3) grew up in Arabi, the first town of St. Bernard Parish before Chalmette, near the 9th ward in New Orleans that’s now so famous from Hurricane Katrina. As a young child Burkart was fascinated with guitar playing, harmonica, and just rocking out like most kids his age, but figured out his true musical love would be the keys after recording with a B3.
Over the past 15 years, this veteran musician shared the stage with Big Chief Bo Dollis (The Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras Indians), Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. (The Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras Indians), Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, The Revealers, The Brass-A-Holics, Billy Iuso & Restless Natives, Mark Stone Band, Anders Osborne, George Porter Jr, Gravity A, Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity/ Down), Iko Allstars, New Orleans Suspects, Eric Lindell Sweet Pea’s Revenge ( Jim Brown), Irene Sage Band, Captain Midnight Band, Renard Poche (Renard Poche Band & Neverwas Brothers), Reggie Scanlan (Radiators/New Orleans Suspects/Neverwas Brothers), Willie Green (Neville Brothers/Neverwas Brothers/The UnderDawgs), Tony Hall (Neverwas Brothers), Kirk Joseph (Back Yard Groove/Founding Member of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band), Juice, Jake Eckert (Jake Eckert Band/Dirty Dozen Brass Band/New Orleans Suspects), Mike Zito Band, Chris Mule’ (Honey Island Swamp Band), Eddie Christmas, Big Chief Smiley Ricks, Shamarr Allen, Mark Pentone, Eddie Bo, Aaron Wilkinson (Honey Island Swamp Band), Afro Skull, Nolatronics ( Duo Electronica with DJ Ras Dave), Ruben Williams (Thunderbirds Management/The Uppressers), Johnny Dilks and the Highway Kind, Clarence Bucaro, Jack Cruz, and Mike Doussan (West Bank Mike) just to name a few. Along with some of the famous names Burkart has shared the stage with, he’s had the opportunity to play at several world renowned festivals including New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Aspen Creek Festival, French Quarter Festival, Ferret Street Festival, Oak Street Po-Boy Festival, Bear Creek Fest, Dog Stock Fest, Pauly’s New Orleans Blues & Jazz Festival, Shag Fest in New Orleans, Satchmo SummerFest, Riverbend Music Festival, Pass Christian BBQ & Blues Festival, Bay Harbor Festival, Street Beat Festival, French Bread Festival in Gulfport, MSm and more! During this time Burkart honed his musical talent making dreams come true on the stage.

Burkart experimented with his personal sound that he calls “Trout Jam" which he showcases on his project Mikey B3. All of Burkart’s past musical influences have blended together like the perfect gumbo when it comes to the sound of Mikey B3. Of course any New Orleanian knows a good gumbo starts with a great roux and local seafood, which in this case is a mixture of New Orleans Funk, Reggae, R&B, Dance, all stirred up together with some Hard Classic Rock and Motown Soul to bring the fans of Mikey B3 coming back for more every time.
“The trout is a symbolism of the murky bayou waters I grew up in where speckled trout fish was one of the most sought after fish from my family and sometimes a hard fish to catch depending on the current and height of the waters,” said Burkart. “You never know…that’s me always moving and we jam my songs. I swim in my musical bliss. I'm a percussionist trapped in a guitar players’ body, that plays organ and keys while singing and dancing!”