MIKE MITCHELL (LEAD SINGER) BOB EZZONE (DRUMS AND VOCALS) DAVID SCOBY (GUITAR AND VOCALS) NATE RIDENOUR (GUITAR AND VOVALS) DAVE BRAHIER (BASS AND VOCALS)
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ALL COUNTRY MUSICS ARTISTS AND ROCK & ROLL ARTISTSWHOS YOUR DADDY? ..
HOW CAN YOU DESCRIBE A GREAT TIME, FANTASTIC MUSIC, EXCITING STAGE SHOW, FUN ENTERTAINMENT FOR ALL AGES, ALL IN ONE SIMPLE PHRASE? AGAIN THAT IS REALLY SIMPLE......DOWLING ROAD.
DOWLING ROAD, IS A COUNTRY-ROCK BAND THAT HAS BEEN TOGETHER FOR 7 YEARS NOW AND IS ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING COUNTRY BANDS IN THIS AREA. DR FEATURES NASHVILLE RECORDING ARTIST AND NORTHWEST OHIO NATIVE, MIKE MITCHELL. FORMED IN THE SUMMER OF 2001, THE GROUP HAS ENTERTAINED CROWDS AT FAIRS, FESTIVALS, PUBS AND CLUBS--BRINGING THEIR OWN STYLE OF COUNTRY-ROCK MUSIC TO THE STAGE: PERFORMING THE LATEST, MOST POPULAR COUNTRY DANCE MUSIC OF TODAY ALONG WITH THE MIX OF CLASSIC ROCK SONGS FROM GROUPS AND ARTISTS LIKE: BOB SEGER, B.T.O., SKYNYRD, JIM CROCE, STEVE MILLER, DOOBIES, AND MANY MORE. DOWLING ROAD ENTERTAINS WITH HEART WARMING, SLOW-DANCING BALLADS TO TOE-TAPPING, LINE DANCING HONKY-TONK MEDLEYS.
MIKE MITCHELL, LEAD VOCALIST FOR THE GROUP, HAS RELEASED TWO ALBUMS UNDER THE INDEPENDENT LABEL OF SONIC RECORDS OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE FIRST WAS SOLD LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY WITH GREAT OUTCOME. MIKE'S SECOND ALBUM, LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE (2001), FEATURES TWO 1 SINGLES FROM THE COUNTRY INDEPENDENT RECORD CHARTS, HIS TITLE TRACK AND "KIDS OF MY OWN". SINGING ON THE COUNTRY MUSIC CIRCUIT FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS, MIKE HAS OPENED FOR COUNTRY SUPERSTARS SUCH AS TOBY KEITH, MARK WILLS, TERRI CLARK, BILL ANDERSON AND LITTLE TEXAS' TIM RUSHLOW, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
BACKING UP MIKE ON LEAD GUITAR AND VOCALS IS HENRY COUNTY NATIVE IS VETERAN MUSICIAN DAVID SCOBY. ON RYTHYM GUITAR AND VOCALS FROM FINDLAY,OHIO IS NATE RIDENOUR.SUPPLYING THE BOTTOM END(BASS)AND VOCALS, FROM PERRYSBURG,OHIO IS DAVE BRAHIER. THE FOUNDATION OF THE BAND, PROVIDED BY WOOD COUNTY NATIVE, ON DRUMS AND VOCALS BOB EZZONE.