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::COUNTRY MIKE FAQ::
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1. Who is Country Mike
Country Mike is Michael Louis Diamond or, better known as Mike D of the Beastie Boys.
- Born: November 20, 1965.
- Lives: Greenwich Village on Manhattan.
- Status: Married, Tamra Davis(Movie Producer).
- Hobbies: Basketball, Golf, Yoga, video games and peeing on trees.
- Idols: James Brown, Bob Marley, Buddah, Martin Luther King, Miles Davis.
- Other: Tatoo on his left shoulder, he is vegetarian, into Indian Culture, and currently listening to Outkast.
Others who took part in the fabled Country Mike Sessions include:
Adam Yauch or, aka MCA of the Beastie Boys.
Adam Horovitz or, aka Adrock of the Beastie Boys.
Michael Schwartz or, aka Mix Master Mike, is a hip-hop scratch artist as well as member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz and the Beastie Boys current DJ.
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Bucky Baxter who was a former member of Bob Dylan's Band, and can play the pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, electric & acoustic guitar, slide guitar, dobro, and electric mandolin. He now performs solo.
2. What are the Country Mike sessions?
'At some point after Ill Communication came out, Mike got hit in the head by a large foreign object and lost all of his memory. As it started coming back he believed that he was a country singer named Country Mike. The psychologists told us that if we didn�t play along with Mike�s fantasy, he could be in grave danger. Finally he came back to his senses. This song (Railroad Blues) is one of the many that we made during that tragic period of time.'
-Adam Yauch(Beastie Boys)
3. Where can I get "Country Mike's Greatest Hits?
"Country Mike's Greatest Hits" was never officially released, although a few copies were given to family and friends of the Beastie Boys and for a price you may be able to purchase a copy on ebay. Two tracks ("Country Mike's Theme" and "Railroad Blues") were included on the 1999 release, the "Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds Of Science", which can be purchased at Beastie Boys Direct along with all other fine Beastie Boys merchandise.
4. What's the deal with "Country Mike's Theme"?
"This is the theme song to my TV show."
-Country Mike
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