MIKE LORD began his musical career in Texas City, Texas, a small town on the Texas Gulf Coast. While still in high school, he formed a rhythm and blues group called the Astro-Notes, taking their name from the space craze of the period and the close proximity to NASA. It was a five piece group consisting of Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar, Drums, Keyboard and occasionally Sax and featuring Mike on the vocals. The band played few paying jobs but gained a wealth of experience playing public parks around the area. Mike began playing the drums and, to make extra spending money, was hired to play with local country and western bands on weekends. One spot he played often was a place in Pasadena, Texas called Shelly's (Later to be named Gilley's).

After graduation from high school, Mike attended Alvin Junior (Community) College in Alvin, Texas and continued playing and singing throughout the area. In 1966, he graduated from AJC with a Terminal Education Certificate and was accepted at Sam Houston State Teacher's College in Huntsville, Texas where he lost no time in forming a new group which was popular with the fraternities there. His band played in Trinity, Texas at several clubs and had an enthusiastic following. The band played much of the music of the British groups and popular music of the sixties as-well-as the Rhythm and Blues with which Mike had grown up.

After only one semester in Huntsville, Mike came to San Antonio, Texas to teach elementary school. Once again, he began playing drums for local country performers who also frequently allowed him to sing. Soon he became anxious to lead another band and had established contact with solid musicians looking to play more of a variety of music. The band, THE MIKE LORD TRIO, soon became popular and when they landed a weekend job at the Conestoga Club (next door to the country dance hall, The Golden Stallion), things really took off for them. During their 15 year run at the Conestoga, fans came in from all over south Texas to hear the group that was specializing in 50's and 60's rhythm and blues and rock and roll. At the time the band was unique because no one else was playing this music.

Sometime during this period, Mike befriended a local record producer, Emil Henke who produced Mike?s first single on Emil's Satin Records. It was a cover of Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make Believe". The record sold well in Emil's record shop but had no distribution.

The years brought more local recordings (see Discography), but with limited distribution, and little radio play, sales were spotty. In 1982, however, Mike recorded a tune called "I Did Today" at a Houston, Texas recording studio, which snagged the attention of a New Orleans, Louisiana promoter and he was promptly booked for an appearance on the Louisiana Hayride in Shreveport, Louisiana. Subsequently, Mike was booked for a week's appearance in Melbourne, Florida. He was brought in by the local radio station and a popular nite-spot for two shows a night, and was received by enthusiastic standing-room-only crowds. While there, he recruited a local band and brought them back to Texas. A few, short months later, he and the band were invited to appear on a float in one of the big Mardi-Gras parades. Also, as a result of this recording, Mike caught the ear of producer Ray Pennington in Nashville, Tennessee. Ray has produced such notables as Ray Price, Boxcar Willie, and many other popular artists.

In 1987, Mike put together a deal which allowed him to visit Nashville and record an album with Ray Pennington. The album is comprised of all new material except a cover of the Helen Reddy song "You And Me Against The World". There is also an original penned by Mike called "We Can't Try Anymore". One song was selected for distribution and did well around the country, climbing into the top 20 in many locales. It was a solid, country two-step called "Just Try Texas". In addition to country there are several pop-sounding ballads featuring Mike?s smooth voice backed with luscious strings and voices.

In 1988, Mike elected to quit the performing circuit, and opened a recording studio in Seguin, Texas. The studio recorded such names as Johnny Bush, Stoney Edwards and Mike, but the masses did not beat a path to the door and sadly, the business closed when Mike?s engineer was hired by a studio in Manhattan, New York.

Throughout his career Mike has worked with such names as Floyd Tillman, Johnny Bush, Jim Ed Brown, Stoney Edwards, Johnny Lee, and Roy Orbison to name just a few.

Mike now resides in Schertz, Texas and is very content to have had a long, successful career in music but misses all his friends and fans.