{"product_id":"mike-wilhelm-rocks-gravel","title":"Wilhelm, Mike: Rocks \u0026 Gravel","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eRocks \u0026amp; Gravel\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eWilhelm, Mike\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eSteadyboy Records\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e614511859929\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eFolk\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Mike Wilhelm was Americana before Americana was cool. As a founding member of the legendary San Francisco Charlatans, Mike Wilhelm, guitarist and vocalist, pioneered the exploration of America's music of it's' past. Blues, Folk \u0026amp; Jazz from the early 1900's to the then present day of the mid -960s. Mike and SteadyBoy Records owner\/producer, Freddie Steady Krc, began their musical friendship in the late 1970s-early 1980s. Mike was playing with Flamin Groovies and Freddie was playing with Austin, TX-based power poppers, The Explosives. After Mike and Freddie completed a successful acoustic tour of Norther California and Nevada in the 1990s, Freddie got the idea to do a recording with Mike in Austin. Randy Poe came on board as co-producer with Freddie. They assembled a crack band including guests Maryann Price and Alejandro Escovedo and, in two days, cut this Americana offering titled Rocks \u0026amp; Gravel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Rocks and Gravel \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Love in Vain \u003cbr\u003e1.3 See See Rider \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Frisco Fast Freight \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Charlie James \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Statesboro Blues \u003cbr\u003e1.7 I Got Mine \u003cbr\u003e1.8 V. ; T. Shuffle \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Come on in My Kitchen \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Austin City Slide \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Shuffle Rag \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Shake Shake Mama \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Long Gone Stranger Blues \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Tomorrow Night\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wilhelm, Mike","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32443065172039,"sku":"39629579","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3741023-2558569.jpg?v=1711117339","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/mike-wilhelm-rocks-gravel","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}