{{distinguish|Michael Keaton}} {{short description|American blues-rock guitarist and vocalist}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Michael Katon | image = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953}} | birth_place = Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States | origin = Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = Blues, rock | occupation = Guitarist | instrument = | years_active = 1980s-2000s | label = Provogue Records | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|http://www.katon.com}} }}
'''Michael Katon''' (born 1953)<ref name="Mich">{{Cite web|url=https://michiganrockandrolllegends.com/index.php/mrrl-hall-of-fame/361-michael-katon#:~:text=Katon+was+born+at+the,early+life+in+Ypsilanti,+Michigan|title=MICHAEL KATON - Michigan Rock and Roll Legends|website=Michiganrockandrolllegends.com|access-date=8 March 2021}}</ref> is an American blues-rock guitarist and vocalist. He grew up in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States, in a musical family where he was early inspired to take up the guitar.<ref name="LarkinBlues">{{cite book|title=The Guinness Who's Who of Blues|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1995|edition=Second|isbn=0-85112-673-1|page=213}}</ref>
Katon made his recording debut with his 1984 album, ''Boogie All Over Your Head''. His album ''Rip It Hard'' continued in the traditional blues-boogie vein, and while, like many blues men, major commercial success evades Katon, he remains a respected guitarist in the field.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> Katon released a live album in 1996.<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=Michael+Katon&oq=Michael+Katon&gs_l=news-cc.3...4321.5379.0.5914.13.7.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1ac.1.&gws_rd=ssl#q=Michael+Katon+blues+guitar+music&hl=en&gl=us&authuser=0&tbm=bks Detroit Blues Magazine, Volume 3, Issues 1-3], Detroit Blues Society, 1997</ref>
Valerie Potter of ''Metal Hammer'' said " Michael Katon plays some of the loudest, toughest, meanest rock & blues on the planet!".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rS09AQAAIAAJ&q=Michael+Katon+blues+guitar+music CD Review Volume 11, Issues 7-12], 1995, page 67, WGE Publishers</ref> ''Living Blues'' also said of Katon: "Katon is a virtuoso guitar player with his roots in the right place...[his] sound is a blazing blend of electric blues and roadhouse boogie".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=q6s4AQAAIAAJ&q=Michael+Katon+blues+guitar+music Living Blues, Issues 78-83], 1988, page 102</ref>
In June 2014, he was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<ref name="Mich"/>
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan,<ref name="Mich"/> Katon now lives in Hell, Michigan.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/>
==Discography== # ''Boogie All Over Your Head'' (1984) # ''Proud To Be Loud'' (1988) # ''Get On the Boogie Train'' (1992) # ''Rip It Hard'' (1994)<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> # ''Rub'' (1996) # ''Bustin' Up the Joint - Live'' (1996) # ''The Rage Called Rock 'N' Roll'' (2000) # ''Bad Machine'' (2002) # ''Michael Katon, M.K.'' (2006) # ''Diablo Boogie, Blues Brewed in Hell'' (2006) # ''Live: On the Prowl'' (2007) # ''Bootleg Boogie Live!'' (2008) (Download only)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-katon-mn0000452919/discography|title=Michael Katon - Album Discography|website=AllMusic|access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.katon.com}}
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