The Missouri Ozarks is both home and backdrop to Mick Byrd, MO Arts Council Touring Performer and MO Blues Society member, who performed in Nashville, TN, songwriter venues for over 25 years. An award from Billboard Magazine kicked off his music career in 1995. 12 recordings later, Mick brings fans an amazing array of original ROOTS ROCK, ROOTS COUNTRY & his signature “OZARK BLUES.” Whether performing as a Band, Duo or touring Solo, Mick brings audiences a snapshot of life in the Midwest with warm, powerful vocals and finger picked guitar. A Missouri Featured Artist of the Missouri Arts Council, sponsored by Mid-America Arts Alliance.
A fine guitarist and singer, Mick Byrd’s songwriting is his greatest strength. He crafts his songs with rare courage and resolve. A Mick Byrd performance will make you laugh, tug at your heartstrings and will often inspire introspection.” - Jim Sigler, Former Producer/Host of KMST’s Sounds Eclectic
“This guy is a storyteller in the truest sense. His songs reach into your soul and play around with your heart, leaving it changed when he leaves. And, this change, after the moving experience of Mick Byrd’s music, can only be for the good.” - Karen E. Reynolds, Writer’s Block, WFIV 105.3 FM, Knoxville, Tennessee
Mick’s songs immediately draw the listener into a world we all can hope for. Complete with a slower pace, comfortable surroundings, cleaner air........ Every song comes with it’s own story (although rarely necessary to get the point), and when delivered in a relaxed south-central Missouri drawl one can feel that this is what it must be like to sit around the cracker barrel on the general store porch on warm summer nights listening to the local storytellers. - Clint (The Voice) Harding, host of “Blue Highways”-KOPN 89.5fm, Columbia, MO; former host of “Blue Highways” -KDHX 88.1fm St. Louis Community Radio 1988-2004