These notables in their own respective spaces are either Artists, Writers, Producers & Guitarists who either own, play or have had a Voyage Air on their tour bus. Regardless, they are not endorsers rather ones who know the value of the original folding guitar, Voyage Air.
Michael O’Dorn: A Mel Bay artist and author dedicated to the fingerstyle guitar, his instructional books include Getting Into Travis Picking and Fun And Easy Fingerpicking Guitar Solos. He also stars in a performance DVD entitled Michael O’Dorn In Concert.
Having conducted guitar concerts and workshops worldwide, Michael travels with, performs, and records with Voyage-Air guitars.
John Oates: Grammy nominated John Oates has made 21 records and sold over 80 million records as part of the most successful duo in rock history, Hall and Oates. Since their partnership in the early 70’s Hall & Oates have scored 10 number one records, over 20 top 40 hits and have toured the world for decades.
In addition to their numerous American Music and MTV awards, in 2005 they were inducted into the American Songwriters Hall of Fame and in May of 2008 they were presented the prestigious BMI Icon Award for their outstanding career achievement in song writing. John has just finished recording his second solo album entitled: “1000 Miles of Life.” Web site
In this clip John talks about the music business and his Voyage-Air Guitar.
Steve Noonan: Four decades ago, Steve Noonan was a regular on the California circuit with Tim Buckley and Jackson Browne. Browne and Buckley went on to their respective careers, crediting Noonan as a mentor and early influence.
Noonan became a hit songwriter when “Buy for Me the Rain” hit pay dirt for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He later built his own five piece band in Santa Cruz, the rare Moog synthesizer capturing his work, while opening for Emmylou Harris and Bonnie Raitt.
The Mulch Brothers: are one of the hottest and most talked about unsigned country music duos coming out of Nashville, TN today. Like the Doobie Brothers, the Righteous Brothers or the Ramones – Mark and Nick became “Mulch Brothers” back in 2006 when they met and became friends working in the music industry in NYC. Recognizing the potential and unmistakable chemistry between their two styles of music – Mark coming from his background of hard rock and Southern rock on the East Coast; Nick being the more traditional country music singer from Michigan – the boys quit their jobs, packed their bags and moved down to Nashville, TN to follow their dream of becoming the next big Country Music Duo. Recognized throughout the industry for their high-energy “arena-rock” style shows and their tight, unique harmonies – the Mulch Brothers began to quickly make waves in the industry after only a few months in Nashville. Within their first year of playing the Nashville club scene- they were joined on stage by Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi who jammed/sang along to their song “Knee Deep In It.” The Mulch Brothers have since opened up for the likes of Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora, Big & Rich, Shenandoah, Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger), Keith Anderson, Gary Nichols, Trailer Choir, Pam Tillis and Jewel.
Rock icon of the 70’s and 80’s, the Steve Miller Band racked up chart-topping hits like The Joker and Fly Like an Eagle.
Currently on tour, Steve owns, and has used his Voyage Air guitar on stage. A new album will be out soon, as the band recently put down tracks at the Skywalker Ranch recording studio with engineer Andy Johns (known for his production work with Led Zepplin).
In this short clip, Steve Miller shows his Voyage Air folding guitar on-stage.
Dale Miller: Back in the 50’s, Dale began to arrange jazz standards, Beatles songs, Ragtime tunes and other types of music for solo guitar. Touring internationally through the 80’s, Fantasy Records re-released Miller’s hit LP “Fingerpicking Rags and Other Delights” in 1996. Fluent in all forms of music, for year 2000 he began to adapt, arrange, and record solo guitar versions of opera arias.
