Michael Katon


Michael Katon is an American blues-rock guitarist and vocalist. He grew up in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States, in a musical family where he was early inspired to take up the guitar.
His album Rip It Hard continued in the traditional blues-boogie vein, and while, like many blues men, major commercial success evades Katon, he remains a respected guitarist in the field. He released a live album in 1997.
Valerie Potter of Metal Hammer said " Michael Katon plays some of the loudest, toughest, meanest rock & blues on the planet!". Living Blues also said of Katon: "Katon is a virtuoso guitar player with his roots in the right place... sound is a blazing blend of electric blues and roadhouse boogie".
In June 2014, he was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Katon lives in Hell, Michigan.

Discography

  1. Boogie All Over Your Head
  2. Proud To Be Loud
  3. Get On the Boogie Train
  4. Rip It Hard
  5. RubB
  6. Bustin' Up the Joint - Live
  7. The Rage Called Rock 'N' Roll
  8. Bad Machine
  9. Michael Katon, M.K.
  10. Diablo Boogie, Blues Brewed in Hell
  11. Live: On the Prowl
  12. Bootleg Boogie Live!