Michael Roe

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This is an article on the American singer. For information on the Australian historian, see Michael Roe (historian).

Michael Roe (b. October 12, 1954) is an American record producer, songwriter, guitarist and singer.

Although he has released several solo albums since the mid-1990s, Roe is primarily known as the lead singer and lead guitarist for the rock band The 77s. He has also released albums under the moniker 7&7iS. With bandmate Mark Harmon, he has recorded a couple of instrumental albums. Roe is also a founding member of the alt-country music supergroup Lost Dogs.

In the 1970s, Roe hosted the radio program Rock Scope, which featured music and interviews with a wide range of artists including Bob Dylan, Daniel Amos, T-Bone Burnett, Mark Heard and others.

Production credits include albums by Lisa Phenix, Johnny Reliable, Shadrach, Jason Todd Herring, Matt Nightingale, The Strawmen, Perry and the Poorboys, Steve Scott, and Love Coma.

Contents

1 Solo Discography

1.1 Studio Albums
1.2 Live Albums
1.3 Fan Club Releases

2 7&7iS Discography
3 Instrumental Albums with
4 Albums with
5 Special & Limited Edition Releases
6 External links

Solo Discography

Studio Albums

1995 - Safe As Milk (released in a 9-song "curdled" version and a 12-song "uncurdled" version)
1996 - The Boat Ashore
2002 - Say Your Prayers
2006 - Untitled

Live Albums

1999 - Safe As Milk Live: Live at Cornerstone 97
2000 - It's For You (double CD; additional tracks from this 1997 solo tour can be found on The 77s Late compilation [2000])

Fan Club Releases

2003 - Roesbuds

7&7iS Discography

1989 - More Miserable Than You'll Ever Be (numbered collector's edition box set; features Mike Roe solo tracks and demos/outtakes from The 77s)
1990 - More Miserable Than You'll Ever Be (features Mike Roe solo tracks, demos/outtakes from The 77s' self-titled album, and unreleased material from The Magnets (Michael Roe & Larry Tagg); a remastered version was later re-released under The 77s moniker)
2004 - Fun With Sound

Instrumental Albums with
1999 - Sleepwalk (authorized bootleg of Unison Music's Daydream)
1999 - Daydream (uncredited on this official Unison Music release)
2002 - Daydream (Fools of the World re-release)
2002 - Orbis

Albums with
2003 - All Day Sing and Dinner on the Ground (EP)

Special & Limited Edition Releases

1997 - Demonstrations of Love (Various Artists), "Audrey"
2001 - Soullift: Soundtrack for the Soul (Various Artists), "Mercy Seat"
2002 - Come as a Child: The Andy's Angels Concert (limited edition live concert with Theo Obrastoff, Aaron Sprinkle, and Terry Scott Taylor)
2003 - Come as a Child or Not at All (Taylor & Obrastoff), "Audrey" (extended version)
2004 - Come as a Child or Not al All II: Like an Orange to a Child (Obrastoff & Watson), "No Soul"
2004 - Welcome to the Revolution (Liberty n' Justice), "Change Comes Around" (with Harry Hess of Harem Scarem)

External links

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The 77s
Michael Roe \| Mark Harmon \| Bruce Spencer Jan Eric Volz \| Aaron Smith \| Mark Tootle \| Mark Proctor \| David Leonhardt
Production
Steven Soles \| Charlie Peacock \| Robert Musso \| Steve Griffith \| Brian Healy
Discography
Ping Pong Over the Abyss \| All Fall Down \| The 77s \| Sticks and Stones \| 88 \| Pray Naked Drowning with Land in Sight \| Tom Tom Blues \| Echos O' Faith \| ep \| Late \| A Golden Field of Radioactive Crows \| Direct
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7&7iS \| Lost Dogs \| Fools of the World