Mike Reeves has rather a lot to stay as much as.
His father, Jesse, was beloved of their hometown of Camp Verde with Reeves calling him the “Merle Haggard of the realm.”
“My dad had his band and taught faculty as effectively for 45 years,” he recalled.
“He was educating grandkids of individuals he taught. He performed music at everybody’s wedding ceremony. He performed rodeos and bars. Individuals have been so aware of my dad and my mother, Jessica, that they knew everybody on a private foundation.”
Reeves is constant Jesse’s musical abilities. He headlines Anthem Days from 11 a.m. to three:30 p.m. Sunday, March 27, at Group Park.
“My dad had fairly a run,” Reeves mentioned. “When he was youthful, he toured the West Coast, labored with John and Tom Fogerty earlier than Creedence Clearwater Revival. He (Jesse) went residence and constructed his personal recording studio. We nonetheless rehearse in that studio. It’s sonically such a fantastic room.”
Reeves and his band play a wide range of upbeat dance music, starting from Johnny Money to Bruno Mars.
“As a result of nature of the place we play — festivals, casinos, nightclubs, city occasions — usually we learn the gang,” he mentioned.
“We take loads of requests and play the High 40 songs and traditional songs that everyone loves.”
Reeves is the fifth era to stay in Camp Verde. He’s the youngest of seven kids. He performed drums in his dad’s band and finally segued to guitar. The primary gig Reeves performed along with his father was in 1995, opening for Chris LeDoux. Reeves, whose dad died when he was 18, has made a lifelong profession out of performing.
“He had a rustic sort of band,” Reeves mentioned. “We’re the celebration rock band. I grew up on Johnny Money, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings. I can play that each one evening if a membership requested me to.
“Within the Verde Valley, folks have these recollections with my mother and pop, which I cherish as effectively. A few of these folks knew my dad longer than I did. I really like to listen to these tales. Each every now and then, I get somebody say, ‘You ain’t your father.’ However most individuals need to make that connection.”
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