Mike Mattison
Mike Mattison | |
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upright bass, guitar | |
Labels | Columbia, Alligator, Landslide Records |
Mike Mattison is an American musician and vocalist
Biography
Mattison was born and grew up in
Mattison graduated from Harvard with a degree in English and American literature. Mattison and Olsen continued playing and performing together, forming the duo they named Scrapomatic. In 2002, Craig Street and John Snyder, the two record producers who had business ties with blues rock musician Derek Trucks independently suggested Mattison as the person to fill the newly vacated position of lead vocalist for The Derek Trucks Band.[8] Trucks, who was in New York City on business, had seen Mattison's photos and singing demos and was surprised to run into him in the subway. Mattison performed in several concerts of The Derek Trucks Band, following this serendipitous meeting. Shortly afterward, he became a regular member of the band. He continues to maintain his position in Scrapomatic, however, with the duo frequently opening for The Derek Trucks Band.
After listening to the band play the arrangement of "
In 2010, The Derek Trucks Band announced a hiatus, and Mattison joined the new group, Tedeschi Trucks Band, as a backing vocalist and songwriter. One of his compositions, "Midnight in Harlem", appears on the DVD release of Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010.
On July 17, 2013, Mattison launched a Kickstarter Project,[11] called "untitled-not-so-secret-mike-Mattison-solo-album" which successfully raised its funding goal on August 17, 2013.
Mattison released a solo CD You Can't Fight Love on Landslide Records (LDCD-1042) on June 3, 2014. In addition to recording and touring with the Tedeschi Trucks Band and Scrapomatic, Mattison and Ernest Suarez have held seminars on a literary genre they call Poetic Song Verse at various universities since 2016. Their book, Poetic Song Verse: Blues-based Popular Music and Poetry, was published by the University Press of Mississippi in 2021.[12][13]
Discography
With Scrapomatic
- 2002 – Scrapomatic
- 2006 – Alligator Love Cry Alligator Records
- 2008 – Sidewalk Caesars Landslide Records
With The Derek Trucks Band
- Live at Georgia Theatre (2004)
- Songlines (2006)
- Songlines Live (2006, DVD)
- Already Free (2009)
- Roadsongs (2010)
With Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Revelator (2011)
- Everybody's Talkin' (2012)
- Made Up Mind (2013)
- Let Me Get By (2016)
- Live from the Fox Oakland (2017)
- Signs (2019) [14]
- I Am the Moon (2022)
Solo
- You Can't Fight Love Landslide Records (2014)
- Afterglow (Landslide Records, 2020)
Other contributions
- Soul Summit (2008) (Maysa, Susan Tedeschi, and Mike Mattison)[15]
References
- ^ Halsey, Derek (1998–2009). "Mike Mattison: The Gritz Interview". Gritz interview. Swampland Inc. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
- ^ Conrad, Thomas (1989–2010). "TD Toronto Jazz Festival". Tanglewood Jazz Festival. Jazz Times. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- ^ a b "Scrapomatic Biography". last.fm. CBS Interactive Music Group. November 21, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
- ^ "Five Points, Vol. 15 No. 3 - Five Points - A Journal of Literature and Art". Fivepoints.gsu.edu. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ "Council". Alscw.org. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ Fothergill, Jules (May 24, 2006). "Mike Mattison (singer with the DTB) Interview". Northsyde. Funkydory. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
- ^ Suarez, Ernest (January 8, 2010). "Scrapomatic band fuses blues, pop into an eclectic sound on 'Sidewalk Caesars'". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
- ^ "The Derek Trucks Band in Concert". The World Cafe Live: NPR. NPR (National Public Radio). 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ "Six-String Creation: The Derek Trucks Band". NPR Music Studio Stations. npr 2010. March 25, 2006. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ^ Newman, Jared (1998–2010). "DEREK TRUCKS BAND SLIDES INTO NYC". JamBase Inc. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ^ "(Untitled, Not-So-Secret) Mike Mattison Solo Album". Kickstarter.com. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- ^ "Ernest Suarez, Ph.D." English.catholic.edu. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ Poetic Song Verse. University Press of Mississippi. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ^ "TTB's Fourth Studio Album SIGNS Is Available Now". Tedeschitrucjband.com. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ Torres, Richard (August 1, 2008). "Soul Summit; Here is the bland soul-karaoke record you did not request". The Village Voice. p. 1. Retrieved August 27, 2010.