Mike is a solo entertainer and a recent transplant to the Nashville, Tennessee area. Mike's music is heard around the world on different Trop-Rock desk-top radio stations, and was recently used on MTV. Mike Broward's latest journey began in 1999 with the the San Diego -based group, [formermemberof]Koko Loco[/formermemberof] as lead guitarist and vocalist. Koko Loco produced one CD and started touring to local national Parrothead fund raisers and gigs. In 2005 the group reformed under the name of Stars On The Water, continued to tour and recorded 2 CDs, “Stars On The Water and “Under the Covers”. The SOTW released in 2005 contain ed Mikes’ song, Happens In Key West Never Happened” awarded by Bar Music.com as Song Of The Year. This song has grown a life of it’s own with many releases on compilation CDs, DVDs, and has been recorded by several different artists. It was most recently used episodes of The MTV Reality shows, “Made” and “Rockers”. In addition to the band CDs, Mike has released his music on solo CD efforts that spotlight his song writing in the 2000 release, “Sampler”, the 2006 “My Adventure”, his 2009 release, “Parrothead Rehab” and his most recent effort "Margarita's And Moonshine". music is played daily on a variety of terrestrial radio, college radio and internet radio formats. After relocation from San Diego to Nashville, TN , Mike has pursued songwriting and a solo entertainer career, netting nominations from The Margarita M.A.F.I.A. for “Musician Of The Year” in 2008 and “Album Of The year” in 2009. The 2009 release, “Parrothead Rehab” has struck a nerve in the Parrothead world that has resulted in a nation-wide niche-following of Mikes’ efforts. His latest release, “Margaritas And Moonshine” explores the collision of troprock and country music. Mike has been associated with ASCAP since 1991, as a writer and publisher, and through the years has been awarded popular panel awards 7 times. In addition to a fulltime musicians schedule, Mikes' music-personality articles and product reviews have been featured in Premier guitar Magazine. He has had a long career in music merchandising, running many high-end guitar shops and serving as a showroom manager for the Carvin Corporation in San Diego. He remains an endorsed artist and user of Carvin guitars, Taylor guitars, Gibson guitars and Line Six products. Mike also wrote the music to the musical play, Tenderfoot. For more on Mike Broward visit his official website, www.musicmike.net. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.