| About Mike Mcguire | Louisville, Kentucky is home to some of the most inventive minds and inspired artists from the past two centuries. The city of Louisville has produced such luminaries as Thomas Edison, comedian Foster Brooks gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, bluesman WC Handy, and bluegrass legend Bill Monroe. Mike McGuire, another illustrious Louisvillian channels the spirit of each of his innovative indigenous brethren with his own Kentucky hallmark called Roses for the Moon. McGuire introduces us to his hometown through the lead off track -- a simple history and geography lesson called Western Kentucky Parkway. It is quintessential McGuire. It captures his tongue-and-cheek sensibility and bourbon Kentucky wit as he takes us on a drive around the Bluegrass State. (For more Louisville ethos, listen to track eight entitled My Old Kentucky Home/Longfield Avenue. It is his take on Churchill Downs culture and its surrounds.) In addition to happenings past, McGuire comments on current events too. Roses for the Moon is inspired by Lisa Nowak, the love-struck, bemused astronaut that caught the national attention as she made her fateful trip across the country. Caught in a love triangle .... all the way from Houston, listening to the satellite, McGuire invokes satire in his songwriting in a similar sparkling fashion as his contemporary Hunter S. Thompson. This stuff is too smart for Nashville ...maybe that is why he returned home after a prolonged stint in Guitartown attempting to writing songs for the masses. And though he is well over six feet tall with a rugged exterior, McGuire has a soft spot. In his own charming way, this thoughtful animal lover takes a reflective look at himself in I'd Like to be the Man {My Dog Thinks I Am} where the perception of Mans Best Friend is emphasized. He sums it all up with.....Come on boy, lets go for a walk. Part folkie, part visionary, part commentator, McGuire challenges us to look harder at ourselves, and he dares us to dance to a different tune.... Pete Knapp |
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