A pop rock & folk album full of left turns from upbeat electric rock with catchy licks to acoustic whims, in the stylings of Brendan Benson, Beatles, Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Tweedy.

15 MP3 Songs
POP: Pop/Rock, ROCK: Folk Rock

Show all album songs: Small House Songs


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Small House, a pop rock & folk journey into the life of Brett Mitchell, is an album full of left turns. From upbeat electric rock with catchy licks to acoustic whims, Brett's revelations will revv you up and gently lay you down, over and over. In the spirit of Brendan Benson to Beatles, Rufus Wainwright to Jeff Tweedy, Brett's voice will captivate and leave you wanting more and more.

Brett Mitchell was born (too late) and raised in Midland, Michigan. He taught himself to the play drums at age 14 and was traveling and playing professionally by age 17. While part of the award winning band, Gutbucket, he began honing his writing skills. Brett taught himself guitar at age 18 and the next 5 or so years were spent writing, going to college and playing in various bands. In 2005, with a studio gift certificate for 4 hours of recording, he began recording what eventually became his debut CD, {Stereo}, and his continued future in music was inevitable. Brett now lives in Small House, inspiration for the new album. He eats organic, recycles and loves kitties.

Michigan Singer/Songwriter Brett Mitchell, along with his band, the giant GHOST, are creating quite a buzz in the midwest. In 2006, Brett won Artist of the Year from Saginaw's Review Magazine.

âYou and your band are one of the best I have seen since I have been back from Los Angeles.â Jeff Amato, Independent Music Promotion Executive VIS*ABILITY

Brett provides vocals & electric/acoustic guitar and giant GHOST band member, Tim Puckett, of Clio, MI, supports on keys, lap steel, banjo, electric guitar and harmonica (you've never heard real harmonica playing until you've heard Tim) while Mike Cramton, a Saginaw, MI native, (of Robert Bradley Blackwater Surprise fame) supplies tender vocal harmonies and the best in percussion support. Recently Bill Hall, also from Saginaw, MI, has come on board, with his amazing bass intuition, completing the fantastically tight and mesmerizing Brett Mitchell live sound. The versatility of this band is the reason Brett Mitchell's schedule is always full. They play Brett's originals and the classics that inspired them. They can play a songwriter show, a lounge, a dancin' night at the bar or a festival and the set list Brett creates is always fine tuned and perfect for the occasion. They have entertained in Michigan at the Ark in Ann Arbor, Union Street Station in Traverse City, Fishbones in St. Clair Shores, The BOB, Ottawa Tavern, Flanagan's, Rocky's, One Trick Pony, The Black Rose, Grand Woods Lounge, The Grille @ Watermark, and Founder's Brewery in Grand Rapids, Kraftbrau, Corner Bar and Wayside West in Kalamazoo, New Holland Brewery, Holland, Robusto's in Grosse Pointe Woods, Little River Casino and McManigal's in Manistee, The Magic Stick in Detroit, The Boathouse in Saugatuck, Dixie Saloon in Mackinaw City, The Gate House @ The Grand Hotel on Mackinaw Island, to name a few. In Tennessee the band performed for singer/songwriter night at the Bluebird Café and also, at Café Coco. In Indianapolis, Indiana they have entertained at Birdy's, Abbey Coffeehouse, Radio Radio, Lazy Daze, and The Stone Mug. In Ohio they have entertained at Rhino's, Neon's, Stanley's Pub in Cincinnati, Jackie O's in Athen's, Wilbert's in Cleveland, Newport on the Levee in Newport, KY and at Matarazzo Farms in Belvidere, New Jersey and The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ among many, many other wonderful venues and continue to entertain in the tri-cities of Michigan as often as the schedule allows.