Michael Hearne and South By Southwest perform original songs "Reckless Love" and "Red Willow Way" in this video (6min 4sec), plus there's some real good interview material with Michael.
It's hard to describe just how good Michael Hearne really is. His guitar work, singing and songwriting are really superb. Michael Hearne is probably the best example of 'The Southwest Sound'. Michael is also probably the best Country musician who doesn't have a major label recording and touring contract.
Over the past several years, Michael Hearne and South by
Southwest have created a new and unique kind of music.
“Southwestern Americana” as Michael calls it
“Songs about the southwest with an acoustic feel”.
Michael Hearne’s incredibly smooth voice and amazing acoustic
guitar style combined with Carmen Acciaioli’s musical mastery
of the steel guitar, fiddle, mandolin, dobro, and hammered dulcimer,
with the extremely talented Zeke Severenson on stand up and electric
bass and you have what people all over the Southwest and beyond call
their favorite band.
Michael Hearne and South by Southwest always play to a packed
house of faithful dancers when playing on their home turf in Taos or
Santa Fe. Their Sunday night performances at the prestigious Paramount
in Santa Fe, NM , have immortalized them as the best
“Southwestern Swing dance” band to ever hit the
stage. “When people hear our music they are transported to
another place and time,” says Hearne. “We can play
a house concert, corporate party, wedding, or a full fledged dance, and
everyone has a smile on their face at the end of the night. We love
what we do.”
Michael Hearne’s song writing credits are
impressive, penning songs for Jerry Jeff Walker and Gary P. Nunn
(Lesson to be Learned from Love) and his New Mexico anthem,
“New Mexico Rain” recorded by his uncle and aunt,
Bill and Bonnie Hearne, and country music legend, Johnny Rodriguez. His
critically acclaimed cd “Sight and Sound”, 11 songs
written about 11 different works of art, won seven awards at The New
Mexico Music Awards, making him the biggest winner in their history.
This cd includes the song, “The Songwriter”
co-written with grammy winners Mentor Williams and Andy Byrd. Michael
Hearne has also written songs with his good friends Shake Russell,
Keith Sykes, and many others.
Michael Hearne and South By Southwest have played the main
stage at The Kerville Folk Festival for the last 5 years, The Larry Joe
Taylor Festival for the last 9 years, and the last 7 years at the Tommy
Alverson Festival.
A segment from the TV show New Mexico Southwest Sounds.
