Cat. No. 2854: MATTY T WALL ~ TRANSPACIFIC BLUES. VOL. 1. HIPSTERDUMPSTER RECORDS HIPS-19.
Tax included.
WHEN LEGENDARY BLUES PIONEER ROBERT JOHNSON TOOK HIS INFAMOUS (AND PROBABLY APOCRYPHAL) TRIP TO THE CROSSROADS, HE HAD NO IDEA THAT HE WAS BIRTHING AN ENTIRELY NEW GENRE IN MUSIC. AND HE CERTAINLY HAD NO CLUE HOW FAR HIS INFLUENCE WOULD TRAVEL. AUSTRALIAN BLUES GUITARIST MATTY T WALL IS PROOF OF HOW FAR JOHNSON'S INFLUENCE WOULD GO. WHEN MATTY DISCOVERED JOHNSON HE INTIMATES THAT "THE HAIR ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK STOOD UP" AND FROM THAT MOMENT HE GOT INTO THE BLUES AND HAS NEVER GOTTEN OUT OF IT.
MATTY'S FIRST MUSIC CRUSH WAS NOT ON THE BLUES BUT ON THE FLASHY WORLD OF HEAVY METAL. HE FOUND MUCH TO ADMIRE IN SUCH LEGENDARY HEADBANGERS AS LED ZEPPELIN, PANTERA AND METALLICA BEFORE RETURNING TO THE MUSIC HE'D LISTENED TO WITH HIS FATHER, EMBRACING A SIMPLICITY AND EMOTIONAL CONNECTION IN THE BLUES. ONCE HIS PATH TO MUSIC ENLIGHTENMENT BECAME CLEAR, IT THEN BECAME A MATTER FOR MATTY TO FIND A PLACE FOR HIMSELF. HOME TO A STRONG AND VIBRANT BLUES SCENE, AUSTRALIA WAS ALREADY OPEN TO INFLUENCE FROM THE FOREIGN GENRE. MATTY'S INTRODUCTION IN THE BLUES WORLD WAS A STRONG MUCH LAUDED DEBUT ALBUM CALLED BLUE SKIES RELEASED IN 2016 FOLLOWED BY SIDEWINDER IN 2018. THIS ALBUM, HIS THIRD, WAS RELEASED IN 2019 AND SHOWS THE SUPERB DEVELOPMENT OF MATTY IN THE BLUES FIELD. ALL IN ALL, A BRILLIANT ELECTRIC BLUES ALBUM. A LITTLE SHORT ON QUANTITY BUT HIGH ON QUALITY ******
TRACK LISTING: Boom Boom (feat. Dave Hole) / Hi Heel Sneakers (feat. Eric Gales) / Quicksand (feat. Kid Ramos) / She's Into Something (feat. Walter Trout) / Stormy Monday / Born Under A Bad Sign (feat. Kirk Fletcher) / I'm Tore Down / Crossroads.
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