Mickey Richard
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A singer/songwriter/guitarist, Mickey Richard - the Bluesician of “Philos-o-Pop” - has been performing his “philosophical, semi-fictional and frequently humorous observations with a jazzy-bluesy-rootsy vibe and pop sensibilities” around Ann Arbor, Michigan since moving back to the area in 2002, after spending nearly a quarter century on the West Coast. He’s hosted a monthly open mic at Oz’s Music in Ann Arbor since 2004. In June 2007, he released his first CD “Sliver Or Slice”. He’s also known as Mickey Richard-Guitar Healer, and counts a few famous guitarists among his satisfied clientele.
Miracle Man?
In 1988, at the age of 35, Mickey was diagnosed with Hairy Cell Leukemia, a rare form of leukemia, and told he might live another five years. He volunteered to undergo a very experimental chemotherapy trial at Scripps Clinic in San Diego. Five doctors told him not to. He told the five doctors where they could stick their digital thermometers. In 1989, he was the eight person (and the youngest!) in the world to receive what is now the drug of choice for treatment of Hairy Cell Leukemia, 2-Chlorodeoxyadenosine, and was part of a case study published in The New England Journal of Medicine (Lawrence Piro, et al). He’s still here. But, it took fifteen more years (during which he’s faced a struggle with chronic depression, an acrimonious divorce, another round of chemo, and a fall off a ladder that shattered his left wrist), to convince him that he should be focusing on music-related activities to earn a living. He also drinks real milk. That’s milk, straight from the cow, baby, like nature intended. Moo.
A singer/songwriter/guitarist, Mickey Richard - the Bluesician of “Philos-o-Pop” - has been performing his “philosophical, semi-fictional and frequently humorous observations with a jazzy-bluesy-rootsy vibe and pop sensibilities” around Ann Arbor, Michigan since moving back to the area in 2002, after spending nearly a quarter century on the West Coast. He’s hosted a monthly open mic at Oz’s Music in Ann Arbor since 2004. In June 2007, he released his first CD “Sliver Or Slice”. He’s also known as Mickey Richard-Guitar Healer, and counts a few famous guitarists among his satisfied clientele.
Miracle Man?
In 1988, at the age of 35, Mickey was diagnosed with Hairy Cell Leukemia, a rare form of leukemia, and told he might live another five years. He volunteered to undergo a very experimental chemotherapy trial at Scripps Clinic in San Diego. Five doctors told him not to. He told the five doctors where they could stick their digital thermometers. In 1989, he was the eight person (and the youngest!) in the world to receive what is now the drug of choice for treatment of Hairy Cell Leukemia, 2-Chlorodeoxyadenosine, and was part of a case study published in The New England Journal of Medicine (Lawrence Piro, et al). He’s still here. But, it took fifteen more years (during which he’s faced a struggle with chronic depression, an acrimonious divorce, another round of chemo, and a fall off a ladder that shattered his left wrist), to convince him that he should be focusing on music-related activities to earn a living. He also drinks real milk. That’s milk, straight from the cow, baby, like nature intended. Moo.
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