Michael's Bio

Michael Scudiero was born in Kansas City, Missouri after being conceived in the office of an Italian restaurant with Sinatra and Martin playing in the adjoining lounge. Not long thereafter, Michael's obsession with music began when the jukebox man began giving him stacks of "worn-out" 45's, with Wilson Pickett's "In The Midnight Hour" being his first favorite record. His mother bought him his first guitar at age 7, and over the next three years, Michael learned to play and was ready to grab an electric guitar when fate moved him to rural Kansas and put a silver trumpet in his hands.

Unfortunately, Michael hated the trumpet (and rural Kansas for that matter) and the world grew darker for the young lad. It wasn't long after his two year struggle to avoid last chair in band ended that Michael discovered a passion for all things rock n' roll that derailed his quest for six-string greatness.

Over the years that followed, Michael led a life that is among the most colorful to anyone who knows the details. But eventually, the need to provide for his family led a struggle from homelessness to affluence that morphed him into someone barely recognizable to himself. Fortunately, through all his changes, Michael's love for music prevailed…he would periodically buy a Strat, play the blues, and write some songs, until his axe inevitably landed in the pawnshop.

Finally, around the turn of the millennium, Michael realized two things: he would never be complete without music in his life, and the thing he dug most in all the music he loved was the groove. Upon this realization, Michael bought a bass, got to work, began jamming with his friends in a garage band, and the fretboard began speaking to him like never before.

With a successful career in the software business and a turbulent personal life, he continued to jam, but it was not until a brush with death a couple of years later led Michael to ask THE LORD why he should continue living. The answer he received was clear: "play more music". As soon as he was well enough to get out and audition, Michael began playing semi-professionally.

Within a few months, Michael realized he was on the right track and prayed for success in the music business.

Within a week, he was led to the Texas/Red Dirt music scene where he could be found until he was called into ministry in late September, 2009.