Joe Michael is a multi-instrumentalist, with focus on stringed instruments. He Is the current guitarist with the Murdering Crows, and has been a member of a number of mid-south bands, including Rude Awakening, FunkBox, Snow In April, Six20Simple, Bluff City Barnacles, and Dr. Steve Katz's STCC Piano Ensemble. In addition to playing guitar and singing, he is also an audio producer/engineer through his independent label, Audio Archive Recordings in Bartlett, TN.