Mighty Orq is a power trio from Houston, Texas. The Mighty Orq (pronounced Ork) is a
power trio from Houston, TX known for their unique blend of emotionally charged vocals, soaring guitars, and powerful drum lines. Their goal is not only to write songs with
substance, but also to find truth in a world of soulless pop. Influenced by legendary
Texas bands like ZZ Top, Soulhat, and Kings X, the band has been able to reach out to wideranging audience that continues to grow and diversify.
After three years of extensive touring with the Tony Vega Band including two European tours, two Houston Press Musical Awards, and a solo all-acoustic CD `Prayer Book` the 24 year old Orq called on the services of Jessica Will (bass) and Matt Johnson (drums, vocals) to record a live CD`Ghost Train` at the Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club in Houston, Texas.
The CD is a unique blend of older, traditional styles of blues and soul with a modern approach.`I` m really excited about the material we`re playing. We`re sort of going for a Robert Johnson meets Vaughan brother`s kind of steel, their influences are pretty hard to hide. And we really want to make it accessible to everybody, not just to people in Texas.`

What does the future hold for Mighty Orq? `We`ve been playing a lot of regional shows promoting the release of`Ghost Train`. We`ve sat down as a band and started writing
together, and our music is going in a more rock-n-roll direction. We want to try to do at least ten original tunes maybe more, really give the people their money`s worth.
Whether we`re playing for four people or four thousand people we want to give it everything we got.
Touring with: Clarence`Gate mouth` Brown, Duke Robillard, John Mayall, John Turner, Alan Hayes and E. Sardinas.

Mighty Orq performed on and contributed material to several albums including Tony Vega Band:
Dear sweet Goodness,
Live in Texas,
Yeah you right,

Matt Leddy and the Meat cutters- Prime Cuts

This daunting schedule as well as the addition of Spin Doctors Mark White on bass, has allowed the band to fine tune theirs into a razor-sharp trio. The national release of their new album To The Bone will coincide with huge shows around Texas and another 18+ months of touring the world to support it. This is a task that the band is not afraid to take on. After all, this will only bring more people to see what the next big  band from Texas is all about.
New album on Peppercake- Records in Germany: -To the Bone-
Tour Line Up Europe 08:
Joshuah Davidson, Guitar/Voc, Matt Johnson, drums/Voc.(Jay Hooks, Hadden Sayers,..) and Mark White bass(Spin Doctors)
Check out what`s got everyone excited when The Mighty Orq visits your town, or listen to some Mighty Tunes at  www. myspace.com/themightyorq, or www.mightyorq.com

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