The Jeff Michael Band

Jeff MIchael is originally from Syracuse, N.Y. He came out to Los Angeles in 2003. This past February the band recorded a new EP called "The Other Side". According to absolutepowerpop.blogspot.com "Jeff Michael can best be described as a one-man Traveling Wilburys, at least the Tom Petty and George Harrison part of that supergroup. On the band's debut EP, Michael combines Petty's jangle pop and a Harrisonesque voice to fine results, with "When Will I See You Again" and "Straight Line" sounding like outtakes from the Wilburys' Volume One. The John Hiatt-ish "Enjoy The Ride" is another winner, and the EP closes with "Empty Lives", a track heavily influenced by "Tomorrow Never Knows" with its hypnotic drums and backwards guitars."