Mitch Mills

Mitch Mills
Background information
Origin	North Carolina, USA
Genres	Rock, pop, country, alt country
Occupations	Musician, guitarist, songwriter
Labels	Farren Music America (FMA/WEA) Global Creative Group [1](GCG/Red/Sony)
Associated acts	Sugarwall HiFi Lover Mitch Mills & LA4773
Website	sugarwallband.com
Notable instruments
1969 Gibson Gold Top Les Paul, 1972 Fender Telecaster Custom, 1967 Fender Stratocaster

Mitch Mills is an American musician. He is an accomplished guitar player and songwriter. Mills has worked as a top Los Angeles session guitarist and with bands such as the UK's Rumble and Mitch Mills & LA4773.^[2] Currently, he is an active member of the band Sugarwall.^[3] He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Background

Mitch Mills was born in North Carolina to a family of professional guitar players.^[2] However, he did not start playing the guitar until he was in his late teens, under the instruction of his brother and father.^[2] His guitar style and influences fall into the category of such 70's greats as Joe Perry, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, and Pete Townshend.^[4] Shortly thereafter, he began playing in local cover bands. Frustrated by the restrictions of non-original material, Mills relocated to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career as a professional musician.

Mills is best known for his distinct style of playing layered guitar hooks with bluesy-rock tones.^[4][5] These traits have also garnered him endorsement deals with many notable musical instrument boutique companies. He is a featured endorser of the instructional DVD "I Am the Blues Lead Guitarist".^[6][7][8]

After tiring of the rigors of commercial session guitar work and playing for signed side projects, Mills decided to join Rumble, a UK based band. With Rumble, he toured extensively in Europe and the US. Upon returning to LA, he formed Mitch Mills & LA4773. The band recorded the solo album entitled Moonshine Cars, of which the song "Trouble" ^[9] was featured in the HBO movie "A Better Way To Die" (which featured Lou Diamond Phillips, Joe Pantoliano and Natasha Henstridge).^[10][11][12] He is a founding member of Sugarwall,^[3] with a debut release entitled Full Circle expected to be released in May 2011^{[dated info]}.^{[dated info][12]}

Bands

Current bands

Sugarwall (2008–present)

• Greg Wayne Brown (vocals)
• Matthew Denis (bass guitar)
• Joey Lowe (drums)

Former Bands

HiFi Lover

Mitch Mills & LA4773

Equipment

Mitch is endorsed by Voodoo Lab,^[13] ISP Technologies,^[14] Area 51,^[15] Aircraft Amplification, John Pearse Strings,^[16] Pedaltrain,^[17] and Sobbat Effectors.^[18] He plays a variety of guitars including a 1969 Gibson Gold Top Les Paul, a 1972 Fender Telecaster Custom, and a 1967 Fender Stratocaster.

Discography

• Sugarwall Full Circle LP 2011
• Sugarwall Find A Way LP 2009
• HiFi Lover EP
• Mitch Mills & LA4773 Moonshine Cars

References

1. ^ http://www.emusic.com/browse/l/a/-dam/a/0-0/1400120127/0.html
2. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.rockforlearning.com/mitchmills
3. ^ ^{a b} http://www.allmusic.com
4. ^ ^{a b} Mona Loring at M. Loring Communications
5. ^ http://www.webmastertips.us/B00004RE02/Moonshine_Cars.shtml
6. ^ http://www.gcgmusic.com/Blues.html
7. ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/images/B000PFT3OO
8. ^ http://vjworld.com/Blues%20Guitarist.html
9. ^ http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=LA4773%20%2D%20MITCH%20MILLS&search_in=a&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=30&start=1
10. ^ http://www.fancast.com/people/Mitch-Mills/1588489/biography/about;jsessionid=A08C18CBAE91FB691CFC5E769BA2A69F
11. ^ http://tv.yahoo.com/%2Fa-better-way-to-die%2Fshow%2F3640%2Fcastcrew
12. ^ ^{a b} http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=1552107&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1
13. ^ http://www.voodoolab.com/artists.htm
14. ^ http://www.isptechnologies.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=174&Itemid=120
15. ^ http://area51tubeaudiodesigns.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=wah&Category_Code=cat001
16. ^ http://www.jpstrings.com/brend.htm#M
17. ^ http://www.pedaltrain.com/images/gallery_3/Mitch_Mills
18. ^ http://www.sobbat.com/index.html

External links

• http://www.sugarwallband.com
• http://www.myspace.com/sugarwallmusic
• http://cdbaby.com/cd/sugarwall
• http://www.necodo.com/download/mitch-mills
• http://www.webmastertips.us/B00004RE02/MoonshineCars.shtml

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