Mike Connell
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Michael "Mike" Collier Connell is the leader of The Connells an American band, from Raleigh, North Carolina. They play a guitar-oriented melodic Power Pop type of Rock Music with introspective lyrics that reflect themes and history of the American South
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| Origin | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Country | United States |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Genres | Rock Alternative rock College rock Jangle pop Power pop indie rock Southern rock |
| Labels | TVT Records Black Park Records |
| Members | Mike Connell David Connell Doug MacMillan Steve Potak Mike Ayers Chris Stevenson |
| Past members | Peele Wimberley George Huntley Steve Ritter John Schultz |
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[edit] Origins
Born on March 15, 1959, Mike Connell formed the band that bears the surname of himself and his brother David, born on May 27, 1961, in 1984.
[edit] History
The Connell brothers moved around in their early years, as their father was in medical school and getting a degree in cancer research at Duke University. Mike was born in Georgia, and David was born in the Raleigh area, while their dad was working under a family practice physican. Later, the family ended up back in Macon, Georgia, where all except David graduated high school.
David went at least one year to Mercer College, where they had family connections. The family moved to Raleigh, where their mother was from, just in time for David to go to Broughton High School his senior year, and graduate in 1979.
[edit] The Connells
The Connells began to come together as a group in the Spring of 1984. Mike was in his second year of law school and his brother David in his last semester of college, both at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The brothers, David playing bass and Mike guitar, rented a practice space and began working up several of Mike's songs with a friend, John Schultz playing drums. John was a junior at UNC and was from Raleigh, where the Connell brothers' home base now was located. The band tried a few singers that Spring before settling on Doug MacMillan, a childhood friend of Schultz's and a swimmer at East Carolina University.
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[edit] Trivia
John Schultz's first film Bandwagon was based on experiences in the early days of The Connells' career.
