Monster Mike Welch Tickets

2x-Blues Music Award-Winner & 7x-Blues Music Award Nominated Boston-Based Guitarist "Monster" Mike Welch has almost three decades of touring and recording under his belt. Welch is a seasoned veteran of the international blues scene. Given the nickname “Monster Mike” by actor/Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd at the tender age of 13, Welch has since carved out a niche as a highly accomplished and in-demand guitarist.

"Monster" Mike Welch has been Nominated 5 times for "Blues Guitar Player of the Year" (2016-2020) - Winning the Award in 2019!

To date, Welch has released several albums under his own name and in 2001, he joined the ranks of one of New England’s most beloved blues institutions, Sugar Ray and the Bluetones, where he stayed until 2017, recording five albums and racking up multiple Blues Music Award Nominations for the band in that time.

Welch left the Bluetones in 2017 to focus on his partnership with Mike Ledbetter, which led to seven Blues Music Award Nominations and the formation of the Welch Ledbetter Connection.

Welch has recorded with Shemekia Copeland, Ronnie Earl, Danielle Nicole, Duke Robillard, Johnny Winter, Victor Wainwright, Nick Moss, the Mannish Boys and Sugaray Rayford, among others.

In 2023, "Monster" Mike Welch embarked on the next phase of his career when he signed with Gulf Coast Records to make new music with his own band. His new 2023 album 'Nothing But Time' is receiving rave reviews!