1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: From the studios of w m n H ninety five 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:05,440 point three FM and Glorious Manchester, New Hampshire. 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 2: And Matt Axton is going to becoming a. 4 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,759 Speaker 1: Manchester on September twenty fourth at the Rex Theater. 5 00:00:11,199 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 2: But uh, let's see if we have them on the line. Matt, 6 00:00:13,279 --> 00:00:13,560 are you. 7 00:00:13,519 --> 00:00:15,359 Speaker 3: There, Yes, sir? Right here? 8 00:00:15,439 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: Hey, welcome, So you are you are calling from the road. Correct, 9 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,800 you're out on tour right now? Where where are you 10 00:00:20,839 --> 00:00:22,280 calling us from? 11 00:00:22,839 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 3: We're out in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. We played at the 12 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,039 guth three Center last night out here, the Rlogut Tree Center. 13 00:00:29,239 --> 00:00:30,719 Speaker 2: Oh, very nice, very nice. 14 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,039 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're touring. Let's see, so you started this month 15 00:00:34,079 --> 00:00:37,000 and then you're touring into October as well. Correct, you're 16 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:38,560 out for uh, you're out on the road for a 17 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:39,520 couple months. 18 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,039 Speaker 3: Absolutely. This is the longest tour to date from US. 19 00:00:43,039 --> 00:00:45,679 We came all away from Los Angeles, California, started out 20 00:00:45,679 --> 00:00:48,600 in Oklahoma, I went down south and I've just been 21 00:00:49,079 --> 00:00:54,039 hitting our first ever Eastern Seaboard Northeast run of our 22 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,320 of our existence, and we're very excited. 23 00:00:57,119 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 2: Oh very cool. 24 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,399 Speaker 1: Well, welcome to New England. And I know you're gonna 25 00:01:00,399 --> 00:01:02,159 be h you're gonna be right here in Manchester on 26 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,120 the twenty fourth. I want to so I want to 27 00:01:06,159 --> 00:01:08,719 start here because I so I played that song Crazy 28 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:12,120 City you sent you send us a bunch of tracks 29 00:01:12,159 --> 00:01:14,959 to choose from. I opened with that one because selfishly, 30 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,159 that is my favorite, and I want to tell you 31 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,400 what I love about it, you know, because you sort 32 00:01:20,439 --> 00:01:23,640 of you sort of blend genres a little bit, you 33 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,359 know you, I know it kind of falls under the 34 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,680 Americana genre, a category of what you do. But but 35 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,840 that but that tends to be a mix of things. 36 00:01:32,879 --> 00:01:34,920 Americana is kind of a broad term. It tends to 37 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,000 be a mix of things. What I love about Crazy 38 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,200 City is, you know, it's got that Americana, that folk 39 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,079 sort of touch of country vibe, not not too countries. 40 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,920 It's not overly twangy, but it's you know, just it's 41 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:47,280 such a great song. But then you get to that 42 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,319 point in the song too, where it kind of gets 43 00:01:49,319 --> 00:01:53,079 a little bit funky and a little bit of soul 44 00:01:53,159 --> 00:01:55,359 to it, And I really like the way you slip 45 00:01:55,439 --> 00:01:58,480 that into the song. It kind of changes a little bit, 46 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,719 but it also fits in so seamlessly. But I noticed 47 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,280 it the first time I listened to it when it 48 00:02:03,319 --> 00:02:05,159 gets to that part and you know the part of 49 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,239 the song, I mean, obviously, I'm like, oh, I really 50 00:02:07,359 --> 00:02:10,000 like that. So I think that is such a great tune. 51 00:02:10,039 --> 00:02:13,120 That is my personal favorite of the ones that I 52 00:02:13,199 --> 00:02:15,840 listened to. And but you do you kind of you 53 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,000 kind of blend genres a little bit, and I really 54 00:02:18,039 --> 00:02:19,680 like that, and I love that song. I wanted to 55 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:21,599 tell you that right up front. I think that's such 56 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:22,240 a great track. 57 00:02:23,599 --> 00:02:26,719 Speaker 3: Oh well, thank you for mentioning that and listening. I'm 58 00:02:26,719 --> 00:02:29,960 glad that one struck you like that, because yeah, absolutely, 59 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,240 you mentioned sort of Americana as a catch all term 60 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,800 in the industry, and you know, some people think of 61 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,560 that maybe, you know, sometimes it can be too broad 62 00:02:38,599 --> 00:02:41,319 of a genre. But I think that is its strength 63 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,479 to me, is that you can mix, like you said, 64 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:45,439 a little bit of country, a little a little folk, 65 00:02:45,879 --> 00:02:47,680 a little rock and roll. Sometimes you can get a 66 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,000 little bluegrass, a little soul in there. And I come from, 67 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,840 you know, legacy, My dad, Hoyd Axton, really never fit 68 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,039 in one genre. He hopped all over. He just believed 69 00:02:57,039 --> 00:02:59,919 in writing a good song, no matter what kind it was, 70 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,479 and I fell under that as well. I couldn't help 71 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,520 but escape, you know, but embrace that mentality around songwriting. 72 00:03:06,599 --> 00:03:09,560 So in a show, we're gonna sort of take you 73 00:03:09,599 --> 00:03:11,639 on American a journey, is what I say. At the 74 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,319 beginning of the show. We're going to mix it up 75 00:03:13,319 --> 00:03:15,479 a little bit and tell some good legacy stories and 76 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:17,560 in the end, I just want you to tap your foot, 77 00:03:17,879 --> 00:03:20,000 get your mind moving a little bit, and give you 78 00:03:20,039 --> 00:03:21,199 a little escape if we can. 79 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: So I'm curious to ask you about this, is is 80 00:03:24,319 --> 00:03:29,759 there a certain I've heard musicians who who have, you know, 81 00:03:29,879 --> 00:03:32,520 famous families, or that they have a famous mom or 82 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:36,400 a famous dad, or talk about how there can be 83 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,479 a certain weight to that. There's a certain pressure that 84 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,840 comes with that, and I'm curious if that's how it 85 00:03:40,919 --> 00:03:43,919 is for you. Obviously you're very proud of your legacy. 86 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,360 You embrace it, but you don't. But but you don't 87 00:03:49,439 --> 00:03:52,199 You embrace it, but you don't you know, kind of 88 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,599 you have your own identity, I guess is what I'm 89 00:03:54,599 --> 00:03:56,599 trying to say. Like you are Matt Axton, and you 90 00:03:56,639 --> 00:03:59,000 have original music that you've created. You know you're not 91 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,439 doing You're not doing a show that where you just 92 00:04:02,479 --> 00:04:04,639 go out and play your dad's music, for example. Maybe 93 00:04:04,639 --> 00:04:05,639 you have done that in the past. 94 00:04:05,639 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 2: I don't know. 95 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:07,879 Speaker 1: But you have your own music, you have your own vibe, 96 00:04:07,879 --> 00:04:10,840 you have your own sound. But you also have this 97 00:04:10,919 --> 00:04:14,400 incredible legacy that you have to of your family that 98 00:04:14,439 --> 00:04:16,199 you have to carry around with you. Is there any 99 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:17,920 kind of pressure with that or do you take that 100 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:20,439 in stride or are you are you very comfortable with 101 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:22,040 it or how do you how do you deal with that? 102 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 2: I'm really curious about that. 103 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, well, you know, I don't think of it 104 00:04:26,959 --> 00:04:29,360 as a pressure much. I think of it more as 105 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:33,639 an honor. Yeah, they're both. My grandmother was an amazing 106 00:04:34,639 --> 00:04:40,480 you know, songwriter and curator of community through art, and 107 00:04:40,519 --> 00:04:42,879 she started a lot of musicians in the industry, mainly 108 00:04:42,879 --> 00:04:45,720 in Nashville in the in the sixties through the nineties, 109 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:51,399 and so you know, it's an amazing legacy to keep alive. 110 00:04:51,439 --> 00:04:54,720 And it's so like the communal touch, so many different genres, 111 00:04:54,759 --> 00:04:59,519 different generations of musicians, and I feel like I'm more 112 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,920 walking with them then, you know. It's like to have 113 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,439 them on my shoulders weighing anything down. And I'm lucky 114 00:05:05,439 --> 00:05:07,959 in one way too that the legacy I get to 115 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,680 keep alive is pretty dang fun. You know, my dad's 116 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:12,480 biggest song was Joy to the World, and that was 117 00:05:12,519 --> 00:05:15,720 really his mantra around life is the joy of art 118 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:20,040 and community that you can create through that. So, you know, 119 00:05:20,079 --> 00:05:22,639 every once in a while we'll do a white dedicated show. 120 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:24,879 You know, I'll get grab his band and we'll do 121 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,160 some some very very history leaden stuff. But for me, 122 00:05:29,879 --> 00:05:31,920 like I mentioned earlier, my dad was so eclectic. I 123 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,680 can really mix in his songs in any way that 124 00:05:34,759 --> 00:05:38,040 we can, and that's a real challenge and a fun 125 00:05:38,079 --> 00:05:40,160 thing for me is to sort of like sort of 126 00:05:40,199 --> 00:05:44,839 weave in all the legacy stuff into our original songs 127 00:05:44,879 --> 00:05:46,519 as well. And then I have the accent curse of 128 00:05:46,639 --> 00:05:49,480 just way, way too many songs, hundreds of them. They 129 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,279 keep pouring out of my brain all the time. It's 130 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:53,600 a curse, like I said, but it's also a really 131 00:05:53,639 --> 00:05:58,199 fun adventure every time. And one other thing that's different 132 00:05:58,199 --> 00:06:00,519 with my legacy too is a lot of legacy kids 133 00:06:00,959 --> 00:06:03,439 have one parent who's the creative and then one parent 134 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,920 who sort of stays home and keeps everything balanced. And 135 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,639 sure I did not have that aspect. My mom was 136 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,879 my dad's piano player and band manager and tour manager. 137 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:15,600 So when it was time to go on the road, 138 00:06:15,639 --> 00:06:17,560 it was a musical. You know, we all went, the 139 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,120 whole family. So I was just always sort of, you know, 140 00:06:20,199 --> 00:06:22,959 in wrapped in this this lifestyle growing up in. 141 00:06:22,959 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 2: A family like that. 142 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: Was it just kind of a foregone conclusion that this 143 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,319 is what you were going to be doing? I mean, 144 00:06:28,399 --> 00:06:30,319 was there any was there or a moment growing up 145 00:06:30,319 --> 00:06:32,720 where you thought, you know, I might I might do 146 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:34,319 this for a career, I might do that, I might 147 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,439 do something else, or was it just always was this 148 00:06:36,519 --> 00:06:38,079 always the obvious path for you? 149 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 3: I mean, truthfully, no, no it wasn't. I mean music 150 00:06:42,079 --> 00:06:44,560 was always around. Like people ask like, oh, you know, 151 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,079 did you did you like it? Were you going to 152 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:47,680 do it? And I'm like, well, it just was always there. 153 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,279 It was just a thing that was constantly happening. But 154 00:06:50,639 --> 00:06:53,399 I know I was I was supposed to go. I 155 00:06:53,439 --> 00:06:55,639 got a scholarship to go play football at University of 156 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,399 Oklahoma oh High school, and that was that was sort 157 00:06:58,399 --> 00:07:01,199 of my you know, my main direction. I was going 158 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,800 to go do sports. And then I ended up hurting 159 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,199 my knee really bad and had to get surgery, and 160 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,439 as I was laid up for a few months, playing 161 00:07:08,439 --> 00:07:10,079 on the couch. I grabbed the guitar and I'll started 162 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:11,879 drum and I was like, wow, this is sort of easy. 163 00:07:11,959 --> 00:07:13,360 Let me see if I can write a tune. Okay, 164 00:07:13,439 --> 00:07:15,560 that was fun, Let's keep going. And what the rest 165 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:17,920 of history haven't put it down since you know, I'll 166 00:07:17,959 --> 00:07:18,399 be damned. 167 00:07:18,439 --> 00:07:18,879 Speaker 2: That's wild. 168 00:07:18,879 --> 00:07:21,079 Speaker 1: So if you hadn't gotten hurt, you know, you you 169 00:07:21,079 --> 00:07:23,399 you might have gone on to the NFL. Who knows, right, 170 00:07:23,439 --> 00:07:26,680 But but it's interesting, so and so obviously getting injured 171 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,639 that's a terrible thing, but you know you took it, 172 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,199 and you you did something positive with it, using that 173 00:07:33,319 --> 00:07:37,480 time to really, uh, to effectively start your music career 174 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:39,959 right at that moment, you know, as your own, as 175 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,319 your own entity, on your own path. 176 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 2: That's that's fantastic, and uh, that's wild. 177 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: Do you ever look back and think, I mean, do 178 00:07:46,279 --> 00:07:50,120 you still have thoughts about what would have happened if 179 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,600 you had if you had been able to just continue 180 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,959 to play football without the interruption of that injury? Do 181 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,720 you ever do you ever have fantasies about playing in 182 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:57,839 the NFL or anything like that? 183 00:07:58,079 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 3: Or oh absolutely, especially when I go look at my 184 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,439 bank statements and my guess, you know, like, what's wrong 185 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,759 with me? No, But but you know, it's one of 186 00:08:08,759 --> 00:08:10,680 those things. Everybody has those moments in our life right 187 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,439 where it's the fork in the road and you're like, hey, 188 00:08:12,439 --> 00:08:15,079 if I would have chose this, what would have happened? 189 00:08:15,079 --> 00:08:16,839 What would my life be like? And then that and 190 00:08:17,319 --> 00:08:20,439 the reality is, you know, as much fun as it 191 00:08:20,439 --> 00:08:22,399 would have been to do that and live that lifestyle, 192 00:08:22,399 --> 00:08:24,720 I love that. I actually coached high school basketball for 193 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,399 ten years after that when I was still you know, 194 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:29,839 I was still an active musician up in northern California 195 00:08:29,879 --> 00:08:32,000 where I'm from and was able to coach in sort 196 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,639 of the slow seasons, and so I've always been able 197 00:08:34,639 --> 00:08:38,840 to stay active in sports that way. Yeah. But I think, 198 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:43,720 you know, music is, like you mentioned, it's such a connector. 199 00:08:43,759 --> 00:08:46,840 It's an amazing thing. You know, It's the only the 200 00:08:46,879 --> 00:08:49,320 closest thing to magic I think we have in the world, 201 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,879 like art and music in particular, and cross languages and 202 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,080 oceans and generations, and the night people has done well 203 00:08:56,120 --> 00:09:00,279 and really inspire people if it's it's needed. I just think, 204 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,279 you know, there's nothing more powerful than a really good 205 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,600 good song sometimes, So that's that's an honor. And the 206 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:09,879 up boy every shows that my soul is very full. 207 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,879 It's just my wallet and gas tank empty. 208 00:09:13,799 --> 00:09:16,799 Speaker 1: Understandable, Matt. I don't I don't know if something shifted 209 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:18,200 on your end all of a sudden. The phone line 210 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:19,879 is a little bit choppy. I don't know if you 211 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,000 if you went to a different room or something. 212 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 2: Something. 213 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 3: I'm still here. I have not moved in the corner 214 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:28,399 of this little room here. 215 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:29,039 Speaker 2: Okay. 216 00:09:29,159 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, it just sounds like that's okay, we'll we'll, we'll 217 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:37,480 work with it though. And then so, uh, when you 218 00:09:37,279 --> 00:09:39,440 you said this, this is the longest store that you've 219 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,159 been on so far, coming out, coming all the way 220 00:09:41,159 --> 00:09:42,000 out to the east coast. 221 00:09:43,759 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely. So we usually go out to Nashville about 222 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,519 every six months and sort of zig zag back to 223 00:09:50,639 --> 00:09:54,159 California and add some markets, and this is the first 224 00:09:54,159 --> 00:09:56,759 time we have decided to go east out of Nashville. 225 00:09:56,799 --> 00:09:58,720 We were there for Americana Fessor for about a week 226 00:09:58,759 --> 00:10:01,440 and we got this gig up here in Great Barrington 227 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:03,559 at the gut three Center, and we wanted to build 228 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,200 a tour around it. So my mom is actually from 229 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,320 upstate New York. So I've spent a little time going, 230 00:10:08,399 --> 00:10:10,240 you know, as a kid coming out here, but we 231 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,200 wanted to go full force and bring our music to 232 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:16,279 new ears and hopefully make a bunch of new friends. 233 00:10:16,399 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 2: Oh outstanding. 234 00:10:17,279 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: By the way, whatever was wrong with the phone cleared up, 235 00:10:19,399 --> 00:10:22,399 so it's just probably something some kind of external issue. 236 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 2: I can hear you great now. 237 00:10:23,399 --> 00:10:27,399 Speaker 1: So, which is good because I'm I'm enjoying talking with you. 238 00:10:27,399 --> 00:10:30,480 You mentioned too, you've got a lot of songs. Did 239 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,320 I read this correctly? You've have you recorded over three 240 00:10:33,399 --> 00:10:35,759 hundred songs already? Is that number correct? 241 00:10:36,879 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 3: I've written over three hundred songs. I'm all recorded about 242 00:10:40,279 --> 00:10:42,759 thirty or forty. But like I said, it's a continual process, 243 00:10:42,799 --> 00:10:45,039 I think for the rest of my existence. 244 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 1: So when you go to record an album or you're 245 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,399 gonna be going into the studio, is it hard to pick? 246 00:10:51,879 --> 00:10:53,799 I mean, it's a good problem to have, I guess, right, 247 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:56,000 to have so much material, But is it hard to 248 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,000 make those decisions about what you're gonna record and what 249 00:10:59,039 --> 00:11:02,120 you're gonna maybe put on the back burner knowing that 250 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,759 you some songs you might never get a chance to record, 251 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:06,559 right because you've written so many. I mean, is that 252 00:11:06,799 --> 00:11:08,440 is that difficult to narrow that down? 253 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:11,639 Speaker 3: I mean a little bit. And like I said, it's 254 00:11:11,639 --> 00:11:14,559 a good problem to have a problem on the left. Yeah, 255 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:16,120 And what I try to do, I always try to 256 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,360 do one one Hoight cover song every album, you know, 257 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:24,120 always pay homage to one of his tunes. Yeah, and 258 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,240 so so that's going to add in, you know, a 259 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,600 little bit more time to that process. But you know, 260 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,519 right now, the group I'm bringing on tour, my main group, 261 00:11:32,519 --> 00:11:34,480 it's called you know, Mad Accident and Bad Moon, is 262 00:11:34,519 --> 00:11:39,600 sort of a more country leaning Americana outfit. Yeah, and 263 00:11:39,639 --> 00:11:43,039 we do a lot of we lean I tell for 264 00:11:43,159 --> 00:11:45,919 fans of Hoite. Accident and the Almond Brothers is basically 265 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:47,759 what we meet. So there's a lot of what we 266 00:11:47,799 --> 00:11:50,519 call guitar mini's. There's two guitars sort of you know, 267 00:11:50,639 --> 00:11:53,919 singing together a lot, which brings you know, that that 268 00:11:54,039 --> 00:11:57,840 element of Almend Brothers, Grateful Dead, you know, the southern 269 00:11:57,879 --> 00:12:01,759 rock element to it with So when we started playing 270 00:12:01,759 --> 00:12:04,799 a couple of years ago, naturally my songwriting style will 271 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,600 start adjusting to that. I'll go dig into the vault 272 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:08,879 and I'm like, oh, I wrote this song a long 273 00:12:08,919 --> 00:12:11,759 time ago that would fit really well. So it's constantly 274 00:12:11,799 --> 00:12:14,840 sort of you know, unearthing stuff and then adding new 275 00:12:14,879 --> 00:12:17,440 things and adjusting. So it's like I said, it's a 276 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:20,440 it's a challenge, but it's something that you know, I 277 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,039 will run at full force. 278 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,519 Speaker 1: Have you always played with a full band or did 279 00:12:24,519 --> 00:12:26,519 you ever do solo shows just you on a guitar 280 00:12:26,759 --> 00:12:28,600 on a stool or anything like that, or is it 281 00:12:28,639 --> 00:12:29,480 always a full band? 282 00:12:30,639 --> 00:12:32,759 Speaker 3: No? Absolutely, We sort of mix it up all the time. 283 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:33,639 Speaker 1: I do. 284 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 3: I do a lot of solo you know, folks singer 285 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,679 songwriter stuff. That's how my dad, you know, cut his teeth. 286 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,639 He just grabbed a guitar and jumped in the car 287 00:12:41,639 --> 00:12:44,679 and travel over the country in the early sixties and 288 00:12:44,799 --> 00:12:47,279 went to every music mecca he could find and just 289 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:49,039 absorbed as much as he could, you know, went up 290 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,519 to New York, went to Chicago, went down south to 291 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,360 the blues mecchas, and that really, you know, set them 292 00:12:55,639 --> 00:12:57,080 up on the path. Like I said, of me, hyper 293 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,200 eclectic and just really wanting to write a good song. 294 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,840 I couldn't help, but you know, sort of follow that 295 00:13:02,919 --> 00:13:06,080 path and there's something, you know, it's a different connection 296 00:13:06,159 --> 00:13:08,240 with just you and a guitar on the stage. There's 297 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,600 nowhere to hide. With the band you can have, you know, 298 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:13,000 there's much higher hives. You know, you can just get 299 00:13:13,039 --> 00:13:16,440 so much more sound. But I enjoy both the truthfully. 300 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:18,120 You know, when I grew when I was born, my 301 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,679 dad was I'm my dad's youngest kid, so he was 302 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:24,279 a lot more settled and had a very consistent band 303 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,360 by the time I came around. But what he would 304 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:28,279 do every show, if he would start it with the 305 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,600 full band and they'd send him off in the middle 306 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:32,440 and he'd just come out with the guitar and do 307 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,879 a lot of his early folk stuff. And that was 308 00:13:34,879 --> 00:13:38,399 always the moment that people sort of resonated with the 309 00:13:38,399 --> 00:13:41,279 most sort that resonated with them. And you know, so 310 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,799 there's there's there's just something raw and really intimate about 311 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:46,399 doing that, and I love it. I mean I write 312 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:48,200 all my songs that way. Yeah, you know, just me 313 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,320 and a guitar sort of. I was born and raised 314 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,559 up in Lake Tahoe, California, up in the heis here 315 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:55,240 in Nevada Mountains, and you know, I just go sit 316 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:56,879 out there on the porch and stare out into the 317 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,720 into nature and try and get inspired whenever I can. 318 00:13:59,759 --> 00:14:01,279 And now I live in Los Angeles and now I 319 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:02,960 stare at traffic and get inspired. 320 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 2: It's a lot of fun, a lot of traffic there, 321 00:14:05,279 --> 00:14:08,039 that's for sure. So you mentioned it. 322 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: So you're the youngest, you said, you're the youngest child. 323 00:14:11,279 --> 00:14:14,879 Speaker 2: Of your dad. Yeah, yeah, did your siblings. 324 00:14:14,919 --> 00:14:17,399 Speaker 1: I don't know how many siblings you have, but have 325 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,440 any of them also taken this path or just you 326 00:14:20,519 --> 00:14:23,440 in terms of, you know, your dad's legacy, following that 327 00:14:23,679 --> 00:14:26,240 is and becoming a musician and doing all that that 328 00:14:26,279 --> 00:14:26,639 you're doing. 329 00:14:26,639 --> 00:14:27,519 Speaker 2: Are you the only one or. 330 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 3: I'm the only one left doing it as a full 331 00:14:31,759 --> 00:14:34,159 time thing. All my siblings tried in some sort of form. 332 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,200 My sister April tried to do She went more of 333 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:40,279 the acting side of things. My oldest brother Mark went 334 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,399 to the production side. He was the smart one, oh 335 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:43,720 and stuff behind the scenes. 336 00:14:43,919 --> 00:14:44,159 Speaker 2: Yeah. 337 00:14:44,559 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 3: And then my middle brother Michael was tried to do 338 00:14:47,399 --> 00:14:49,720 the sort of the traveling troubadour thing. So they all 339 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,080 they all gave it a good shot and all talented 340 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,000 in their own right. But now it's you know, it's 341 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,799 fallen on me. Like I said, I have They had 342 00:14:57,799 --> 00:15:00,279 a different mother. My mom is the one who sort 343 00:15:00,279 --> 00:15:02,919 of like sort of balanced everything out. I tell people, Oh, 344 00:15:03,279 --> 00:15:07,159 my mom is a classical piano master, like you know, maestro. Yeah, 345 00:15:07,159 --> 00:15:09,039 and my dad is a country bumpkin. So I land 346 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:09,679 somewhere right in the. 347 00:15:09,679 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 2: Middle of it too, I try so. 348 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 1: Now, I'm not sure. You know, you mentioned you're the youngest. 349 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,600 I'm not sure when exactly your dad passed away. But 350 00:15:17,919 --> 00:15:21,039 did he ever get to see you on a stage 351 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:23,960 plane or I'm not sure the timeline. 352 00:15:24,919 --> 00:15:27,399 Speaker 3: No, yeah, so he passed away actually in nineteen ninety nine. 353 00:15:27,759 --> 00:15:30,559 Oh that millennium. Wow, you know when I was sixteen 354 00:15:30,639 --> 00:15:32,559 years old when he did. So, you know, we we 355 00:15:32,639 --> 00:15:36,720 we connected enough to have some good moments. But no, 356 00:15:36,879 --> 00:15:39,200 that was he passed before I was ever ever able 357 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:42,720 to find my own voice. Really okay, but what he 358 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:44,360 would do, you know when we were on tour, he'd 359 00:15:44,399 --> 00:15:46,919 bring the kids up. Every show, he picked songs to 360 00:15:46,919 --> 00:15:48,519 bring the kids up. We always do joy the world 361 00:15:48,559 --> 00:15:51,080 as a big family group at the end. So well, 362 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,360 I got to be on stage with him and share 363 00:15:53,399 --> 00:15:57,840 some musical moments, but never got to show him, you know, 364 00:15:57,879 --> 00:15:59,120 show him my own. 365 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:00,879 Speaker 1: Voice, like I said, Yeah, yeah, that's cool. Though that 366 00:16:00,919 --> 00:16:02,559 you got to be on stage with them, that's uh. 367 00:16:02,639 --> 00:16:05,399 And to do that, that's that's great. And and what 368 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,080 about your mother is she Is she still with. 369 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 2: Us or. 370 00:16:09,919 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 3: Yeah? Absolutely? She actually came out for the show last night. 371 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,720 On very special occasions they get to bring her out 372 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,039 and she still plays in the band. And she's absolutely 373 00:16:18,039 --> 00:16:21,159 the highlight of the best person on the stage every time. 374 00:16:21,799 --> 00:16:25,080 And when I go back up to Lake Tahoe, I 375 00:16:25,159 --> 00:16:30,120 run a couple music festivals and nonprofit music, you know, 376 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,679 music nonprofits up in my hometown, and she sort of 377 00:16:33,759 --> 00:16:36,080 leads that and we jump in, she jumps in the band, 378 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:37,799 and I get to jump in her band all the time. 379 00:16:37,879 --> 00:16:41,399 So that part's still magical, keeping played alive with people. 380 00:16:41,639 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: Oh, in his band, that's that's fantastic. That must be 381 00:16:45,159 --> 00:16:47,080 so much fun. That is so cool that you get 382 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:50,480 to do that. And I'm sure she's very very proud 383 00:16:50,519 --> 00:16:53,440 of you. And that's that's great. That's that's awesome. 384 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 3: And and you know, and she's really good too. That's 385 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:57,799 the fun part. It's not just being like, oh, here's 386 00:16:57,799 --> 00:17:00,639 my mom. It's always do something amazing and she does it. 387 00:17:01,399 --> 00:17:02,799 Speaker 2: Oh, that's outstanding. 388 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: Oh, by the way, so the tour. So I was 389 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,920 reading the tour is called Beast Goes East. Now, obviously 390 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:11,160 the East I get because you're living on the West 391 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:12,359 coast and we're on the East coast. 392 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 2: But why beast Well, so one of the. 393 00:17:18,519 --> 00:17:22,160 Speaker 3: People cannot tell from us talking about football and all 394 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:26,039 that kind of good stuff. I'm a larger human being, okay. 395 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:30,400 And one of our mascots, you'd say, is that people 396 00:17:30,519 --> 00:17:33,680 call me the last California and Grizzly. So there's a 397 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,039 lot of bear influences and a lot of our artwork 398 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:38,240 and all that kind of stuff. So it's more, you know, 399 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:42,440 the beastly Bear is finally treading East type thing, and 400 00:17:42,559 --> 00:17:45,279 just rhymes, you know, as musicians like rhymes. 401 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 2: Right right, that's true. Yeah. 402 00:17:46,519 --> 00:17:49,680 Speaker 1: I'm looking at a picture on your website of you 403 00:17:50,079 --> 00:17:52,279 and three other guys who I assume are in your band, 404 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,880 and you are kind of how tall are you because 405 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:55,720 in this picture? 406 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 2: But you can't tell from a picture. 407 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:58,599 Speaker 1: I mean, you could be standing on something I don't know, 408 00:17:58,599 --> 00:18:01,119 but it looks like you're towering over everybody else. 409 00:18:02,799 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 3: Well, I make them do that, that's the ego thing. No, 410 00:18:09,279 --> 00:18:12,200 But so I'm about six four, Oh, you're a good day. 411 00:18:12,279 --> 00:18:13,519 Speaker 2: Okay, you're a big guy. 412 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah, and you know, two hundred and sixty pounds, 413 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,559 but getting a little bigger every day on tour. I'll 414 00:18:20,559 --> 00:18:24,680 tell you what. But it's you know, Also, it's funny 415 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:26,759 because I have a pretty tall band too, just to 416 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,240 happen that way, and so most people don't notice until 417 00:18:30,279 --> 00:18:32,359 I get off stage, you know, then I start talking 418 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,839 to like, oh my god, They're like, what happens, pecially 419 00:18:34,839 --> 00:18:36,839 with the cowboy boots on? Bang near eight feet tall? 420 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:37,599 Speaker 2: Right, you know? 421 00:18:37,839 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 3: So, but yeah, that's the best the beef sleep part. 422 00:18:41,319 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 1: Like I said, where does your height come from? Was 423 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:44,279 your father tall? 424 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,559 Speaker 3: You know, he was about six feet tall, but he 425 00:18:48,599 --> 00:18:51,200 was he was as wide as the Mississippi type of thing, 426 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,200 and he always wore cowboy boots and a big cowboy hat. 427 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:55,960 So he just had one of those larger than life 428 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,079 sort of personalities and statues. My mom's tall. My mom's 429 00:18:59,079 --> 00:19:01,880 six ft one. So oh, I think six one pus 430 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,759 six feet equals six to four. That's just math. 431 00:19:03,839 --> 00:19:06,279 Speaker 1: I think, Well, that's definitely yeah, there's definitely something genetic 432 00:19:06,319 --> 00:19:08,240 on your mom's side, because six to one that's very 433 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:09,039 tall for a woman. 434 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,079 Speaker 2: That's very tall. Yeah right, oh yeah, that would that 435 00:19:12,079 --> 00:19:13,519 would that would definitely explain it. 436 00:19:13,599 --> 00:19:16,599 Speaker 1: Whow So you're gonna be So what's your for our 437 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,920 listeners who are in the area. Of course, you know 438 00:19:19,039 --> 00:19:21,160 online we have listeners all over, but for our local 439 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,160 listeners who listen on FM here in Manchester, what what 440 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,759 should they? What should they expect? Again, you're going to 441 00:19:26,799 --> 00:19:29,440 be at the Rex Theater on September twenty fourth. Looks 442 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,400 like a shows at seven point thirty. Do you have 443 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,519 a do you have an opener with you? Or or 444 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:36,440 is it? Is it just you and your band or 445 00:19:36,519 --> 00:19:37,839 how does that? How does that work? 446 00:19:39,079 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 3: No, this one is just us in our band. You know, 447 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,160 when we were reaching out trying to figure out how 448 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,799 to set this tour up, you know, the Palace Theater 449 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:47,720 and the Rex Theater are like, hey, let's just give 450 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,599 it a shot. Just come out here and see if 451 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,319 we can, you know, give you a good a good 452 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,440 spotlight to bring your music. And yeah, very grateful for that. 453 00:19:55,519 --> 00:19:56,920 Like I said, it's our first time in all these 454 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,519 markets and we would love to sort of make this 455 00:19:59,559 --> 00:20:02,720 a routine. We've had a great tour so far, just 456 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,160 like I said, meeting good people and telling good stories, 457 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,400 and we sort of adjust the show to every different venue. 458 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,160 You know, on this tour, we've done a couple of festivals. 459 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,359 We do some late night hockey talks, some fun little 460 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,720 divy bars, and we really changed the show to every place. 461 00:20:16,759 --> 00:20:19,559 And I know, like last night at the gut Wee Center, 462 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,400 we did a little more intimate, a little a lot 463 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,839 more history and storytelling and explaining the ins and outs 464 00:20:25,839 --> 00:20:28,440 and the whys of the artistic lifestyle and all that 465 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:30,880 fun stuff. So the RECs will be similar to that. 466 00:20:31,039 --> 00:20:33,079 But at the same time, we like to we like 467 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,920 to rock out and groove out and get people to 468 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,519 sort of tap their feet and have a good time. 469 00:20:37,599 --> 00:20:39,799 So it's going to be a good mix of those. 470 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,279 And that's my job is to figure out exactly how 471 00:20:43,279 --> 00:20:45,680 to give you guys the best experience for the people 472 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:46,160 in the room. 473 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,319 Speaker 1: I'm curious, Sue, do you know do you know ahead 474 00:20:49,319 --> 00:20:52,759 of time before you arrive at the venue, do you 475 00:20:52,799 --> 00:20:55,599 know enough about that particular venue where you've already planned 476 00:20:55,599 --> 00:20:58,279 out what the show is or or are you going 477 00:20:58,319 --> 00:21:00,400 into that are you kind of reading the room? Like 478 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:01,960 do you arrive at the venue and you kind of 479 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,240 check the place out? And you think, Okay, now that 480 00:21:04,279 --> 00:21:06,480 I'm here, now that I'm physically here, and I can 481 00:21:06,519 --> 00:21:09,359 take this all in. Uh now I kind of know 482 00:21:10,039 --> 00:21:11,599 what the show is going to be tonight. I mean, 483 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:13,640 is it Is it that spontaneous or do you already 484 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,039 know before you arrive at the venue. 485 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 3: No, it's a good mix, you know, especially for for 486 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:20,920 new markets and new venues, right you sort of you know, 487 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:22,759 we know this is more of a seated theater, so 488 00:21:22,799 --> 00:21:24,680 we'll treat that a little differently than we will, like 489 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,319 a couple of days ago, we played at this you know, 490 00:21:27,559 --> 00:21:29,720 rockous honky Tonk in New York City, so we're gonna 491 00:21:29,839 --> 00:21:32,079 we know, we're going to treat those a little differently 492 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:37,039 in general, right, but you know, we also adjust when 493 00:21:37,039 --> 00:21:38,759 we get in there. We want to fill the I 494 00:21:38,759 --> 00:21:40,839 mean this sounds so hippie dippy artists, but we're gonna 495 00:21:40,839 --> 00:21:42,920 like sort of fill the energy and yep and talk 496 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:44,960 to the staff and talk to you know, see who's 497 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:47,519 coming and showing up and sort of working around that. 498 00:21:47,559 --> 00:21:49,720 And it's really the challenge, but it's a really fun 499 00:21:49,759 --> 00:21:52,480 one and something that we're working really hard on and 500 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,200 very proud of the ability to do that. 501 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:59,319 Speaker 2: And as I said, you play the style that you play. 502 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: And the configuration of your band and everything that gives 503 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,720 you some flexibility to kind of change that on the 504 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:05,920 fly if you need to, which is which I'm sure 505 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:06,640 is very nice. 506 00:22:06,839 --> 00:22:08,119 Speaker 2: I'm always kind of jealous of that. 507 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 1: I'm a musician and I've played in some bands, but 508 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:12,039 none of the bands that I ever played in were 509 00:22:12,079 --> 00:22:13,559 the kind of band where we could show up at 510 00:22:13,559 --> 00:22:16,920 a venue and say, oh. 511 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 2: Let's change the vibe a little bit, you know what 512 00:22:17,759 --> 00:22:18,039 I mean. 513 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: It's like if you're playing in a you know, a 514 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:24,720 hardcore metal band or something. It's, you know what, you're 515 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:26,920 doing the same thing no matter where you're playing. But 516 00:22:27,039 --> 00:22:30,079 I've always been kind of envious of musicians who have 517 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,400 that a scenario where they can kind of switch it 518 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,640 up if they need to. But no, that's really cool. 519 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:37,839 So that's gonna be uh yeah, September twenty fourth at 520 00:22:37,839 --> 00:22:40,960 the Seventh at seven thirty pm at the at the 521 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:45,039 Rex Theater right in downtown Manchester and by the way 522 00:22:45,039 --> 00:22:46,880 too for our local listeners. If you've never been to 523 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,720 the Rex, it's really beautiful, so you should definitely check 524 00:22:49,759 --> 00:22:51,160 it out. And this sounds like it's going to be 525 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:55,000 a great show. So Matt, before we let you go, 526 00:22:55,079 --> 00:22:56,880 and we are going to play another track at the 527 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,119 end of our conversation. I think I'm gonna play same 528 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,039 Old Story because that's another one that I really like 529 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:04,759 a lot. I think that's really cool. But anything else too. 530 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,359 We should know about how people should find you online. 531 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,279 Where's the best place to go to follow everything that 532 00:23:09,319 --> 00:23:10,799 you're doing. I know you've got a You've got a 533 00:23:10,839 --> 00:23:14,599 huge social media following, which is fantastic and such an 534 00:23:14,599 --> 00:23:17,680 important part too of you know, the times that we 535 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:19,960 live in. Having that social media following, that's something your 536 00:23:20,039 --> 00:23:22,359 dad never had to worry about, certainly, but in twenty 537 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,200 twenty five got to you gotta work with social media. 538 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:27,440 But where's the best place for people to go online 539 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,000 to follow everything that you're doing? 540 00:23:31,039 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 3: Yes, or main site and a number one I cannot 541 00:23:33,559 --> 00:23:37,400 agree more. Like we just live in a digital social 542 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,799 world now, and so that's what it's all about, right, 543 00:23:39,799 --> 00:23:42,000 I Mean, the power is in the independent artist's hands, 544 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,160 and I'm fiercely, proudly independent when it comes to that stuff. 545 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,079 So every every clap and every click really matters a 546 00:23:48,079 --> 00:23:51,880 lot to people in our in our realm yep. But 547 00:23:52,039 --> 00:23:55,440 so Mattaccident dot com is the main site, very simple, 548 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,279 and then Matt acts and music on all the social 549 00:23:57,279 --> 00:24:01,160 media platforms on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, all those things. 550 00:24:01,759 --> 00:24:04,680 And you know, it's something that social media is amazing 551 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,000 because you can really connect with people that you wouldn't 552 00:24:07,039 --> 00:24:09,839 really have got any chance to in the past. It 553 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,440 can be daunting and crazy at times, but in the end, 554 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:14,759 it's that's what it's about with connecting with people. So 555 00:24:14,839 --> 00:24:18,160 please come say hi on any sort of way. Obviously 556 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,240 in person is the best, so they can I can 557 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,279 bilk you for all your all your bitcoins or whatever 558 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:26,960 you know. But in the end, I said, it's just 559 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,720 about connecting with people and spreading a little bit of joy. 560 00:24:29,839 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 2: That's our job absolutely. 561 00:24:31,839 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 1: And before before we let you go, and we're gonna 562 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,200 play this track, same old story. Anything we should know 563 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,519 about this song. I really like this song a lot too, 564 00:24:38,839 --> 00:24:40,039 Anything we should know about it? 565 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, So this is one I was talking about earlier 566 00:24:44,039 --> 00:24:46,799 where I've had it for quite a while. And when 567 00:24:46,839 --> 00:24:49,720 I got this band together, I've had my right hand 568 00:24:49,799 --> 00:24:53,839 man guitar player Taylor Kropp Slash Almond Brothers proteget sort 569 00:24:53,839 --> 00:24:56,799 of playing with him for about three years, two and 570 00:24:56,799 --> 00:24:59,799 a half years. He's the main other player in the band. 571 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,039 Once he joined the band, I was like, Oh, I'm 572 00:25:02,039 --> 00:25:04,240 gonna go dig into my archives and pull this song on. 573 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,680 It's become sort of a staple. It's the last single 574 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,799 we just released. It's the one we're turning around right now. 575 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,000 Very proud, very proud of it. And it's just a 576 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,160 good old fashioned like sort of outlaw country vibe, but 577 00:25:15,279 --> 00:25:19,599 with the you know, the the the story of some 578 00:25:19,759 --> 00:25:23,039 common things, you know, some some some money, some heartbreak, 579 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,720 some life experiences that we all sort of connect with 580 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,200 at the end with a little uplift at the end, 581 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,119 saying hey man, we can all, we can all figure 582 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:31,960 this out. It's just the same old story. Let's go. 583 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:32,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. 584 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 1: I love it, absolutely love it, very good. So we're 585 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,000 gonna we're gonna end with that. So we'll let you 586 00:25:37,039 --> 00:25:38,960 go so we can hit that track. But Matt Axson, 587 00:25:39,039 --> 00:25:41,039 thank you so much. Have a great show, have a 588 00:25:41,079 --> 00:25:42,920 We'll have a great Where are you playing tonight, by 589 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:43,440 the way. 590 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,160 Speaker 3: We're playing out in New Jersey somewhere. Oh, I don't 591 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:49,160 even know where I what day. 592 00:25:49,079 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 1: Is somewhere on these cost people can go to the 593 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,759 website to find it. But so I have a great 594 00:25:54,759 --> 00:25:57,519 show tonight in New Jersey and and of course, uh 595 00:25:58,119 --> 00:25:59,720 sounds like the tour is going well. So we wish 596 00:25:59,759 --> 00:26:02,640 you could continued success with that and look forward to 597 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,200 having you in Manchester on September twenty fourth. And thank 598 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:06,960 you so much for joining us today. I really enjoyed 599 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,920 the conversation. You've been generous with your time. It's great 600 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,319 to speak with you and be safe on the road. 601 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:16,640 Speaker 3: Well, thank you so much for letting me talk. And 602 00:26:18,279 --> 00:26:21,440 you know a great name, by the way, mattsw Nite. 603 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, absolutely, Matt's to night. I like it. 604 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,079 Speaker 3: All right, thank you again, and yeah, thanks for playing 605 00:26:29,079 --> 00:26:29,920 our music out there. 606 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,680 Speaker 2: You got it, you got it, all right, Matt, Thank you, 607 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:33,559 take care all right? 608 00:26:33,559 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 3: Bye? 609 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 2: All right. That was the great Matt Axton. 610 00:26:36,519 --> 00:26:39,039 Speaker 1: And again he will be in Manchester at the Rex 611 00:26:39,079 --> 00:26:42,359 Theater on September twenty fourth, seven thirty pm. But let's 612 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:44,400 play this again. I really really like this song a lot. 613 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,799 This is called Same Old Story, and this is Matt 614 00:26:46,839 --> 00:26:47,279 Axton