MICHAEL ONEILL
Ain't Leavin’ Your Love

Acclaimed singer, songwriter, recording artist Michael ONeill enters the new decade with the January 12, 2010 release of “AIN’T LEAVIN’ YOUR LOVE” (Sleeping Trout Records), the title track of which honors fellow musical outlaw, the immortal Townes Van Zandt. ONeill wrote the nine additional tracks on this stellar recording…a singular, new work. Leading on vocals and guitar, ONeill has also assembled a blue chip roster of players. At mix time, it was Grammy winning Randy Kohrs who handled the boards with Michael. AIN’T LEAVIN’ YOUR LOVE is prominently accessible on Amazon.com and cdbaby.com.

Early Raves:
“Iconoclast Michael ONeill does it again…with a sackful of new songs and the chops to fire them up…I doubt we'll hear a better treatment [of the Van Zandt title track]…Each…of [the remaining nine songs] stands alone as a unique work, with a Who's Who of choice string-benders sitting in…[on] the most perfect campfire jam of my life. You need to…own it!”

- Jim Pipkin, No Depression

“This is the album Michael ONeill was born to
do. Like “Music From Big Pink” [the Band], or early Delaney and Bonnie, this is music made for all the right reasons. Michael and crew lay it down with a simple elegance, like they really mean it, and they do. This music is a balm for the soul, and more times than not, that's what you really need.”

- Dony Wynn, Austin music journalist, rummer/percussionist

“Songs that are steeped in Americana roots
music and layered with vocals that are gritty, yet polished, as if the ghost of Hank Sr. found Willie Nelson and Tim O’Brien in a honky tonk near the beach.”

- Paul Ciccone, Fishnet Towers Music