Michael Travis Scoggins
June 5, 1949 - April 9, 1998

Mike, better known as Burger, learned to play guitar at a young age and had his first gig at the age of 16. His first band was known as the Chaps. He then went on to be a part of the Sweet Magnolia Band, and it was with them that he made his first recording. He later joined Tim Sullivan to become Tim and Burger. Burger often played alone, but had a large group of musician friends who frequently strummed or hummed a tune with him either on-stage or in the recording studio. This collective group was known as Burger and Friends.


To Burger's credit are too numerous to count live performances, and a few recordings as well. His second recording, (his first being with the Sweet Magnolia Band), Merle Tewkley and the Slobbering Mad Dogs, was recorded live in 1991. The third, Let it Rip, soon followed. Burger's final work, Humming a Snatch of a Tune, was recorded in 1996. A talented songwriter, each of his recordings showcases his creativity, his musical abilities, and his basic and uncanny understanding of other humans.


Sample some of Burger's music off his last recording, Humming a Snatch of a Tune:

Real Love (2944K mp3 file)

Real Love (1.11 MB wav file)
Real Love is a song written by Burger for his wife, Cindy.

A Smile Can't Make It Better Anymore (787 kb wav file)


A prolific writer as well as songwriter, Burger's personnas were featured in the entertainment magazine, Nightflying. Among the featured was the Gypsy Woman, the foreteller of "horrorscopes", unless of course you happened to be a fellow Gemini, for which only good things are foretold.


Most importantly, Mike was a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a grandfather, and one of the most sincere people you could ever hope to meet. He left behind his wife, Cindy; his children, Erin and Ashley; his mother, Christine; his sister and brothers, Betty, Johnny, and Tim; his step-children, Kara, Travis, Casey, and Shea; his grandchildren, Caleb and Emily; and a great big void in his family's and friend's lives that only he could fill.


One of the tunes Burger would often sing, especially at weddings or funerals, was the Bob Dylan song, Forever Young. It seems a fitting tribute to him now:


Memorial by Trey and Teresa Stevens, Mike's friends and in-laws


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