Michael Messer

Michael Messer is a virtuoso slide guitarist, singer, songwriter & roots & blues innovator. Throughout his forty year career his music has remained individual & contemporary. Michael Messer's reputation as an innovator of the blues and master of slide guitar is well known.

Being British with an international reputation for blues slide guitar is a rarity in itself, but Messer's obsessive appetite for knowledge of his art is virtually unrivalled. His stunning slide guitar playing and superb vocals ooze authenticity & integrity. His use of turntables in the Second Mind Band marked him as one of the trailblazers of the noughties blues sound & his trio, Michael Messer's Mitra, has once again broken new ground with an exhilarating & accessible fusion of rural blues & Indian music. Their highly acclaimed album, Call Of The Blues, was iTunes No1 blues album & has won them worldwide acclaim.

Johnny Cash was a fan of Michael Messer's music & wrote the liner notes for his 1993 album Rhythm Oil, a rare honour shared only with Bob Dylan. Messer's King Guitar album reached number one in the US Living Blues chart. Second Mind won Best International Guitar Album of the Year. The American magazine 'Spirit' listed Messer as one of the greatest slide guitarists ever, alongside Duane Allman & Ry Cooder.

Michael Messer's latest project is an album he recorded with renowned songwriter-musician, Chaz Jankel. The album Mostly We Drive released January 2024.