Mike Munson (Winona, MN) plays American music in the truest sense. With over a decade of long drives to well-lit, expansive stages, tiny dive bars, and everything in between, Munson has seen plenty of the country that influences his songwriting. He is a listener first, soaking up the subtleties of stylistic differences of players from rural Mississippi to St. Paul, Minnesota. He studies the mastery of past heroes like Fred McDowell and Charlie Christian as well as living legends like Jimmy “Duck” Holmes and Leo Kottke.