Micah P. Hinson

Micah Paul Hinson (born February 3, 1981) is an American Americana singer and guitarist and recording artist for Sketchbook Records in the United Kingdom and Jade Tree Records in the United States. His debut album Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress was released in 2004 to much critical praise. He has also released two EPs; one of early material (2005's The Baby and the Satellite) and the second as The Late Cord with John Mark Lapham of The Earlies (2006 release Lights from the Wheelhouse). The follow-up to his debut, Micah P. Hinson and the Opera Circuit, was released in 2006 and his third album, Micah P. Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra on July 14, 2008.

Biography Early years Hinson was born in Memphis, Tennessee and shortly afterwards moved with his family to West Virginia while his father completed his PhD. When Hinson was four years old his family settled in Abilene, Texas where his father had secured a professorship at Abilene Christian University. Early in Hinson's childhood his parents would listen to Neil Diamond and John Denver records and instruments such as a little Disney keyboard, a dulcimer and his grandmother's piano were ever-present in the house. Hinson's father bought him his first guitar when he was around 11 years old so that Hinson could perform in a fifth grade talent show. Hinson found employment, saved up some money and moved to Denton, Texas, beginning a college course there. Lapham began jointly promoting The Earlies and Hinson, sending a copy of his demo along with every copy of The Earlies' material. Hinson later stated, "for the Gospel record, I didn't feel like I was that involved", recording only guitar and some piano, "with everybody else kind of doing all the work". A new album, Micah P. Hinson and The Pioneer Sabouteurs was released in May 2010. In December 2013, Hinson released a 7" Christmas album, Wishing for a Christmas Miracle with the Micah P. Hinson Family. The album was released via the Yellow Bird Project, with all profits benefiting a children's home in Keller, Texas.

Personal life On December 8, 2007, Hinson proposed to Ashley Bryn Gregory at the end of a concert at the Union Chapel in Islington London. They were married in 2008 and have three children. Hinson and Gregory are both of partial Native American ancestry. The two later divorced. As of 2023, Hinson splits his time between Madrid and Denton, Texas, where he visits his children.

During a tour in Spain in Summer 2011, Hinson was seriously injured in a crash when the band's van overturned. He initially continued performing only vocals. After extensive treatment and physiotherapy he regained use of both arms and returned to playing.

Although he has always played a similar music genre, Hinson has claimed that he has never thought ahead about what genre of music he wanted to play. 2006 Micah P. Hinson and the Opera Circuit Sketchbook Records UK; Jade Tree Records US 2008 Micah P. Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra Full Time Hobby 2009 All Dressed Up and Smelling of Strangers Full Time Hobby 2010 Micah P. Hinson and the Pioneer Saboteurs Full Time Hobby 2014 Micah P. Hinson and the Nothing Talitres 2015 Broken Arrows (with T. Nicholas Phelps) Bronson Recordings 2017 Micah P. Hinson Presents The Holy Strangers (double album) Full Time Hobby 2018 Micah P. Hinson at the British Broadcasting Corporation Full Time Hobby / BBC 2018 Micah P. Hinson and The Musicians of the Apocalypse – When I Shoot at You With Arrows, I Will Shoot To Destroy You Full Time Hobby 2022 I Lie To You Ponderosa Records 2025 The Tomorrow Man Ponderosa Records