Mike Handler

Guitar, Harmonica, Percussion, and Vocals

Michael Handler got into the blues and folk music during the 60's, when learning the guitar was the start of a long musical journey for so many of us. He studied in high school with the local music store guitar teacher who was starting his own band-- The Warlocks- that later became the Grateful Dead. That teacher was the late Jerry Garcia, but soon Handler was off into the jazz world and later worked in the media.  His bands were the usual folk/rock groups so popular in the late 60's and 70's, but his work in radio took him off the stage for several years.  For the last two decades, he has learned jazz and blues harmonica, played with some jazz greats, and been a regular at jazz and blues jazz sessions around the Bay Area.  He is a founding member of the Outbacks.