Born: June 24, 1956
Died: November 2, 2014

Contemporary blues vocalist and guitarist from Chicago's West Side. His father played drums behind Little Junior Parker. Michael joined James Cotton’s band for seven years, beginning in 1979, and played on both of Cotton’s Alligator albums as well as on the Grammy-nominated [m=513023] with Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell and Billy Branch. He also backed Syl Johnson on Syl’s 1982 hit, “Ms. Fine Brown Frame,” and produced the original version of “Woman Loves A Woman” for vocalist Jerry Tyrone.