Mike Beck is well-known for his memorable ballads that capture old California, our world today, and the cowboy way of life. He has performed in over six countries, and throughout the United States, and recently returned from doing some shows in from Norway and Sweden. A former working cowboy who still conducts horse clinics in Europe, Mike Beck is known for his memorable ballads that capture old California, our world today, and the cowboy way of life. Two of Mike Beck’s songs were listed in the "13 Best Cowboy Songs of All Time" in the April 2009 issue of Western Horseman Magazine ("In Old California" – a song about Jo Mora - and "Don’t Tell Me.") His song, "Patrick" was listed as one of "The Top 15 Roadworthy Cowboy Songs" in the July 2008 issue of Cowboys & Indians Magazine. His song, "Amanda Come Home" was featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition, and is dedicated to all of the women who served in Iraq. In the Spring 2010 edition of The Cowboy Way, Bill Reynolds writes, "His love of the ways of the vaquero and the Pacific Slope region of the West comes through his songs in superb guitar work."