Turned On With Tina's Podcast

At the age of 8, Michael Wilton inherited a bass from his uncle, who died tragically in a motorcycle accident in San Leandro, CA. His parents then relocated to Bellevue, Washington where he acquired a nylon acoustic from an aunt and began listening to his father's vast record collection. Michael's early influences were The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Mountain, The Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed and the San Francisco scene. Having a love for the bass he learned the notes and a few scales and began emulating some of his favorite tunes. He figured out how to hook into his father's receiver to get a really distorted fuzzy sound. Wilton began to learn some Mountain songs and played until he blew up his father's speakers; his father was not amused. He convinced his parents to UPS his uncle's Fender Bassman and speaker cabinet, which became his amp all the way through high school. While in junior high school Wilton sent away for a mail order Les Paul copy and a fuzz box. He also bought a