Mike Youker

Mike Youker is a professional musician with 20+ years playing guitar and over 12 years teaching guitar and ukulele experience. Mike loves teaching beginning to advanced guitar and beginning ukulele to students of ages 6 and up! Starting with easy to grasp melodies, chords, rhythm concepts and songs to more advanced soloing and improvisation techniques.

Mike has experience playing lead guitar in Rock, Classic Rock, Funk, Blues, R&B, Contemporary Christian and Country/Americana bands.  Most notably with Strobelite Honey for five years in Northern Michigan (Funk, Blues, R&B), and the Drew Hale Band, touring for two years throughout Michigan, Ohio, Pittsburgh, and Nashville (Country/Americana). While on tour with The Drew Hale Band, he has shared stages with Frankie Ballard, Trace Adkins, William Michael Morgan, Trent Harmon, Drew Baldridge, The Railers, Walker McGuire, Chris Lane, The Cadillac Three, Bret Michaels, and many other top artists!