Mike Birch

Rock songs done acoustically - set list of songs from early 60s classic rock through today's hits. Low volume PA system capable of filling small to medium rooms - music played at a level that people can talk to each other.
Sample set list:
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison,
Collide - Howie Day,
If I Fell - Beatles,
Make It With You - Bread,
Signs - 5 Man Electrical/Tesla,
Ventura Highway - America,
Gimme Something Good - Ryan Adams,
Riders on the Storm - Doors,
Friend of the Devil - Grateful Dead,
Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer,
You've Lost That Loving Feeling - Righteous Brothers,
Spooky - Classic IV/ARS
My Baby Blue - John Hyatt,
Running on Empty - Jackson Browne

“It’s Rock and Roll!” That’s what Boston-area songwriter Mike Birch answers whenever someone asks what type of music his latest album is. “Did anyone ever ask what genre a Beatles album is? A Todd Rundgren album?” Just like the music from his early influences, Birch’s music includes everything from piano ballads to harmony-laden acoustic guitar tunes to heavy guitar hard rockers.
As a child of the 60’s and 70s, starting with the Beatle’s first Ed Sullivan Show appearance, through the Woodstock generation and early (pre-disco) 70’s rock like Deep Purple, Alice Cooper and David Bowie, all have had an effect on Birch’s songs. Listeners have made comparisons of his songs to those of Neil Young (a fellow ex-pat Canadian), Tom Petty, the Kinks and America.
After taking a couple of decades off from live playing, he recently played with the Beatles tribute band 'Instant Karma' and has been playing a few solo shows and feature sets around the Merrimack Valley, as well as running open mics.
’40 Years of Life, Love, Happiness and all of those things’, Birch’s first album of original songs, was released in 2011, his second album, ‘Peace Freedom Sanity Serenity’ came out in late 2013. ‘Empty Pages and Lost Songs’ debuted in December, 2015, and like the other albums, all the vocals and instrument parts are done by Birch, with the exception of drums on a few songs.