{"id":18911,"date":"2026-06-20T12:45:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/?page_id=18911"},"modified":"2026-06-21T09:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T09:30:42","slug":"mike-farris-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/en\/dsb\/artists\/mike-farris-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Farris &#038; The Fortunate Few (US)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">American Mike Farris made a strong impression when he visited Dark Season Blues for the first time in 2022. When he was asked last year to step in as a replacement for a canceled act, he didn\u2019t hesitate and returned to Dark Season Blues as a solo artist. This year, we\u2019ll get to hear him perform with his full band!    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For about ten years, Farris was the frontman for the band Screamin\u2019 Cheetah Wheelies, which played a mix of Southern rock and blues in the style of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers Band. He has also fronted Double Trouble, Stevie Ray Vaughan\u2019s former backing band, but has released five solo albums since 2002. In 2015, the album \u201cShine For All The People\u201d won a Grammy Award in the roots\/gospel category.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last March, Farris released his first studio album since 2018, *The Sound of Muscle Shoals*, which has received rave reviews. It\u2019s a love letter to the famous Alabama studio and the eclectic music created there: blues, R&amp;B, soul, gospel, and rock. We look forward to hearing from our Svalbard friend Mike Farris again!    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#e2e2e2;font-size:12px\"><strong>Dark Season Blues\u00a92026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Mike Farris - &quot;Golden Wings&quot; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GxGWfqFXPhs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Mike Farris made a strong impression when he visited Dark Season Blues for the first time in 2022. 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