Mike Viola is playing guitar in Ryan Adams ’ band the Shining for almost a year now. In return the " Stairway To Paradise " 7″ (available on vinyl and digital) was produced and recorded by Adams. The title track is slightly different from what Mike has done before. It's darker, quite mysterious - but still with his well known ability for harmonies. " Roxxy Girl " and " Clink Glasses, Salud " prove he's again on top of his game. Side note: If you look at the song length you'll recognize that three of the four songs are just 60 to 100 seconds long. That's really short for a song, but regarding to Mikes' discography it's exactly the length of the best songs he's ever written. Ryan Adams talks about Mike Vioa at Pax-AM: " Mike is a genius. His songs are pure genius. He records himself though sometimes and he ruins everything. So I made him come to my studio and just him and me made music under the name Defc...