Michael Baird:
CLASS OF 1980
Hendersonville High SchoolClass of 1980
Hendersonville, TN
Middle Tennessee State University - NursingClass of 1990
Murfreesboro, TN
Michael's Story
Life
Michael Baird: Michael was born February 5, 1962 in Charlotte, N.C., and his family moved to Nashville, Tn. in 1964. As a toddler, he would sleep under the stereo speakers with his blanket listening to the Beatles. He began playing tenor saxophone at age 12, flute at 13, oboe at 14, and clarinet at 15. Classically trained, he was a scholarship student from age 14-18 at the Blair School of Music in Nashville studying oboe with Bobby Taylor and sax with Michael Schirk, and also playing in the Nashville Youth Symphony. As an oboist, he was a member of the Tennessee All-State Band and Orchestra, and also a member of the National Band Association Honor's Band. After graduating from Hendersonville High, he studied oboe at the St Louis Co...Expand for more
nservatory of Music with Peter Bowman. He attended MTSU in Murfreesboro, Tn. majoring in music performance and studying oboe with Bobby Taylor and Dewayne Pigg. He changed his major to Nursing, becoming an RN in 1985. Always having an interest in jazz and blues, he continued practicing tenor sax and began playing by ear. At age 40, he decided to leave his living room and pursue his dream of playing live music, first with the Joy Ride Band at Dad's Lounge in Nashville, and at local blues jams. He joined the Buschmen in 2004;primarily because he loved the way they sounded live. He and his wife Lucia live in Hendersonville, Tn. and between them have 4 daughters, Jodie, Emmie, Olivia and Bethany.
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