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Biography
Michael Landau (1 June 1958, Los Angeles ) is a prolific session musician and guitarist who has played on a large number of albums since the early 1980s with artists as varied as Seal (musician)|Seal , Michael Jackson , James Taylor , Helen Watson (singer / songwriter)|Helen Watson , Richard Marx , Steve Perry (musician)|Steve Perry , Pink Floyd Cite web|url= http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t1480-david-gilmour-inside-mind-pink.html|title=Inside the Mind of Pink Floyd: David Gilmour|publisher=Guitar |date=September 1995|accessdate=2010-07-29 and Miles Davis . Landau, along with fellow session guitarists Dean Parks , Steve Lukather and Dann Huff , played on many of the major label releases recorded in Music in Los Angeles|Los Angeles from the 1980s-1990s.
In addition to his session work, Landau has also fronted several bands including Raging Honkies and Burning Water. In the early 1980s, he was also in the band Maxus that featured future Los Angeles session musicians Robbie Buchanan , Jay Gruska, and Doane Perry . Landau was also in competition with high school bandmate Steve Lukather to become the guitarist for Toto in the late 1970s.
His brother Teddy Landau is married to pop singer Michelle Branch .
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http://www.mikelandau.com/
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Persondata | NAME = Landau, Michael | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1 June 1958 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Landau, Michael Category:American session musicians Category:American guitarists Category:Living people
