Michael David Hinton (May 4, 1956 – August 1, 2013) was an American guitarist, residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. During his career, he played with numerous bands, including Norton Buffalo and the Knockouts, High Noon, Merl Saunders & the Rainforest Band, to name a few. He appeared on several albums with the Rainforest Band and other Merl Saunders projects, including It's In The Air,[1]Fiesta Amazonica,[2]Still Having Fun, Merl Saunders With His Funky Friends - Live,[3][4] and Still Groovin' .
Hinton played with Country Joe and Friends,[5] and recorded with Rick Danko on A Tribute To Jerry Garcia: Deadhead Festival in Tokyo, Japan, 1997.[6] He was also on the Roky Erickson albums, Don't Slander Me and You're Gonna Miss Me: The Best Of Roky Erickson.[1] Among his other credits are his involvement in the Mickey Hart and Merl Saunders band, High Noon,[7] and Freddie Roulette and Friends.[8] He co-wrote the music for the filmsStacy's Knights (1982) and Eddie Macon's Run (1983), and played on the score for the 1980s remake of the television program, The Twilight Zone with Jerry Garcia, John Cipollina, David Grisman and others. Hinton also co-wrote several songs with the late Norton Buffalo, world-renowned harmonica player, as well as playing lead guitar in Norton's band for approximately seven years, beginning in late 1980.
Hinton played several Merl Saunders tributes since the keyboardist's death in October 2008.[9][10][11] A re-launch of the Rainforest Band as a tribute to Saunders took place at the 29th Starwood Festival on July 25, 2009, the site of their last performance, featuring Saunder's son and bassist Tony Saunders, Hinton, Sikiru Adepoju and other members of the Rainforest Band and other Saunders' projects.[12]
Rediscovering The Amazon - Filmed on the Amazon River (Documentary for Moondragon Pictures)
The Twilight Zone (CBS) "The Girl That I Married" (with John Cippolina), "Shelter Skelter", "Joy Ride", "The Junction" (with David Grisman), "Dead Run" (with Bob Weir, Brent Mydland)
Studio Cafe (Norton Buffalo and Michael Hinton duo live)
Norton Buffalo and the Knockouts live (KRCB)
Sports America (Abe Lemons and Eddie Sutton — NCAA Basketball Coaches)
"Revenge Of The Insects" (for PBS with Barry Melton and Mickey Hart)
Discographyedit
I Ain't No Angel - Lindy Gravelle (1982)
Don't Slander Me - Roky Erickson (1986) Restless Records
You're Gonna Miss Me: The Best Of Roky Erickson (1991) Restless Records
It's In The Air - Merl Saunders & the Rainforest Band (1993) Summertone Records
Still Having Fun - Merl Saunders (1995) Summertone Records
Fiesta Amazonica - Merl Saunders (& the Rainforest Band) (1998) Summertone Records
Merl Saunders With His Funky Friends - Live (1998) Summertone Records
Still Groovin - Merl Saunders (2004) Summertone Records
Miller, John G. (1 August 2013). "The Crossover Music Channel: 'A friend of a friend of ...': Michael Hinton". Thecrossovermusicchannel.blogspot.com. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
"My Sweet Twilight Zone Jam With John Cipollina, By Michael D. Hinton « East Portland Blog". Eastportlandblog.com. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
April 10, 2024
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Michael David Hinton May 4 1956 August 1 2013 was an American guitarist residing in the San Francisco Bay Area During his career he played with numerous bands including Norton Buffalo and the Knockouts High Noon Merl Saunders amp the Rainforest Band to name a few He appeared on several albums with the Rainforest Band and other Merl Saunders projects including It s In The Air 1 Fiesta Amazonica 2 Still Having Fun Merl Saunders With His Funky Friends Live 3 4 and Still Groovin Contents 1 Career 2 Performed or recorded with 3 Television appearances and work 4 Discography 5 Filmography 5 1 Scores 5 2 DVDs 5 3 Laser disc 6 References 7 External linksCareer editHinton played with Country Joe and Friends 5 and recorded with Rick Danko on A Tribute To Jerry Garcia Deadhead Festival in Tokyo Japan 1997 6 He was also on the Roky Erickson albums Don t Slander Me and You re Gonna Miss Me The Best Of Roky Erickson 1 Among his other credits are his involvement in the Mickey Hart and Merl Saunders band High Noon 7 and Freddie Roulette and Friends 8 He co wrote the music for the films Stacy s Knights 1982 and Eddie Macon s Run 1983 and played on the score for the 1980s remake of the television program The Twilight Zone with Jerry Garcia John Cipollina David Grisman and others Hinton also co wrote several songs with the late Norton Buffalo world renowned harmonica player as well as playing lead guitar in Norton s band for approximately seven years beginning in late 1980 Hinton played several Merl Saunders tributes since the keyboardist s death in October 2008 9 10 11 A re launch of the Rainforest Band as a tribute to Saunders took place at the 29th Starwood Festival on July 25 2009 the site of their last performance featuring Saunder s son and bassist Tony Saunders Hinton Sikiru Adepoju and other members of the Rainforest Band and other Saunders projects 12 Performed or recorded with editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed September 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia Bob Weir Phil Lesh Brent Mydland Tom Constanten Vince Welnick Mickey Hart Bill Kreutzmann Quicksilver Messenger Service John Cippolina David Frieberg Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Starship Jack Casady Don Baldwin Pete Sears Santana Jose Chepito Areas Michael Carabello Country Joe and the Fish Country Joe McDonald and Friends Joe McDonald Barry Melton Rainforest Band Merl Saunders Muruga Booker Vince Littleton Michael Warren Tony Saunders Johnnie Johnson and Unreal Max Gail Band High Noon Mickey Hart Jim McPherson Copperhead Bobby Vega Etta James Norton Buffalo and the Knockouts Schellville Southside Blues Band Zero Greg Anton Chip Roland Steve Kimock Sons of Champlin Geoffrey Palmer Jim Preston Barry Melton Band Peter Albin Big Brother and the Holding Company Byron Allred Steve Miller Band Trey Anastasio Phish Maya Angelou Babatunde Olatunji Joan Baez John Barbata Dinosaurs Elvin Bishop Bobby Black Vernon Black Mariah Carey Ed Bogas O Teal Burbage Allman Brothers Paul Butterfield Ray Chew Showtime at the Apollo Vassar Clements Old amp In the Way The Coasters Lacy J Dalton Rick Danko The Band John Dawson New Riders of the Purple Sage Austin de Lone Lance Dickerson Commander Cody Greg Douglass Steve Miller Band Roky Erickson 13th Floor Elevators Steve Erquiaga Andy Narell Greg Errico Mimi Farina Bread and Roses Billy C Farlow Commander Cody Martin Fiero Legion of Mary Mic Gillette Tower of Power Nate Ginsberg Herbie Hancock Bill Graham Nick Gravenites Electric Flag Rusty Gauthier New Riders of the Purple Sage David Grisman Billy Hart Herbie Hancock Edwin Hawkins Singers Mark Isham Dr John Matt Kelly Kingfish Kronos Quartet Lowell Banana Levinger The Youngbloods Huey Lewis Carl Lockett Jimmy Smith Harvey Mandel Mel Martin Scott Mathews John McFee Clover Doobie Brothers Buddy Miles Electric Flag Jimi Hendrix Steve Miller Ziggy Modeliste Eddie Moore Woody Shaw Maria Muldaur Charlie Musselwhite Mark Naftalin Butterfield Blues Band Odetta Sammy Piazza Hot Tuna John Popper Blues Traveler Jimmy Pugh Robert Cray Band Chuck Rainey Steely Dan Vicki Randle George Benson Tonight Show Brett Rasmussen Merl Saunders Roy Rogers Freddie Roulette John Schneider Dukes of Hazzard Melvin Seals Jerry Garcia Band Ron Stallings Reconstruction Elvin Bishop Luther Tucker Little Walter Jacobs Bill Vitt Saunders Garcia Band Narada Michael Walden Bishop Norman Williams Kate WolfTelevision appearances and work edit Q for KQED Merl Saunders and the Rainforest Band live KGO Curethon Merl Saunders and the Rainforest Band live Tales From The Crypt TV series HBO On A Dead Man s Chest Directed by William Friedkin The Exorcist Rediscovering The Amazon Filmed on the Amazon River Documentary for Moondragon Pictures The Twilight Zone CBS The Girl That I Married with John Cippolina Shelter Skelter Joy Ride The Junction with David Grisman Dead Run with Bob Weir Brent Mydland Studio Cafe Norton Buffalo and Michael Hinton duo live Norton Buffalo and the Knockouts live KRCB Sports America Abe Lemons and Eddie Sutton NCAA Basketball Coaches Revenge Of The Insects for PBS with Barry Melton and Mickey Hart Discography editI Ain t No Angel Lindy Gravelle 1982 Don t Slander Me Roky Erickson 1986 Restless Records You re Gonna Miss Me The Best Of Roky Erickson 1991 Restless Records It s In The Air Merl Saunders amp the Rainforest Band 1993 Summertone Records Still Having Fun Merl Saunders 1995 Summertone Records Fiesta Amazonica Merl Saunders amp the Rainforest Band 1998 Summertone Records Merl Saunders With His Funky Friends Live 1998 Summertone Records Still Groovin Merl Saunders 2004 Summertone Records San Francisco After Dark Merl Saunders A Promise Kept Jim McPherson 2009 Keystone Revisited Tony Saunders Michael Hinton Bill Vitt Steve Abramson Jeff Pevar 2013 Sonoma Soundtrack Schellville Southside Blues Band Joan Baez unreleased tracks produced by Mickey Hart Featuring members of the Grateful Dead and High Noon 2001 Filmography editScores edit Stacy s Knights 1982 with Kevin Costner co wrote the music with Norton Buffalo and performed Crown International Pictures 13 Eddie Macon s Run 1983 with Kirk Douglas John Schneider co wrote with Norton Buffalo and performed soundtrack Universal Pictures MCADVDs edit Saunders amp Friends by John Metzger The Music Box November 1998 Volume 5 11 14 Chet Helms Tribal Stomp with Country Joe McDonald and Friends 2B1 MultimediaLaser disc edit A Tribute To Jerry Garcia Deadhead Festival in Tokyo Japan 1997 1997 8 Japanese Laser Disc NTSC VAP Video Super Rock series VPLR 70650References edit a b It s in the Air Merl Saunders Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved 28 September 2018 Grateful Dead Family Discography Fiesta Amazonica Deaddisc com Retrieved 28 September 2018 Artist Artistdirect com Retrieved 28 September 2018 In Music We Trust Merl Saunders With His Funky Friends LIVE Inmusicwetrust com Retrieved 28 September 2018 Michael Borbridge Michaelborbridge com Retrieved 28 September 2018 Various Artists A Tribute to Jerry Garcia Deadheads Festival Japan 1997 Theband hiof no Retrieved 28 September 2018 Remembering Merl Saunders 02 14 Great American SF Jambase com 6 February 2009 Retrieved 28 September 2018 Hillbilly Music January 2006Hillbilly Music com Home of Old Time Country Music Hillbilly music com Retrieved 28 September 2018 Metzger John Merl Saunders Garcia Tribute Leadville August 1996 Concert Review Musicbox online com Retrieved 28 September 2018 Photo of Mike Hinton at Merl Saunders 75th Birthday Bash Archived 2009 07 15 at the Wayback Machine Great American Music Hall Website Archived 2010 12 17 at the Wayback Machine Reprinted from Modern Drummer Magazine June 2009 Rosencomet com Retrieved 28 September 2018 Stacy s Knights 1982 Movies Hollywood com Archived from the original on 2013 01 25 Retrieved 2013 08 06 John Metzger Merl Saunders Fiesta Amazonica Keepers Funky Friends Twilight Zone Album Review Musicbox online com Retrieved 2013 08 06 External links editMike Hinton at IMDb Miller John G 1 August 2013 The Crossover Music Channel A friend of a friend of Michael Hinton Thecrossovermusicchannel blogspot com Retrieved 28 September 2018 My Sweet Twilight Zone Jam With John Cipollina By Michael D Hinton East Portland Blog Eastportlandblog com Retrieved 28 September 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mike Hinton amp oldid 1184275901, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
