And In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make... (Paul Mccartney) 

Mike Surman is a solo artist performing songs with full music backing from the 60s to the 90s from performers such as The Kinks, The Beatles, The Monkees, The Jam, The Rolling Stones and also northern soul, motown, rock ‘n’ roll and R‘n’B. Since 2001 he has performed solo in pubs & clubs, special occasion functions and supporting Top Ten artists such as Roy Wood, Howard Jones, Belinda Carlisle, The Christians & Tony Hadley.
Also for the last three years Mike has supported the Counterfeit Stones on their every visit to beautiful Wolverhampton playing to packed houses with only his voice, guitar and bad jokes But where did it begin?
Let me take you down....

Born in 1973 the Chinese year of the Ox and the release of the Exorcist surrounded by a family who listened to & performed pop, jazz, folk & reggae music. Mike's earliest memories were of his Grandfather playing Harmonica & his uncle playing guitar in local pubs. At the age of 15 Mike obtained his own guitar & later keyboard spending many late nights in practice. He then went on to perform in bands & duos with his uncle until 2000 when he formed Acoustic Highway, a duo with just two guitars and Mike on lead vocals for the first time.

Deciding to go it alone in 2001 he started to get regular bookings with a reputation of being a reliable performer with a strong voice and quality set ups and music to suit all tastes....  Then in June 2001 an opportunity to support Roy Wood (a life long hero) on his 30th anniversary came. After a solid guitar & vocal only performance he was established and the diary started to fill up!

Since that night Mike has supported

Ronnie Spector from the Ronnettes

Belinda Carlisle                            The Christians               Tony Hadley(Spandau Ballet) 

The David Essex Band               The Counterfeit Stones            John Otway Big Band

Roy Wood & His Army                The Bev Bevan Band               Howard Jones

Atomic Jones                           Colin Blunstone & Argent          Danny Steele Orchestra

Jean Genie                               The Soul Survivors               Vogue

And performed at other special functions...

Brewood Festival             The Temptation's Festival         Opening of Robbie's Resturant

Steve Bull Function         Opening of The Soul Centre     Opening of Atlantis Notts

Opening of the New Robin 2 in Wolverhampton  

Headline Spot at The Robin on Two Occasions.

Mike Surman's first Headline gig at the Robin! Please check Set List & Sounds for downloads  or Surman Shop for a Live CD of the event....

SUPPORTING ROY WOOD
Picture kindly taken by one of the audience!
(This guitar has since left me to pursue a
better career!) 

SUPPORTING THE COUNTERFEIT STONES

With the Christians

Support to the band 14th March 2006

See the review here.. 

NICK DAGGER,
LEE CLARKE &
MIKE SURMAN

Nick charged me only £1000 for this picture
thank you ... (I had to disturb him with 7 of
his groupies for this shot ...)

Mike Surman in Amsterdam

(During the Euro Tour 2006)

At The Town Hall in Dudley

Supporting
The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Mike Surman in Brussels

(During the Euro Tour 2006)

Mike Surman in Hamburg

(During the Euro Tour 2006)

Mike Surman in Edinburgh

(Taken with an old camera phone!!)

TYPICAL AUDIENCE AT THE ROBIN 2
I would like to thank each and every one of these people
for arriving early to support my act, each and every time
I play!  (I think they just find there's nothing on the telly
really.  I took this photo, note the set list on the bottom
of the page!)

ANOTHER AUDIENCE
(Oi!!  Stop talking, you two at the front.  If it's that
interesting, why don't you share it with the rest of the
class ....)

SUPPORTING TONY HADLEY
My only existing photo of that evening.  (I would like to
thank Tony for being a true gentleman and also his band
for not kicking me outta the dressing room ....)

Me on the Bass!

Just like my hero Paul Mccartney.
Or so I think...

CHEESY ZOOLANDER STUDIO SHOT
Rock 'n' Roll man!!
(I was just watching the boxing when some
bugger took this photo of me.  Beautiful !!)

OPENING OF THE SOUL CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM
A sneak shot of me on stage.  I like to get tanned while
I'm there ....

CORPORATE EVENT, WALES

(There is a lovely old tint effect on this photo, a sort
of foreshadow of things to come ...)

A QUIET PUB ... SOMEWHERE ...
You can't beat the atmosphere of your local Nag's
Head or Slaughtered Lamb.  I love it!!

Thanks for looking & thanks to Helen & Sean for taking the pics!


Mikexx

 Please Check Gig List to see if your favourite songs are included!