music.wikisort.org - Musician

Michael Ward is an American guitarist who has played with the bands School of Fish, The Wallflowers, and Gogol Bordello.[1][2] He has also recorded and performed with John Hiatt and Ben Harper.[3]

Michael Ward
Birth name	Michael Ward
Born	(1967-02-21)February 21, 1967 Minneapolis[1]
Genres	rock, alternative rock, roots rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Capitol Interscope
Formerly of	School of Fish, The Wallflowers

Biography

In 1989, Ward co-founded the alternative rock band School of Fish[2] with singer-guitarist Josh Clayton-Felt. They signed with Capitol Records in 1990 and released their debut album School of Fish the following year, scoring a minor hit with their lead single "3 Strange Days".[2] In 1993, School of Fish released their second album, Human Cannonball, which did not sell as well as their first one and ultimately led to the dissolution of the band a year later.

In 1996, Ward was invited by T-Bone Burnett to record guitar parts and background vocals with The Wallflowers as they began working on their second album Bringing Down the Horse,[2][3] which ultimately became the band's biggest selling album.[4] It also won Ward and the rest of the band a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group for the single "One Headlight". For the next four years, Ward continued to record and perform with The Wallflowers, appearing on their third album (Breach). However, Ward became increasingly dissatisfied with the direction that the band was headed and ultimately quit in 2001.[2]

Since his departure from The Wallflowers, Ward has continued to write and record music with several other artists with over 30 albums to his credit.[3]

He joined the Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello in 2012, but left in 2015 to reunite with Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals.

Ward announced via his Instagram account in May 2016 that he was leaving Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals [5]

Discography

Year	Album details	Band	Notes
1991	School of Fish Released: April 1, 1991 Label: Capitol	School of Fish
1993	Human Cannonball Released: 1993 Label: Capitol
1993	Perfectly Good Guitar Released: September 7, 1993 Label: A&M	John Hiatt
1994	Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan? Released: November 22, 1994 Label: A&M
1996	Bringing Down the Horse Released: May 21, 1996 Label: Interscope	The Wallflowers	4× Platinum[4]
2000	(Breach) Released: September 26, 2000 Label: Interscope		US: Gold[4]
2006	Both Sides of the Gun Released: March 21, 2006 Label: Virgin	Ben Harper
2007	Lifeline Released: August 28, 2007 Label: EMI
2013	The Blessed Unrest Released: July 16, 2013 Label: Epic	Sara Bareilles
2016	Call It What It Is Released: April 8, 2016 Label: Stax	Ben Harper	Co-producer

References

External links

• Life of a Wallflower by Paul Hanson

---