Michael Lockwood (guitarist)
Michael Dean Lockwood is an American guitarist and producer. He is known for producing and performing with Lisa Marie Presley, Aimee Mann and Fiona Apple among others.
Biography
Lockwood graduated from Highland High School in Bakersfield, California in 1979. He has worked with Carly Simon, Fiona Apple, Bijou Phillips, Alana Davis, Ben Taylor, Leona Naess, Susanna Hoffs and Michael Penn. In 1985 Lockwood joined the already established but yet unsigned Hollywood group Lions & Ghosts. They were later signed to EMI America Records and recorded their first album in London. They disbanded in 1989 after a second record was released and several members had changed. He formed a local power pop band Wink with Michael Marquesen, Tony Babylon, & Brian Keats.He married Lisa Marie Presley in a small ceremony in Kyoto, Japan on January 22, 2006. Michael and Lisa Marie had fraternal twin girls via Caesarean section, weighing 5 pounds 2 ounces and 5 pounds 15 ounces respectively, at birth. The twins, Harper and Finley, are the first and second children for Michael, and the third and fourth for Lisa Marie. In June 2016, the couple filed for divorce. In February 2017, Presley said that her daughters were taken into protective custody and she opposed Lockwood's request for spousal support claiming that she had found hundreds of images and videos of child pornography on his personal computer.
Lockwood was the main guitarist for Lisa Marie's 'Storm & Grace' tour, that started on June 14, 2012.
Selected discography
Throughout his career Lockwood has worked with a wide range of artists and bands in various genres both as a musician & collaborator.Year | CD Title | Artist | Credits |
2012 | Storm & Grace | Lisa Marie Presley | Guitar |
2008 | This Kind of Love | Carly Simon | Guitar, Soloist |
2007 | Brittany Shane | Brittany Shane | Bass, Guitar, Guitar, Omnichord |
2006 | Lucky Girl | Kirsten Proffit | Guitar |
2006 | Movie Disaster Music | Josie Cotton | Guitar |
2006 | Now What | Lisa Marie Presley | Composer, Executive Producer, Guitars, Programmer |
2004 | I Heart Huckabees | Jon Brion | Guitar |
2004 | New York's A Go Go | Sylvain Sylvain | Guitar |
2004 | Pianoforte | Phil Parlapiano | Guitar |
2004 | Soundlight | Keith Chagall | Guitar, Soloist |
2002 | Acoustic, Vol. 2 | Various artists | Producer |
2002 | Anthology | Carly Simon | Guitar, Guitar |
2002 | Bleeding Together | Dissent | Associate Producer, Cover Art |
2002 | I Am Sam | I Am Sam | Producer, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards |
2002 | Lost in Space | Aimee Mann | Producer, Engineer, Editor, Guitars, Synthesizers |
2002 | Respond, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Guitar, Keyboards, Producer |
2002 | Songs Inspired by Literature: Chapter One | The Sibl Project | Primary Artist |
2001 | Detours into Unconscious Rhythms | Calvin Keys | Photography |
2000 | Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo | Aimee Mann | Composer, Guitars, Keyboards, Melodica, Bkgd Vocals |
2000 | The Bedroom Tapes | Carly Simon | Guitar |
2000 | Ultimate Collection | Aimee Mann | Guitar |
2000 | I'd Rather Eat Glass | Bijou Phillips | Guitar |
1999 | Magnolia | Film Score | Composer |
1999 | Rubies on the Lawn | Trish Murphy | Guitar |
1998 | Baby Doll | Sylvain Sylvain | Guitar |
1997 | Brand New | Salt-N-Pepa | Guitar |
1995 | Automatic 7 | Automatic 7 | Photography |
1995 | I'm with Stupid | Aimee Mann | Guitar |
1994 | Save Me | Aimee Mann | Guitar, Guitar, Bkgd Vocals |
1989 | Wild Garden | Lions & Ghosts | Guitar, Bkgd Vocals |
1989 | Velvet Kiss, Lick of the Lime | Lions & Ghosts | Guitar, Vocals |
Musical equipment
;Guitars and basses- Gretsch White Falcon
- Gretsch Black Falcon
- Gretsch White Penguin
- Gretsch Champagne Sparkle Penguin
- Gretsch Gold Sparkle Duo Jet
- Bigsby/Martin Acoustic
- Gretsch Syncromatic
- Gretsch Resonator
- Roland Space Echo
- Custom Pedalboard by David Friedman @ Rack Systems
- Sekova Big Muff
- Klon Overdrive
- Lo Fi Junkie
- Ernie Ball Ernie Ball Volume
- Hard On
- Compressor
- Vox King Wah
- Long Echo 13
- Colorsound Overdriver
- Roy Blankenship Fat Boy with Sour Cream 1X12 and 1X15
- Fender Tube Reverb Tank
- Cabling by Steve Eddy @ Q Audio