1988 Matt playing
The Concertgebouw

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Ask a NY Taxi Driver: ‘How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall?’
Answer: ‘Practice, Practice, Practice…..’.
Matt started playing guitar in 1983.
He performed Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ at The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam in 1988 (!) in front of a crowd of over 3000 people.

Jack Starkey’s
‘Gulp / HPLD’

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Featuring:
Jack Starkey – vocals/git/organ
Gerrit Berkouwer – drums
Martijn Kalf – bass
Matt – guitar/organ

1996-1997
Next Door To The Blues

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Featuring:
Ton Van Bergeijk -vocals / harp
Marc de Ruiter – bass
Kees van Herk – drums
Brian Hickey – keyboard / vocals
Matt – guitar / vocals

1992-1995
No Can Do

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Featuring :
Jan Nijhout – vocals
Martijn Kalf – bass
Gerrit Berkouwer – drums
Marcel Aartsma – keyboard
Matt – guitar

1988-2002
Run Baby Run

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Featuring :
Wim Heuperman – sax / vocals
Fred Cohen – drums
Marcello Briganti – bass
Jaap van der Panne – guitar
see all…

1988-1991
Half Nelson Octet

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Featuring :
Yvonne van Almaren – sax
Lex Eliens – drums
Egmont Tillemans – bass
Matt : guitar

1986-1991
Bealestreet

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Featuring :
Gerrit Berkouwer – drums
Godert Walter – bass
Jaap – vocals
Henry Schollen – alto sax
Mark Heijmerink – tenor sax
Wim Heuperman – tenor sax
Matt – guitar

1991-1992 (USA)
Arena’s R & Rhythm Revue

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Featuring :
Johnny Moore – drums
Glenn Rude – trumpet
Thomas Rude – vocals / harp
Billy Schieve – vocals / keyboard
Matt – guitar

1997
Gasoline Alley

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Featuring:
Baltimore Mike – Harp / Vocals
Chicago Mike – Drums
Matt – Guitar
Bass – ?

1999 (USA)
Street Performing

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Playing Harvard Square in Boston
with harp virtuoso
David “The Kid” Massey

1995-1998
Too True To Be Blue

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Touring the Netherlands in an acoustic –
electric Blues Duo format with vocalist
and harp player Frits Verheij.

2001-2006
Mindway

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Featuring :
Edo Donkers – vocals, guitar
Rodin Van Der Hart – vocals, keys
Gerrit Berkouwer – drums, vocals
Joren Nooij – bass (2001-2003)
Marcello Briganti – bass (2003-2006)
Matt – vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin

1993-1997
Masterclasses

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While teaching at “The Muziekpakhuis” Matt organized Masterclasses with some of the giants in Blues Guitar.

2002, 2006, 2009, 2015
Solo CD’s

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Matt has released four solo cd’s:
– 2002 Back Log
– 2006 Man In Shades
– 2009 Languish Lives
– 2015 Southern Solace
Click to listen.