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12 tracks | 41 minutes
Released Sep 2002
on AttaBoy Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:57 Hurricane and a Tumbleweed lyrics BUY MP3 03:57 Hurricane and a Tumbleweed lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:57 Hurricane and a Tumbleweed
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:31 C.c. to Mama lyrics BUY MP3 03:31 C.c. to Mama lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:31 C.c. to Mama
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:44 Honest to Godforsaken World lyrics BUY MP3 03:44 Honest to Godforsaken World lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:44 Honest to Godforsaken World
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:32 I Couldn't Love You lyrics BUY MP3 03:32 I Couldn't Love You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:32 I Couldn't Love You
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:42 Boo-hoo lyrics BUY MP3 02:42 Boo-hoo lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:42 Boo-hoo
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:26 Pigs For Pets lyrics BUY MP3 03:26 Pigs For Pets lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:26 Pigs For Pets
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:52 Worst Thingabout Going Crazy lyrics BUY MP3 03:52 Worst Thingabout Going Crazy lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:52 Worst Thingabout Going Crazy
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:32 My Good Heart lyrics BUY MP3 03:32 My Good Heart lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:32 My Good Heart
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:20 Love Takes the Place lyrics BUY MP3 03:20 Love Takes the Place lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:20 Love Takes the Place
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:41 One Heartache At a Time lyrics BUY MP3 03:41 One Heartache At a Time lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:41 One Heartache At a Time
Whatif Chet Atkins took up African guitar pickin'? Classic Nashville songwriting comes to life with plenty of rich harmonies, pedal steel, swingin' grooves and country jazz-meets-Soweto jive guitar.
Bio / Background
(Also check out Matt's 1998 Debut CD Wnaderer's Dream at):
http://cdbaby.com/cd/nearlybeloved2
"It is always exciting when good songwriters hit their stride. Matt Lax hit it out of the park with Hurricane and a Tumbleweed. Nicely crafted songs and stylish arrangements tumbled into a beautiful and satisfying musical package." Mary Tilson - America's Back 40 - KPFA, Berkeley
"A storm of furious instrumental solos, bouncing rhythms and clever lyrics are the components from which Matt Lax's CD “ Hurricane and a Tumbleweed” is built. Expect to be swept away in a party of music." Fran Gray- Two Louies Magazine.com
(for full review copy and paste address below:
http://www.twolouiesmagazine.com/nov_02_gray1.html
Matt Lax and Nearly Beloved
If Chet Atkins had ever studied African guitar pickin', he might've ended up with something like the "Afrobilly" guitar-style of Matt Lax.
↓ more ↓Hurricane and a Tumbleweed, the latest CD from Matt Lax and his band Nearly Beloved, melds
this unique guitar approach with good humor and an ample serving of classic Nashville songwriting. Soweto and Cameroon guitar influences shine through, yet the overall effect is Americana at its best. This album brims with swingin' tunes about insanity, a particular mama's boy, losing love to heroin and Jesus (in that order), and the moral dilemma of pig farming!
The tunes feature pedal steel, dobro, harmonica, B3 Organ, and rich harmonies --including backing vocals from Matt's former bandmates, from Zulu Spear. Inspiration from the likes of Bob Wills, Hank Williams and John Prine mixed
with Matt's Afrobilly guitar style and seamless songwriting put Hurricane and a Tumbleweed on a back-road you'll be happy to stumble upon.
Matt began playing bluegrass guitar at age nine, and spent his teen years between Los Angeles, Houston, and Austin among his many musically-inclined siblings. In '83 Matt moved to the Bay Area, and joined the South African
world beat group Zulu Spear. After a decade of touring and recording (and penning the title track for their 1991 Capital Nashville release Welcome to the USA) Matt left Zulu Spear to explore his own sound, and to further hone
his songwriting talents. Those talents came to fruition with Matt's 1998 release Wanderer's Dream. This all-acoustic album evokes the folksy,personal narrative style of the late great Townes Van Zandt, and Matt's singing brings to mind the deep tones of Nashville Skyline-era Bob Dylan.
The last few years have found Matt performing regularly with his group Nearly Beloved, and the band's woodshedding is evident on every track of their 2002 Attaboy Records release, Hurricane and a Tumbleweed.
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