mike sallee

Mike Sallee joined the Daugherty band in 2005 and started by playing the cowbell at the Growler's happy hour. He also plays the guitar and picked it up when he was 12, but put it away after about 5 years. When he started working at Daugherty, in the company of Ken, Julie, and Jim, he saw them play and how much fun they were having, and he knew he wanted to start playing again. He has since picked the guitar back up, with the guidance of the other band members, and now has moved up to playing guitar on a regular basis with the band. In his first 5-year go at the guitar, he was part of two different bands, but as Mike says, "Unfortunately, not a single member of the band had any talent. That's when I knew I needed to stay in school." His favorite song to play changes with time, but the one consistent song is "Gimme Three Steps" by Lynyrd Skynard. For the future, Mike is aiming to become a true cowbell master. "The only thing above that would be cowbell dali lama," he says.

Mike is a Development Team Leader and Application Architect on the Mobility team, and has been with Daugherty since 2003.