Carnegie Hall

Mike Rayburn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Thirty Tigers
• ASIN: B00197U0US
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #215,124 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Got Tallent?, July 13, 2009

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Donald J. Logue "Indian Don" (Valdosta, GA.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carnegie Hall (Audio CD)

The title of this should be "Just Showin Off Cause I Can. This is one twisted, funny, and tallented individual.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not only is he funny; he's an amazing guitarist as well!, January 30, 2009

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Steven I. Ramm "Steve Ramm "Anything Phon... (Phila, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carnegie Hall (Audio CD)

By chance, I caught a "showcase" by Mike Rayburn at a music conference and figured I'd give him a look over. For the next - all too brief - 20 minutes, Mike had me rolling off my chair with laughter. This guy knows his pop culture inside and out! But between the laughter from his oddball pairings of country and heavy metal (Dan Folgelberg sings AC/DC) he performs some amazing music using just the fret board on his guitar. ("Bele Chere" on this CD is an example - though you can't SEE him doing this.).

Make's also a very funny comedian and how he remembers all the line is "Questions" still astounds me.

Anyway, I got this CD so I could experience Mike's whole show - beyond the 20 minutes I experienced - and loved it. Sure there are visuals that are missing (Mike has DVDs of his show - basically the same as the Carnegie Hall gig - for sale on his website). But most of the fun is on this CD. Though you probably won't play the introductions to the songs as much, the CD allows you to program just the songs.

Mike is "classically trained" and has some non-comedy CDs out as well which I plan to pursue. I definitely want to hear more of the fabulous finger work he demonstrates on the album.

If you grew up on music of the 1970s - no matter what style - you'll love this CD. And you'll find your self one of "Mike's people".

Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"

5.0 out of 5 stars This guy is seriously funny, and really talented!, July 12, 2010

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Rock Star "CK" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carnegie Hall (Audio CD)

If you've seen and enjoyed his show, this CD pretty much covers all of it so you can laugh and hear it again later. Mike has a fantastic humor about him, and plays one heck of an amazing guitar, all wrapped into his comedy/motivational routine. This CD doesn't really focus on the motivational part, although you do hear a few gems here and there (He is all about "What if?" as in, what if I could be a great guitar player? getting you to believe in your own possibilities). I love listening to this funny and musically upbeat CD as I'm driving into work, to start my day on a positive note, to carry into the hum-drum workplace.