Michael Crowder

At a very young age I began plucking the strings on my grandmother’s piano. Playing a stringed instrument was obviously my destiny. I began studying music in junior high school in Arkansas and continued through high school in Alabama and Baton Rouge, Louisiana performing in marching, concert and stage bands, as well as symphonies on tuba and string bass.
 
I continued my musical education at Northeast Louisiana University and LSU, at the same time performing with the Baton Rouge, Ruston and Monroe (Louisiana), Greenville (Mississippi) and El Dorado (Arkansas) symphonies. After college, I began performing professionally with local bands and touring the "Hotel Circuit" across the Eastern U.S. In 1975, I met Ted Bacot and joined his group "Sneaux". As Sneaux, we recorded an album, most of which appeared in the soundtrack for the movie "Neon Maniacs". In my musical career, I have performed with many groups and many musicians, playing every style of music from country to jazz to rock-n-roll. I've worked with Percy Sledge, Bill Wray, Raful Neal, and Big Luther Kent among others. Currently, I'm a member of Steel Toe Cowboy, recording, performing and promoting our latest project "Puttin The Hammer Down". -Michael