(Swing, Blues) Mike Gaudreau & Friends - My Favorite Time Of The Year - 2003, MP3, 320

Born in 1965 in Newport, Vermont into a musical family with an English mother and a French-Canadian father, Mike Goudreau picked up his first guitar at age 14 and hasn't stopped playing since. His early influences included the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, and later, Albert King, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Powder Blues and Downchild - to name a few. Such diverse interests help to explain why Mike is comfortable in so many musical genres, especially jazz and blues.
Over the past 7 years, Mike's songs have been heard on such network TV shows as Everybody Hates Chris (CW) , Dirty Sexy Money (ABC ), Army Wives (Lifetime) ,Kath & Kim (NBC), George Lopez Show (TBS), Justified (FX) ,Scoundrels (ABC) ,Let's Make A Deal (CBS), Friday Night Lights (ABC), Memphis Beat (TNT), Auction Kings (Discovery), Oddities (Discovery), Hung (HBO), Defiance (FX) and The Fosters (ABC Family) most notable.
In April 2013 – Mike’s original song ‘’ Look For The Sunshine ‘’ was featured in the Hollywood film ‘’West End”. Mike’s song ‘’ Miss Wonderful ‘’ was featured in the trailer for the French film ‘’Love Is In The Air’’, and another of his compositions was used in the TV movie ‘’Bonnie & Clyde’’ on HBO.

Swinging Jazzy Christmas songs in the vein of Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé, Mel Torme . Featuring full horn section, piano, upright bass, strings, guitar and vocals. Uptempo and medium swings, ballads, latin, country, and more !!