Mike Breen Singer-Songwriter
2024 Greater Arizona Country Music Association Hall Of Fame Inductee
Mike Breen began his musical career in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania playing guitar and singing bluegrass music with his best friend Kenny Thompson. After a few years at Penn State University studying creative writing and playing with the "Magnificent Truckstop Band”, Mike moved to Phoenix, Arizona and immediately got a gig in a folk duo called 'Smith and Breen' performing at the Salt Cellar restaurant, later on performing as
a "Barnstomer" at the iconic Windmill Dinner Theater and in the Red River Opry House Band.
Through the years Mike has met many musicians and songwriters including Darcie Deaville with whom he collaborated on stage and in the studio and co-wrote her Kerrville winning song 'Icy Barrel of a Loaded Gun' and performing with Jessi Colter on Michael Feldman's NPR Show "Whaddaya Know" and working on her "Out Of The Ashes" Album.
Currently, you can find Mike performing at the Rusty Spur Saloon in Old Town Scottsdale, AZ and doing concerts at such prestigious venues like the MIM (Musical Instrument Museum), The Celebrity Theater, Cattle Track Arts Compound and various music festivals throughout the state featuring material from his latest release “Fancy Balloons.”
Discography
1993 "Just Like Me" (cassette release) Basilbone Records
1996 "No Excuses" Basilbone Records
2000 "Past Lives" Basilbone Records
2004 "Mescal Mary and Other Songs for the B Bender Guitar"
Basilbone Records
2008 "Apartment Living" Basilbone Records
2010 "Big Big Dream" Single on Basilbone Records
2012 "Mike Breen And The Big Dream - All Night Long" Basilbone Records - Charted for 2 years
2020 “Fancy Balloons” Basilbone Records
2021 Singles: "Just Hold On" "The Irish In Me"
"Christmas Day In Phoenix"
2022 Singles: "For The World To See" (Hearn/Breen)
"Mean Old World" (Breen)
2023 "Learning To Fly" featuring Ryan Breen
