Iron Mike Norton

Iron Mike Norton (born October 20, 1973) is an American blues musician who plays slide guitar. Known as "the King of Swamp Stomp", Norton developed a style of blues that combines elements of traditional hill country slide guitar, with modern elements of hip-hop and other modern urban styles of music.

Career

Norton was born in Fort Gordon, Georgia and raised in Springfield, Missouri and St. Petersburg, Florida. He started his professional career as a session bass player in the Tampa Bay area heavy metal scene but eventually moved on to work as a roadie for several country music acts including Mel McDaniel in the early 1990s. From 1995 to 1997, Mike was the lead vocalist for the country rock act Ozark, which was nominated for Airplay International's Nashville King Eagle Award in 1997.

Prior to 2005, he toured and performed as Michael Shaun Norton. He has worked alongside such artists as Sonny Landreth, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Eric Sardinas, Rob Zombie, The Outlaws, Waylon Jennings, and Wynonna, among others. North is considered one of the foremost practitioners of Landreth's fret behind the slide techniques.

Discography Studio albums As Michael Shaun Norton Spooky & the Blue Voodoo Tribe (2000), B&M Records Red Rum (2002), B&M Records Carpe Noctum (2003), B&M Records Hellhound (2005), B&M Records

As Iron Mike Norton Sledge (2007), GFO Records Live Free or Die (2009), GFO Records Dirty South (2011), GFO Records Bad Monkey (2012), GFO Records Bloody Knuckles (2013), GFO Records Box Fulla Bones (2015), GFO Records Swamp Stomp (2017), GFO Records