What was Mike’s first musical experience?
He often jokingly answers this question: “Hearing my father singing “Danny Boy” in the bath…” Factually Mike began studying classical piano when he was five. When he was fourteen he joined his first rock band. (His parents and his piano teacher were horrified as they had planned for him to become a concert pianist…) Initially he played bass, but later changed to keyboards. By the time he was fifteen Mike was performing with his band 4-6 times per week, often travelling many hundreds of kilometres to do so.
