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Sunday
November 8 2015 8:00PM doors -- music at 8:30PM ••• ALL AGES $15 Matthew Logan Vasquez of Delta Spirit www.paradigmagency.com/divisions/artist/index/2838 psych-folk-rock Reverend Baron deaflens.net/thedeafword-danny-garcia-interview/ alternative folk Jason Robert Blum www.facebook.com/jasonrobertblummusic performing songwriter Matthew Logan Vasquez of Delta Spirit Maththew Logan Vasquez -from Brooklyn, NY/Austin, TX- -2015 (The Year of The Ram) has been a year of major change for Matthew Logan Vasquez. He moved with his wife, Marthe, from Brooklyn to Austin, he saw the birth of his first child Thor, and after a decade since founding his critically acclaimed band, Delta Spirit, he’s finally decided to go it alone FOR THE FIRST TIME, with his solo debut, The Austin EP, to be released November, 2015 , and a full length LP, Solicitor Returns, to shortly follow in early 2016. This sea- change is reflected on the EP’s stunning psych-folk-rock opener, a ballsy 18-minute track (yes EIGHTEEN minutes) that conjures desert visions of Crazy Horse guitar solos, David Crosby’s mustache, and all the good things about a journey through the past on mescaline. Matt actually grew up in Austin (and Dana Point, CA too) and the song is a slice of his life--an autobiography that isn’t even close to being finished-- an epic American saga that reflects his skill as a remarkable modern songwriter still on the rise. If Richard Linklater could write a song, this would be it. "Matt’s voice and words have that Nashville outcast vibe to it,” says Jay Sweet, producer of the Newport Folk Festival and a longtime champion of Matt’s music. “He’s not California, he’s not Texas, he’s not Brooklyn—even though he’s lived in all of those places. He’s a transplant and a vagabond, which is why he embodies folk and rock music. For a singer- songwriter, he is truly refreshing." Matt went solo for simple reasons-- to return to the style of rock he loves. And when he went solo he REALLY went solo. He plays every instrument on the record, except for two drum tracks and one guitar track. Delta Spirit undoubtedly will be back but he wanted to make a collection of music without the influence of his beloved brethren (it's only natural for a frontman to feel the need to let loose from time to time). You will hear his new material and you will hear Iggy Pop. Neil Young. Kurt Cobain. Gram Parsons. But ultimately, you're hearing Matthew Logan Vasquez. A man young at heart, who loves the shit out of rock music... loves it so much that it's been his life's goal to make the masses reconnect with her spirit. But he's become a father, and he's been through some shit. His dad was a bomb builder. Fact. At the end of the day, Matt’s objective as a singer, a poet, a preacher, a believer in this beautiful bullshit we call “RocknRoll,” is to find some harmony through life’s confusion and to make you feel good about yourself. He'll be spreading his message via his wonderful songs starting in the fall of 2015. You better go put your dimes in his collection basket. Are there better things you can be doin with those dimes? Reverend Baron Danny Garcia -from Southern, CA -Danny Garcia nosegrinded into the Southern California skateboarding scene during the late ’90s, quickly making appearances in professional videos and earning sponsorships from big names like Quiksilver, Habitat and Reflex. Now the local favorite nicknamed DGar has added another, more musical moniker: Reverend Baron. “It is fun to have a name, to have a different personality,” he explains. In this case, it’s the identity of a project the Fullerton resident has been working on in the studio for the last year and a half. Contrary to the tag’s religious undertones, his music takes on darker folk qualities, with dreamy melodies supporting tales of broken love and everyday hardships. Jason Robert Blum JJ Johnson, Dave Monsey, Blake Mills -from Austin, TX -Jason Robert Blum is a songwriter who in the last fifteen years has called Austin, TX and Brooklyn, NY home. In 2013, he released the album, Radio Dial and toured as a solo artist in support of both Kat Edmonson and Alejandro Escovedo. He cowrote the songs, “Until We Start To Kiss” and “For Two” for Kat Edmonson’s album, The Big Picture produced by Mitchel Froom for SONY records. Later that year, Jason inked a deal with Words and Music Publishing in Nashville and immediately began writing a new body of work for a solo album. Jason retreated to Terlingua, an isolated ghost town on the Rio Grande border in West Texas’ big bend for inspiration. |
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