1. Mitch Ryder spent his high school years in Warren, Michigan, a suburb north of Detroit.
12 Facts About Mitch Ryder
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Mitch Ryder formed his first band, Tempest, when he was in high school, and the group gained some notice playing at a Detroit soul music club called The Village.
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The band rehearsed for a month in a dance studio above Cheetah, a night club at Broadway and 53rd, then hit the road as The Mitch Ryder Show in February 1967.
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Mitch Ryder was the last person to perform with Otis Redding; they performed the song "Knock On Wood", on December 9,1967, in Cleveland, Ohio, on a local TV show called Upbeat.
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Mitch Ryder had one hit single from that period, a cover version of "What Now, My Love".
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In 1983, Mitch Ryder returned to a major label with the John Mellencamp-produced album Never Kick a Sleeping Dog.
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Mitch Ryder continues to record and tour in the United States and Europe.
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In 2009, Mitch Ryder was inducted as a solo artist.
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On February 14,2012, Mitch Ryder released The Promise, his first US release in almost 30 years.
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Mitch Ryder has influenced the music of such blue collar rock music artists as Bob Seger, John Mellencamp, and Bruce Springsteen, whose version of the song "Devil With a Blue Dress" was part of the No Nukes concert album in the early 1980s.
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Mitch Ryder has been cited as a primary musical influence by Ted Nugent.
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Mitch Ryder has been credited by guitarist Steve Hunter for giving Hunter his first real break in rock and roll and introducing Hunter to producer Bob Ezrin.