Biography

Guitarist extraordinaire, songwriter of many insights, droll but wry vocalist, pedal bass player, one-man-band drummer, and between-song-patter-and-joke specialist, Mike Hosty (b. Wauwatosa, WI 09/21/70), has been playing bars and multiple genre events around Oklahoma City since 1990 as one of Oklahoma’s most cherished contemporary live music acts for fans of blues, rock, hilarious songs that often reference the state, and music that can bound from polka and disco to country and right back to rock in the span of two-minute Hosty spiel in between tunes during a show. While he has received some national and regional attention (a song made it on Jimmy Kimmel, his “Molokai Cowboy” is a hit in Hawaii, and his “Oklahoma Breakdown” notched Stoney LaRue a #1 spot on the Texas Music Chart for April, 2007 – and becoming that chart’s #1 song for the year), Mike Hosty toils on a constant basis through the college towns and other appreciative spots he has developed through consistent touring in TX, ARK, OK, and CO. 
 Hosty sometimes plays foot-pedal bass with a drummer but usually unpacks his own one-man band drum set, with kick, snare, hat, and tambourine provides a steady, hypnotic all controlled by Hosty. 
 Mike Hosty/Hosty Duo 
 From the "Oklahoma Music Guide Volume II" 2011 
 By Hugh Foley, Rogers State University