Memphis Mike put together his first rock and roll band at age 13. More bands followed from blues to punk. He played in all the seedy honky tonks, dives, redneck bars and Moose lodges up & down the Ohio River in Ohio and West Virginia. By age 16, Memphis was gigging regularly with a rockabilly band called THE SWINGIN' CADDILACS. When their bass player quit, Memphis took over on bass, where he spent the next 8 years, all the while yearning to play guitar.

The late 1980's found Memphis playing with numerous bands as well as the Swingin' Caddilacs and starting to do session work, most notably with cult rockabilly legend Alan Leatherwood, with whom he recorded Leatherwood's 1988 Ohio Moon Records release "BURN IT". 1990 found Memphis traveling the east coast and finally settling back home in Pittsburgh. Here, he started hitting the blues jams and open mike nights looking for work as a guitar player. Finally, Memphis hooked up with former Radio Kings lead singer James Morrow and formed the Rowdy Bovines. The Bovines spent the next 5 years gigging relentlessly and going through rhythm sections and artistic differences and finally went their separate ways. After that a short stint playing with a band called Monkey on a Stick, featuring Nicole Ferraro originally hand picked to replace Natalie Merchant in 10,000 Maniacs.

Memphis decided that this just wasn't his scene and got the ball rolling with the Tremblers. Bassist Shawn Moyer had been a staple on the punk & Oi scene with his band Best Defense. Drummer Bruce Martin was a well known drummer in the regional Blues, Jazz and R&B scene. After only 2 months, they recorded their first album for Ohio Moon Records, with Memphis' old friend and mentor Alan Leatherwood producing. The album was recorded in one day and contained the classic Memphis Mike track, SKOODLY BOOP.

Memphis Mike & the Legendary Tremblers went on to work with the likes of Sleepy LaBeef, Ronnie Dawson, Robert Gordon, Wanda Jackson and many more. Memphis Mike was also sitting in with his blues heroes like Albert Collins, Johnny Clyde Copeland and James Peterson. The 20th century closed with Memphis Mike taking over his old friend Danny Gatton's guitar spot backing rockabilly queen LesLee "Bird" Anderson at a few festivals in the US. Memphis Mike became a regular with the house band at Jackson, TN's Rockabilly Hall of Fame concerts, playing with the likes of Mack Self, Matt Lucas, LesLee "Bird" Anderson, Billy Poore, Rayburn Anthony, Big Al Downing, Billy Adams and more.

Memphis Mike & the Legendary Tremblers have put out three CDS ("Diamonds, Cadillacs & other Lost Gems", "Live & Loud, Big & Ugly, Warts & All" and "Back From the Dead" all on RUSTED RECORDS) and have been featured on Various Artist compilations around the world. There have been a few line-up changes and tours of the USA, UK and two highly successful tours of Australia( where Memphis and the boys have been joined onstage by the likes of Fiona Boyes, Matt Corcoran and Brigitte Handley). His songs have even been covered by some of his heroes, most recently by original SUN RECORDS artist, Hayden Thompson. How did a guy from Pittsburgh get a name like Memphis Mike? All the good names were taken.