# Michael Katon

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{{distinguish|Michael Keaton}}
{{short description|American blues-rock guitarist and vocalist}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_date          = {{birth year and age|1953}}
| birth_place         = [Ann Arbor, Michigan](/source/Ann_Arbor%2C_Michigan), United States
| origin              = [Ypsilanti, Michigan](/source/Ypsilanti%2C_Michigan), United States
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| genre               = Blues, rock
| occupation          = Guitarist
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| years_active        = 1980s-2000s
| label               = [Provogue Records](/source/Provogue_Records)
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| website             = {{URL|http://www.katon.com}}
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'''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](/source/blues_rock) guitarist and vocalist. He grew up in [Ypsilanti, Michigan](/source/Ypsilanti%2C_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](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)|editor=[Colin Larkin](/source/Colin_Larkin_(writer))|publisher=[Guinness Publishing](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Ann_Arbor%2C_Michigan),<ref name="Mich"/> Katon now lives in [Hell, Michigan](/source/Hell%2C_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](/source/AllMusic)|access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.katon.com}}

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Category:1953 births
Category:Living people
Category:American blues guitarists
Category:American male guitarists
Category:American rock guitarists
Category:People from Ypsilanti, Michigan
Category:People from Livingston County, Michigan
Category:Provogue Records artists

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