Mick is the only Rum Brother born in the Southern Hemisphere, hence his ability to play guitar upside down. Having spent most of his life "on the run", in the Outback, the Tundra, the Mekong Delta and the Fens, he eventually caught up with his long lost siblings and the legend of the Rum Brothers was born. He says....

"No, I am not from around here. Yes, I come from the land down under. What am I doing here? Read on..

I learnt to surf before I learnt to sing, and although I do neither that well, I love doing both. I went to big school in Western Canada in the early ‘70s and it was there, at the age of 16 that I was taught to play the blues harmonica by a dude named Keith.
Australia '73 - I was living in a surf shack with a couple of hippie mates and they had a spare guitar. I ‘m left-handed but I picked it up anyway, turned it upside down and taught myself to play the chords “cack-handed”, much to the amusement of those old crusties. It was only a matter of time before I was doing the Dylan thing, playing six-string and harmonica at the same time, upside down.
Canada and USA ‘75 - spent six years with native girl of the Secwepemc Nation travelling around the wild west, from Vancouver to San Francisco to the Yukon. I heard an awful of a lot of country music during that time.
Sydney 80’s - big mullet, padded shoulders, Midnight Oil, Cold Chisel, surfing, drinking Bundy Rum down at the Bondi Hotel. Married an English girl and presto...
King’s Lynn 89 - the Norfolk version of the wild west. Got together with some local lads and formed Lynn’s greatest (LoL) folk/rock band - Map of Tasmania - playing covers of Pogues and Levellers songs and originals too.
Norwich 2000 - Johnny and I form Mapotazi, house Irish band at Delaneys until I go walkabout around Australia and Asia.
Norwich, 2006 - Johnny, Tim and I decid that we are the Rum Brothers. Then we adopt Paul in 2009...