Michigan Mick

&

The Backroad Preachers

YOUR CLOTHES DON'T LOOK RIGHT
I'M COMING HOME

(studio version previously aired on SiriusXM BB King Bluesville, Radio Caroline Europe, South America, Australia and Japan)

REGRET BLUES

(studio version significant airplay in South America) 

BAD LUCK & TROUBLE
LAST LOVE

(studio version selected for Top 100 Independent Artist Showcase at 2025 Grammy’s)

MICHIGAN MICK AND THE BACKROAD PREACHERS
LIVE AT THE SHOP

Available on Jukeboxes Nationwide

ROOTS MUSIC – BLUES ROCK ALBUMS
#45

Nationwide Chart

#5

Michigan Artist Album Chart

BAND MEMBERS
guitar & vocals
MICHIGAN MICK (HISHON)

The music of Mahalia Jackson and Son House influenced Mick before he even stared school and when he heard Freddie King he knew he had to play guitar. Growing up in S.E. Michigan the eclectic musical variety ranging from Country to Motown to The MC5 and British blues bands helped to further influence and drive Mick providing him with a musical palate from which to enhance his guitar playing and song writing. Having toured throughout the USA and Europe in the past Mick recreates the music now with THE BACKROAD PREACHERS.

guitar & vocals
WOLF BERING

Wolf Bering, a Detroit-born-and-raised guitarist and vocalist, has been tearing it up on stage for nearly 20 years. Drawing deep inspiration from the raw energy and soaring riffs of Jimmy Page, Ace Frehley, and Mark Farner, he brings a hard-driving edge to every performance. With his powerful vocals and guitar work rooted in Motor City grit, Wolf delivers unfiltered passion and soul night after night.

bass & vocals
DAVE STANDLEY

Dave grew up in Missouri with musical influences from Bluegrass to Big Band to Metal. Bassists like Steve Harris, John Paul Jones, and Gene Simmons helped shape his playing style and love of the rhythm section.

drums & vocals
Chris Gassel

Music and drumming have always been a part of Chris’s life. Raised in the Metro-Detoit area he developed the ‘ear’ for rhythmic structures and the ‘discipline’ how to employ them to enhance the nuance of the music. His influences range from traditional German cultural music to the drumming styles of Phil collins, Jeff Porcaro, Hal Blaine and Steve Gadd to name a few.