Michael Katon (born 1953)[1] is an American blues-rock guitarist and vocalist.
He grew up in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States, in a musical family where he was early inspired to take up the guitar.
His album Rip It Hard continued in the traditional blues-boogie vein, and while, like many blues men, major commercial success evades Katon, he remains a respected guitarist in the field.
[3] Valerie Potter of Metal Hammer said " Michael Katon plays some of the loudest, toughest, meanest rock & blues on the planet!".
[5] In June 2014, he was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.