The Story of Tenth Avenue North

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• Danielle
  December 8th, 5:40 pm

  The Smeagol impersonation is just plain awesome. I absolutely love anything that has to do with Lord of the Rings, but really, you sounded exactly like him. :D Your music is just plain awesome, too.

• Esther
  July 6th, 10:12 pm

  absolutely loved the wedding picture and eisley is adorable!!

• Cherini(the Coptic girl)
  June 19th, 10:31 pm

  Hey Guys! Yall did awesome today at atlanta fest and had me laughing all during your interview with 104.7...grape or cherry?! hahaha anyways thanks for being your goofy selves but still being so strong in the faith and showing that its COOL TO BE CHRISTIAN! Love the depth behind your songs! They def keep me fighting the good fight :)

• holly perkins
  May 28th, 1:06 pm

  hey guys what's up? i finally figured out what i was going to do about my love life. i got my hair highlighted and i turned 14 and i just wanted to say hi. When is your birthdays?

• Erica
  May 15th, 3:05 am

  hey Mike, I"m glad that you are the head of your flock and you lead them to the right direction but where is Scott? why did he have to leave? At least you should know something, right? but if it's like confidential then I understand.

• Erica
  May 14th, 5:04 pm

  Hi there, wow you are so talented with voices , it's really amazing , the best is when you talked like semwago, i really liked it, oh your wife is really pretty and your daughter as well you really are blessed by God for the things that you have been doing to lift his name on high. may He continue to bless you

• Erica
  May 13th, 11:16 am

  hey Mike, I"m so excited about your new song and it was this vioce that trilled me to listen to the rest of the song, the first song I ever listened from tenth Av. was Times and it was your vioce that first came up and i was so moved to alwys play that song when ever I was on the computer, I don't know if it's ok to say this but you are my favorite of the band as I love the others as well, but you are amazing and you've got this specaill gift given to you by God, and I'm so so so so excitd that you are using it the right way. I'm so happy for you and the rest of the team. God bless you all love Erica

• Mike Williams
  May 9th, 12:15 pm

  Hey Tenth Ave i just wanted to let you guys know that your music does so much more than you know. I saw you guyus at winterjam when you came to charlettesville VA. its a night that i wont ever forget. thank you so much. dont ever stop doing what youre doing. Come back to VA soon!

• Sharee R.
  April 5th, 11:12 am

  I just wanted to let you know that your alls music is sooooo inspirational. Im moving to Virginia and i hope to take my music with me i play guitar nd piano. Your pic of your and your wife is so cute. and your baby is adorable. God bless you all. :D

• Dio
  April 1st, 4:53 am

  I love your music!! by your side! so nice! thanks love you guys!

• Kaelynne Nevins
  March 30th, 7:05 pm

  I really enjoyed you video! Congrats on the new little one. You look very happy and your acting skills are quite good! Thanks again for sharing can't wait to see you in Cedar Falls!

• alicia
  March 30th, 12:59 pm

  ur the best christian band i have ever heard

• Laura C.
  March 29th, 9:49 pm

  Thanks soo much all of you guys.. Me and my family love your album.. and especially by your side. I think the hand of God is really on you guys. I was at the winter jam in Grand rapids.. It was awesome. I wish you could've done some more songs!

• Emily Rose
  March 6th, 3:53 pm

  Hey, got a question: Do you like your hair better blond or brown? I've seen it both ways A LOT. Just wondering. Love you guys!!! Give Kelly a big kiss for me!!!! HA-HA!!! With strength in the Lord, -Emily E. Rose (Gaffney, SC; aged 13 1/2!)

• Savanna
  February 20th, 11:28 am

  Awesome Smeagol! I'm a Lord of the Rings freak and you nailed it, Mike. Eisley is adorable! I showed this video to my BFF and she couldn't get over how cute Eisley is! Love ya'll!

• Joy Distelhorst
  February 8th, 11:52 am

  This is my first time to your site, and this is a nice feature. Not sure if you remember me, but I was the one who gave Mike a hug at Winter Jam in Columbus, Ohio. I wanted to find out the name of last member of the band. I was so excited after hugging Mike I forgot to shake hands with him and get his name. I want to tell him sorry. I met Jason and Jeff...and of course Mike. I won the tickets to Winter Jam..and now I know God was the reason I did. I needed to hear "Hold my Heart" because I have hear "By your Side" but never really paid any attention to it....after listening to Mike at Winter Jam...it changed everything. Thank you all. God Bless...know that God is speaking through you. Hugs to all of you. :)

• Emily Rose
  January 26th, 5:17 pm

  Mike--one more thing. Eisley is precious! Enjoy her while you can because one day she'll grow up and she'll be driving her own her own car...and the next thing you know you'll be walking her down the aisle; all the while trying not to cry. Enjoy her while you have the chance! Love you guys (and Eisley)! -Emily Rose (Gaffney, SC)

• Emily
  January 22nd, 7:11 pm

  Mike you are HYSTERICAL and I so enjoyed this video! I'll tell you what, I am just loving this "Meet The Band" and "History of TAN" stuff. I feel like I know you guys personally now. LOL, my brother Will asked me the other day in the grocery store "If you saw Tenth Avenue North right now, would you recognize them?" LOL I just grinned and said "Oh yeah". Ha-ha thanks for being all you are. God bless you. Glory to God forever! -Emily

• Anne Aragon
  January 16th, 11:24 am

  Mike, My daughter Alex took a pic with Scott in Denver at Cross Roads Church when your band came. Thx for serenading the crowd in the parking lot that was the bestever! We still have pix of you doing that with the crowd all around. Alex16 Eric18 won a PSA contest in Colorado.The msg is "Don't Text & Drive." Eric, the actor is wearing your band's t-shirt. go to this site to see their PSA. Alex is the producer & cameragirl she purposely captured the cross hanging from the interior rear view mirror!(you can see it (3) different times)This is being aired all over in Colo. Some good Christian subliminal messages...LOL. God Bless your band we love you music!

• Leanna
  November 24th, 3:07 pm

  Mike, Eisley is gorgeous!!!

• Breanna Watje
  November 19th, 3:54 pm

  Who or should I say what, is Smeagol?

• Laurie Snyder
  November 9th, 2:52 pm

  Momma D - you're funny, I know where your son gets it from. I knew when he said that (getting left behind) he was probably running all over the place. From his video before, he stated there was a time he took off his "leash" and put it on another poor child. I ran around all the time too, weird, it was always in the grocery store, and customer service would always announce over the loud speaker they had a "lost" child...my poor parents, no matter what they tried, I always got away, however I always got a big hug from both of them. I'm still rowdy to this day and I'm an adult fan (40 something) (smile). You have a lovely family. God Bless, Laurie

• Breanna Watje
  November 9th, 1:03 pm

  Oh, Mike. I bet your mom is just waiting until Eisley gets crazy like you were! You will not be able to control her! Have Fun trying to!

• Breanna Watje
  November 9th, 12:52 pm

  thanks for answering my question Momma D! Are you related to him? Does D stand for Donehey? Were Mikes siblings crazy too? Or was he just one in a million? I really like this whole "story of TAN" thing so i can know the band better. Thanks again.

• AliCat
  November 8th, 12:37 am

  Mike: Smeagol was awesome. Way to go with off the cuff impersonations! And I was totally a leash kid myself! Did you know these days they have these cute monkey backpack leashes? So cute. You should get one for Eisley! You know, for in a year or two when she'll be the leash kid. Momma D: That's too funny. Good clarification there! I remember twice I was left as a child....but I really was left. Guess I didn't have my leash on those times. :) Ali

• Momma D
  November 7th, 3:25 pm

  I have another comment in which I feel the need to set the record straight. Mike didn't "get left" as he said, rather he used to run like crazy from us every chance he got! I feel better now! :)

• Momma D
  November 7th, 3:11 pm

  Breanna, the girl in the last pic is Mike's sister Kanene. She's the little girl w. Mike in the other pics. Taylor, I feel like I should know you if you know Jo Habecker. Jo & I drove all the way to Omaha together some years ago. You can ask her about it!

• Sarah
  November 7th, 4:45 am

  Thank you sooo much for all your doing. LOVE the video by the way. Ever thought about comming to Alaska? We would love to see you!!!! is it hard to tour and be a dad at the same time? And how, exactly, did you all (The band) meet? Love your music and you all!(Your the awesomest younger adults I've ever heard of!)

• Anna
  November 5th, 7:08 pm

  Such hilarity! Such riot! I'm enjoying these way too much! But seriously, it's brilliant of y'all to let all the wee fans get a glimpse of the band members' crazy, nerdy, Christlikeness. Heartwarmingly brilliant.

• Blake M.
  November 5th, 2:42 pm

  You have impeccable skin Mike! What product do you use?

• Brian
  November 4th, 2:44 pm

  When you toured San Antonio Texas several of us enjoyed the show. Now I am leading an ACTS (Adoration, Community, Theology and Service) retreat for Men and the theme of the retreat is "By your Side". This is a very strong theme in these times of trouble for many families. How can I get your copyright permission to use the song in our retreat song books? The group wants the song to be the central theme musically Thanks Brian

• Breanna Watje
  November 4th, 1:28 pm

  Who is the girl in the last picture in the slide show? Is that Kelly? The wedding pic was awesome! I think I'll do that at my wedding! thanks for the great picture idea! Y'all look so cute! Love the band!

• Bianca
  November 3rd, 5:27 pm

  hey well i just love your music the lyrics & everything. I can really see how God uses you guys & you can tell u do it for his glory & you can see that passion & fire burning for God in your music. I'm planning on going to the Mercy Me concert on Thursday in Omaha, Ne. I have to do a job shadow for school & your band is a really big inspiration for me. I am not sure what God wants me to do but I am really passionate about God & music. I am still praying on what exactly is that he wants to use me for. Just please let me know if I can get an interview from you guys. It will mean a lot to me & hopefully you guys can share your story with me on how you became Tenth Avenue North. God Bless you & your family & everyone you love. Keep doing what your doing because God is using you guys amazingly. Much love Bianca.

• Marina G
  November 3rd, 1:51 pm

  Mike - This was exactly the kind of thing I was expecting from your interview. :) God bless you man! I want to show you the person you reminded me of when I was at your concert in Maryland during your Inside and In Between Tour: my priest Father Anthony Messeh. (He is pretty famous among the Coptic Orthodox community :)) I wanted to share with you this link of one of his sermons. I was thinking of you the entire time I was attending this Bible study, especially towards the end! http://orthodoxsermons.org/sermons/kingdom-god-part-1 I hope you take the time to watch this because it is also an AMAZING sermon. :) I hope you enjoy it and if you are interested in more of his sermons they're on http://www.orthodoxsermons.org/ By the way. That wedding picture is GORGEOUS! I may just steal that pose when I get married :) Marina http://stmarkqt.wordpress.com/ P.S. Congrats on Eisley! She is PRECIOUS!

• Laurie Snyder
  November 3rd, 11:57 am

  Excellent clip Mr. D (or is that your Dad's secret name...) Love this website and getting to know where you all came from. I plan on moving from up north to down south. Lived here all my life (Bucks County, PA, also where Mr. George hung out for a while). I love where I live, it's just too fast, too harsh, too expensive!, and not enough Christianity (sorry to any northerners who are reading this). Thinking of NC or SC or Georgia. Do they like Yankees?, and I don't mean the baseball team. Hope they lose tonight. hee hee. Anywho, thanks for sharing Mike. Love you and your band. I've said it before, your music (words/lyrics) has brought me closer to Jesus, and he’s doing the rest. Hope the J&J items are coming in handy with the baby and mommy. Oh, and I signed up for a compassion child. His name is David, 14, he's precious. I keep a picture of him on my fridge and in my wallet - so anytime I want to buy something for me, I see HIM. Thanks to Jason for explaining the program to me. Take care, God Bless, Laurie S.

• Taylor Boulton
  November 3rd, 9:58 am

  I am currently living in Fredericksburg... and am close friends with a Ms. Dressel/Habecker... I saw you guys a couple years ago when you played at FCS. Did you ever think that you would be playing a show like that at your alma mater? What do you miss most about the Burg? Do miss anything? I really hope your answer is Carl's...

• Kirsten
  November 3rd, 4:45 am

  Mike, you're a Virginia boy! I never knew. Guess it makes sense that God is using you in such a big way. :] Can't wait to see how He continues to use you in the future. Blessings!

• Rachel
  November 3rd, 12:28 am

  Oh my goodness your Smigol impression was amazing!!! Just like the real thing!!! Hahaha I

• Silvia Garza
  November 2nd, 11:37 pm

  hah, you sing incredible. keep up the great work! & congrats on your baby girl! she's a cutie. God Bless

• Shellie (baylormum)
  November 2nd, 5:22 pm

  Love the new web-site. Moved & didn't have internet for 7 weeks! I missed a lot. Excited you guys are going out with MM this week. Wish you were coming this way. (Central WA). Hopefully Brody will find great internet at the venues & we can visit with your Mom & Dad. Your Dad is a hoot. Learned so much about you guys from them during the RAWRS. Congrats on the new baby. She is a doll. What an awesome addition to your life. Thanks for the simple, but passionate message you bring to us in song.

• Tia Bourque
  November 2nd, 4:44 pm

  You guys are one of my favorite bands. The music and messages are really powerful and this video was great! P.S. I loved the Gollum/Sméagol impersonation. :)

• denise
  November 2nd, 4:33 pm

  Thanks for sharing your life with us as well as your talents. You have no idea how God is using you not only in my life but in the lives of the young people I love. God Bless you!

• Garrett Plantier
  November 2nd, 4:26 pm

  Hey i don't know if you guys remember but you guys played at my church rcc and i lisyen to your music whenever i get a chance to

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