Mike Hinton

Mike Hinton

Michael "Mike" Hinton is an American guitarist, residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. During his career, he has been a member of several bands such as Merl Saunders & the Rainforest Band for nine years, and has appeared on several albums with the Rainforest Band and other Merl Saunders projects, including It's In The Air,[1] Fiesta Amazonica,[2] Still Having Fun, Merl Saunders With His Funky Friends - Live,[3][4] and Still Groovin' .

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Career

Hinton played with Country Joe and Friends,[5] and recorded with Rick Danko on A Tribute To Jerry Garcia: Deadhead Festival in Tokyo, Japan, 1997.[6] He was also on the Roky Erickson albums, Don't Slander Me and You're Gonna Miss Me: The Best Of Roky Erickson.[7] Among his other credits are his involvement in the Mickey Hart and Merl Saunders band, High Noon,[8] and Freddie Roulette and Friends.[9] He also co-wrote the music for the films Stacy's Knights (1982) and Eddie Macon's Run (1983), and played on the score for the 1980s remake of the television program, The Twilight Zone with Jerry Garcia, John Cippolina, David Grisman and others. Hinton also had an uncredited role as a band drummer in All That Jazz.

Hinton has played several Merl Saunders tributes since the keyboardist's death in October 2008.[10][11][12] A re-launch of the Rainforest Band as a tribute to Saunders took place at the 29th Starwood Festival on July 25, 2009, the site of their last performance, featuring Saunder's son and bassist Tony Saunders, Hinton, and other members of the Rainforest Band and other Saunders' projects.[13] Also appearing were Sikiru Adepoju on talking drum and Douglas "Val" Serrant on steel drum and djembe.

Discography

  • Don't Slander Me (1986) Restless Records
  • You're Gonna Miss Me: The Best Of Roky Erickson (1991) Restless Records
  • It's In The Air - Merl Saunders & the Rainforest Band (1993) Summertone Records
  • Still Having Fun - Merl Saunders (1995) Summertone Records
  • Fiesta Amazonica - Merl Saunders (& the Rainforest Band) (1998) Summertone Records
  • Merl Saunders With His Funky Friends - Live (1998) Summertone Records
  • Still Groovin - Merl Saunders (2004) Summertone Records
  • A Promise Kept - Jim McPherson (2009)

Filmography

  • Stacy's Knights (1982) co-wrote the music & performed [1]
  • Eddie Macon's Run (1983) co-wrote & performed soundtrack
  • A Tribute To Jerry Garcia: Deadhead Festival in Tokyo, Japan, 1997 (1997/8) Japanese Laser Disc NTSC - VAP Video Super Rock series VPLR-70650
  • All That Jazz (1979) actor, "Drummer"

References

  • Saunders & Friends by John Metzger - The Music Box November 1998, Volume 5, #11 [2]

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