THIS PAST YEAR I WAS INDUCTED TWO TIMES INTO THE STATE OF MARYLAND ENTERTAINMENT HALL OF FAME. THIS WAS A GREAT HONOR FOR ME AND MY FATHER WHO WAS ALSO INDUCTED AT THE SAME TIME

MICHAEL PIRKO IS A LEAD GUITARIST, SINGER AND ENTERTAINER PERFORMING AS A SOLO ARTIST IN AND AROUND THE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO AREA. HE HAS PERFORMED AND SHARED THE STAGE WITH GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ARTISTS SUCH AS BRUCE HORNSBY, BONNIE RAITT, LYLE LOVETT, GLEN CAMPBELL AND MANY MORE.

MICHAEL WAS RECENTLY INDUCTED INTO THE MARYLAND ENTERTAINMENT HALL OF FAME WITH ONE OF HIS EARLY BANDS AND AS AN INDIVIDUAL IN 2016 and 2017. HE HAS TOURED THROUGH EUROPE, COSTA RICA, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND OVER 20 EAST COAST STATES HERE IN THE USA. HE HAS PLAYED IN MANY PLAYBOY CLUBS, SHOW ROOMS, CEASERS PALACE AND CORPORATE EVENTS WITH MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS.

MICHAEL PLAYS A WIDE VARIETY MUSIC RANGING FROM SMOOTH JAZZ TO COUNTRY TO CLASSIC ROCK. HIS LEAD GUITAR PLAYING IS AS SMOOTH AS IT GETS. HE PLAYS ALONG WITH HIS OWN RECORDED BACKING TRACKS AND HE SOUNDS LIKE A 4 PIECE BAND. CONSIDER HAVING MICHAEL PLAY AT ONE OF YOUR UPCOMING EVENTS OR JUST A BACKYARD PARTY. PARTYS ARE MUCH MORE FUN WHEN YOU HAVE LIVE MUSIC. GIVE MICHAEL A CALL, YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU DID. CHECK OUT HIS WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO AND LOTS MORE PICTURES

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BRUCE HORNSBY AND I BACK STAGE AT HIS SHOW IN 2012 IN BALTIMORE AT THE LYRIC THEATER

I WAS INDUCTED AS AN INDIVIDUAL ON MAY 7 -2017 AND WITH ONE OF MY BANDS "THE 2ND COMING" ON DEC 11TH 2016. SEE THE STORY BELOW

SOME OF THE PAST INDUCTEE'S ARE, MAMA CASS ELLIOT, CAB CALLOWAY, AND THIS PAST DEC 10th, ROY CLARK, DANNY GATTON AND EVA CASSIDY
BELOW ARE SOME PICTURES TAKEN AT BOTH INDUCTION CEREMONY'S

MY WIFE MARIE AND I

MEMBERS OF THE SECOND COMING

RICHARD SHELTON AND I

TOMMY RODANTE AND I - ORIGINAL GUITARISTS FROM "THE SECOND COMING" 1970

JIMMY NALLEY AND I

MY FATHER - LOUIS L PIRKO

MY FATHER PASSED AWAY IN 1985, I WAS 35 YEARS OLD AND I MISS HIM VERY MUCH, HE WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS SYMPHONY PLAYING. BELOW IS A PROMOTIONAL PICTURE OF MY FATHER WHO PLAYED TUBA AFTER THE WAR FOR "THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC", " THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY", AND "THE BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA".

HE STUDIED TUBA AT THE JULIARD CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC UNDER BILL BELL WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE FAMOUS JOHN PHILLIPS SOUSA BAND, HE TAUGHT TUBA AT THE PEABODY CONSERVATIVE OF MUSIC AND PLAYED FOR JFK'S INAUGURAL BALL. HE ALSO PLAYED MANY OPERA'S, MUSICAL COMEDY'S, OFF BROADWAY SHOWS, AND WITH THE ICE CAPADES AND RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS WHEN THEY TOURED THROUGH WASHINGTON DC.

THE MARYLAND ENTERTAINMENT HALL OF FAME MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR MY FATHER AND I TO BE THE ONLY FATHER AND SON TO BE INDUCTED TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME. I GAVE A SHORT ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FOR BOTH MY FATHER AND I THIS PAST MAY 7. BELOW IS A PICTURE OF MY DAD WITH HIS CONCERT HORN TAKEN SOMETIME IN THE LATE 1940'S.

HERE ARE MY TWO HALL OF FAME RINGS
ONE FOR EACH INDUCTION

THE STORY OF "THE SECOND COMING" BAND

THE ORIGINAL SECOND COMING BAND

BACK IN THE WASHINGTON DC AREA IN 1968-69, I JOINED A BAND CALLED "THE NOWHERE MEN". THEY WERE A VERY POPULAR, SOUL-HORN BAND THAT PLAYED EVERY WEEKEND AROUND THE WASHINGTON DC METRO AREA

A YEAR LATER, THE MAIN PART OF THE BAND SPLIT OFF FROM THE HORNS AND WE BECAME MORE OF A VOCAL GROUP CALLED "THE 2ND COMING", AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF BEING TOGETHER, WE WERE HIRED TO PLAY THE ENTIRE SUMMER 6 NIGHTS A WEEK IN OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND AT THE NEW HURRICANE LOUNGE WHICH WAS THE LATEST HOT SPOT FOR DANCING ON THE BEACH. I STAYED WITH THEM UNTIL THE END OF THAT SUMMER AND JOINED ANOTHER BAND CALLED "THE NEW BREED" WHICH WERE PLAYING UP COAST 100 MILES JUST OUTSIDE OF WILDWOOD, NEW JERSEY AT A PLACE CALLED "THE ATTIC" IN SUMMERS POINT, NEW JERSEY.

THE BAND REMAINED TOGETHER FOR CLOSE TO 50 YEARS AND BOUGHT THEIR OWN NIGHT CLUB AND RESTAURANT WHICH WAS ALSO CALLED "THE 2ND COMING". THEY PLAYED THERE AND BECAME A SHOW BAND WITH MAGIC AND COMEDY MIXED INTO THEIR MUSIC. THERE HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO 50 DIFFERENT MUSICIANS AND SINGERS THROUGHOUT THE 50 YEARS THEY WERE TOGETHER AND MOST EVERYONE IN THE WASHINGTON DC AREA HAS HEARD OF THEM.

I WAS THE ORIGINAL GUITARIST WITH THAT GROUP AND WAS ASKED TO COME TO THE INDUCTION CEREMONY LAST DEC 11th ALONG WITH THE OTHER 12 MEMBERS OF THE BAND WHEN THEY BECAME INDUCTED INTO THE MARYLAND ENTERTAINMENT HALL OF FAME. I AM IN THE PHOTOS ABOVE AND I STILL AM IN TOUCH WITH THE FEW REMAINING ORIGINAL MEMBERS. THE 2ND COMING WERE TRUELY A UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL BAND.