Vern Michaels band

Ok the new album is officially released....you'll see it listed on CDbaby within a few days and everywhere else on the web, including Itunes, very soon...now I breathe a satisfied sigh...actually, now I suppose we should book some shows to promote it maybe??  But for today it is a beautiful fall day and I'm at home. A few domestic responsibilities to take care of in the yard accompanied by my beautiful wife and likely a cold beer or two. I'm already writing the next album and I'll start demo's this month...but ya can't work ALL the time so off I go into this beautiful fall day that feels like summer....

ahh Sunday ...always one of my favorite days...do a little demo work today and a little work on my guitar rig...next weekend is 3 days in Prince Albert sk. "Northern Lights Casino"...joining us on keys/guitar will be Saskatoon's Cy 

so I wrote a song last night. A Real inspired number that I'm really pleased with ....though I'm still completing the full release details of "backroads", the next album is begun. Trying to get myself in a groove of being ahead of myself a little doesn't always work but 

wow where the hell does the summer go ?? Oh well...we had a great show on the weekend...and so concludes a 3 show run with some time off to touch up the last track on the album....I'm thinking Sept for an official release...of course then 

well the gig in Moosomin on Saturday night was a little different. The celebrity golf tournament that preceded the show ran considerably late so we never took the stage till around midnight. It was a good show though. Prior to going on a guy told 

well it's music day for me today. We have a show next weekend and I like to prepare. Former VMB drummer Rick Van Dusen will be filling in for Shane and I'll be joined by sask. recording artist Jack Humeny on rhythm guitar/vocals. Jack and I are planning some shows this year under the name "Humeny/Michaels". Just the two of us sans band performing 

so I'm watching this ghost show on A&E (up way tooo early on a sunday) and I can't help wonder...How do apparitions 

....yup that's how the updates are flying around here.....so now I've updated the music to include the 2007 EP release "black'n'white". It's intentionally been 

yup, I've been working with the web gods to redo the look around here. Hope you like it. I'm still updating some 

it just amazes me how much time musicians have to spend online taking care of business...it's as if all the time we used to spend touring is reduced in favor of taking care of the online persona. 

well it's Sunday morning and I've been 2 days recovering from a nasty little flu bug...the gig in Nokomis Friday night was well received. It was the first time in long ages that I have had to endure a show under the duress of a flu bug. But there's far worse suffering in this world than that. It seems we will be doing a half hour set on the Corb Lund bill in Swift Current on April 2....I'm a big fan of Corb so it's a win for me (after my set) getting to sit back and watch his show. 

yes we have been working hard on getting a new album together. You can look for it in April....There's a few live dates on the schedule so far

alright now it would seem we have a pretty sparse schedule coming up eh?....nah!...no worries we're just dotting I's and crossing T's with a few folks...been busy too with my as yet undisclosed 

Wow its been a while again. Happy belated birthday to my little brother Lee though. We've really worked a busy schedule this year. Next weekend is our yearly visit to Rodeos bar in Saskatoon SK. Still waiting for Shane to finish tracks on that 

so we played at the 35th anniversary of the Sherwood Forest golf and country club on Saturday afternoon and what a blast we had!...Outside in the beautiful sunshine that lasted all day(a rarity around these parts lately it seems) two of the 

So 3 shows in 2 days went really well for us on the weekend! Tiring for an old dog like me, but fun. This weekend we're in Radville for 2 days. We've played this event for about 4 years now and every time it has pissed rain and been a mudfest. 

     So last night I watched the big tribute to Brooks and Dunn (parts of it anyway)
Though I'm not the biggest fan of Brooks and Dunn I do like some of their stuff and
I really have to respect 

well it's been a while eh folks??...(stupid facebook)....so Last night I went with my wife to see a show at the Delisle Hotel...it was an old friend of ours who calls himself "the Party Hog" and performs a one man show of music and 

hey friends!!...once again I've added some new material to the music player!...check it out. Everything is available as free downloads for a while...(call it the Christmas spirit lol).just download it, play it for everyone you know and come and see the

yup if ya check the music player on the music/merch page you'll find a new tune called "rich man's life"....hope ya dig it... so we're in the middle of a couple of weeks off and I've forgotten to mention how much fun we had in Burr Sk. last 

ok sure it's been a while since I've written anything around here but although I haven't been busy onstage I seem to have been pretty damn busy off anyway....although there's not much I can tell you just the same...Dee and I have mixed sound 

Well here we are at the end of another new year…I always get a little reflective at this time of year, thinking about friends past and present and new years eve celebrations passed….’08 has been a particularly different year on a personal 

what a month of boring inactivity for live shows around here huh?...well it's gotta happen now and then....it's finally snowed and looks like winter in this prairie world and I've been busy working on another cd ....things (the songs I mean) are 

aahh halloween weekend!!... fell in love with a rubber doll...tried on a woman's bra (anything in the name of good clean entertainment)got NO candy and precious few pic's to prove a thing!!haha...had two really busy nights at Rodeo's bar....the 

first off...today is just one of those days when it must hurt to be an Eskimo fan...The beloved Saskatchewan roughriders on the winning end of 55-9 game feels pretty damn good though haha!!! but on the music end of things for a minute...we'll be in Saskatoon next weekend for the annual halloween circus at "rodeos" in the Travellodge Hotel so I hope we'll see you 

wow it's been so long since I rambled here you'd almost think there hasn't been anything goin' on "round here" huh??....well it was a busy summer for sure. Some great people/some great gigs/ lots of "refreshments" 

So a friend of mine said today “you guys do live an interesting life don’t you?”…well, I guess it has it’s moments….who would ever think you’d run into a gun wielding maniac in Manor SK? Sure as hell not us! LOL….but 

Well, I’d love to say it was a stellar gig on the weekend but ya know they can’t all be that way now can they?...we did survive a van with no a/c. Woke up Saturday to watch a parade from the hotel window. If I wasn’t awake already 

Well…it’s Tuesday and I’ve just now relaxed enough to fully absorb the vibe from the weekend in Radville! (actually me and the wife are sitting in the yard enjoying a beautiful day and a cocktail…or is that a beautiful cocktail 

wow do I ever let some time fly between visits sometimes!!...sorry my friends, no offense intended. I just gotta stop getting so wrapped up in life's little BS cuz it's just too short ain't it??! Anyway I put another song on here finally!..I've been 

....and so here we are on the first day of a new month...I guess you'd say spring is here in this prairie world of ours. You know it's spring cuz my beloved Toronto Maple Leafs aren't playing hockey anymore, and the Montreal Canadiens are the 

Hello my friends! A bit of a new look for the site again..keepin' things fresh I guess?...I know I should have some new pictures on here by now but for some reason I just have nothing!...we had a great time in Wainwright AB. a week ago 

It’s been a while hasn’t it??...sorry I got sidetracked there..not that there’s been much new anyway, although I guess I’ve been busy with this and that. Mostly personal life stuff occupying my time over the last couple of months, 

I posted a "nostalgia" pic' in here last week...there's a facebook group about the best of the clubs in Edmonton in the 80's and 90's and this picture surfaced there. My good friend Jeff, who was also somewhere on that very stage, drew my attention to it. I know by the guy drumming that it was around '92...but then you all know that I've been kicking around