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Sleepwalking

45 At A Time

Highwaters

Wildfire

So Easily

Leave Well Enough Alone

Release date 9/22/05
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Words and music by ML Liguori
Produced by Mike Liguori and Jim Ruberto

Recorded in apartments, houses and garages in Denver, Boulder and Lyons CO, with additional drum and bass recording at Notably Fine Audio studios, Denver CO

Mixed by
Jim Ruberto at Clay Street Dining, Denver CO

Mastered by
Dominick Maita at Airshow Mastering, Boulder CO

Original CD artwork and design by
Christopher Silas Neal, Brooklyn NY

This disc features contributions from artists either currently in or at one time from:
Anchorage AK, Utica and Brooklyn NY, Chicago IL, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Venezuela, Massachusetts, California and Colorado. Read more about everyone on the band page.

I would like to give special thanks to my family and friends for their continued support. James Ruberto was an essential part of recording, mixing and producing this project and did a great job.  Tyler Hornby, Derek VanScoten, Jefferson Hamer, Gonzalo Teppa and Erinn Bone are all terrific players and good people. Sherman Arnold and Amelia Earhart are friends who didn’t mean to be on this recording, but they are. Chris Neal is a talented artist and came up with a great design. Also thanks to Jason Forbes for his generous technical assistance with the original Web site. - Mike

This is a completely homegrown, independent release. Sales of this disc go towards covering the costs of production. Please do not make illegal copies or share mp3 files.  This threatens our ability to produce more music in the future.  Thank you for supporting independent music.

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HIGHWATERS EP REVIEWS:

Indie-Music.com Top 25 CDs of 2006

"Unpretentious creative fusion between funk, jazz, and rock, all centered on Lloyd's rhythmic keyboard work. If mainstream radio was playing this kind of music, I'd tune in." - Jamie Anderson

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"I love my job. Instead of having to visit a hundred clubs, I just have to sit back and wait for my editor to send me amazing indie CDs. This is one of them. It’s a rock/funk/jazz disc rich with hooky piano riffs and solid musicianship. There’s a little bit of retro here, like The Crusaders met up with Elton John (in his Madman Across the Water period) in a smoky club and jammed the night away. And people, if you ain’t moving your booty to this one, you’re dead.

Mike Liguori holds down the songwriting, lead vocals and keyboard duties, the arrangements built around his clear expressive voice and piano. Sporting a Dave Matthews sensibility, he sings about tragedy, relationships and bank robbing, sometimes all in the same cut. “Highwaters” is a love song with a great Bruce Hornsby-like piano solo in the middle. “45 at a Time” has a cool Hammond organ sound, horns, drums and more, uh huh. “So Easily” is a melancholy ballad with a tasty acoustic bass from Gonzalo Teppa. “Leave Well Enough Alone” is Norah Jones mellow but the lush pop arrangement wouldn’t dare medicate you into sleep.

“Wildfire” is about the biggest wildfire in the history of Colorado. Jefferson Hamer channels Bela Fleck, playing his banjo in tandem with Liguori’s piano. It’s not bluegrass but some wonderful hybrid that any jazz fusion fan would enjoy. In fact, every guy in this band is talented. Not one of them is a “Hey I do this one thing well so I’ll do it over and over again” kind of musician. Versatile and interesting, the arrangements are complex but with plenty of space so you don’t feel like it’s a giant boxing ring and they’re all fighting for that big solo.

Buy this album. You may not love your job as much as I love mine but for the 26 minutes of this EP you can pretend you’re as lucky." - Jamie Anderson

MARQUEE MAGAZINE:

"One of Boulder’s best kept secrets is about to bust wide open. Michael Lloyd Band will shortly look back on when they were just an obscurity. Their new release Highwaters, a six-song collection of some of the most professional piano rock to hit the Front Range since Ben Folds last visited here, is shockingly strong. What’s most amazing is that the EP is a debut for the local act, but sounds as professional as Joe Jackson or, as another reviewer put it, 'It’s as if Steely Dan were writing hip songs today.' Singer/songwriter/pianist Mike Liquori studied jazz at CU Boulder and has surrounded himself with other alumni — as well as other Front Range staples — for the release, which should earn them an honorary doctorate it’s so good." - Brian Johnson, editor

BOULDER WEEKLY:

"Denver's Michael Lloyd Band has created one of the most refreshing local discs I've received in the past three years. Strong piano playing, smooth vocals and tight melodies make this easy rock groover a true winner." - Vince Darcangelo, managing editor

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