Live Music: Mike Ethan Messick

Mike Ethan Messick is a songwriter, first and foremost, with a knack and a passion for turning life’s ups and downs into vivid, tuneful and relatable stories set to music that ranges from classic country to ambitious folk-rock.

Growing up in Baytown, Texas, he fell in love with his dad’s eclectic record collection and started the long and rewarding process of developing his own sound and style through years of playing open mic nights and small venues around Central Texas.

Messick has scored songwriting cuts on other artists’ albums and setlists (including Roger Creager’s take on “The Everclear Song,” one of the most popular hits of the Texas country music explosion), appeared several times on the Texas Music Scene TV show, and played alongside fellow Texans including Hayes Carll, Randy Rogers, and Ray Wylie Hubbard.