The Band, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, John Belushi, The Allman Brothers, Tom Petty, Hank Williams, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Beach Boys, Squeeze, The Blues Brothers, The Beatles, a whole bunch of others & hopefully a little Sinatra.
Putting his bid for the United States Congress seat in District 7, NJ, behind him, Matt Angus is ready to start playing his guitar again. “I enjoyed the campaign, especially meeting and talking with people within the district and seeing how their views may be similar or different than mine. I certainly wish that people were not as discontent as they vocalized, but at the same time it was quite comforting to find that I was not alone, that I was not the only one that felt that way." Angus finished with 1% of the vote and actually participated in the District’s only debate.
Now, however, it is back to music. He has a new album coming out in February, his label (Black Potatoe) just split into two companies (Black Potatoe Records & Black Potatoe Entertainment) and it is the tenth anniversary of The Black Potatoe Independent Music Festival, July 13th –16th, 2006. Also, albums Matt produced for Kathy Phillips, Caren Kennedy and Michael Ghiggeri will be released in 2006.
The new album is Matt’s first solo release and is simply titled “Matt Angus”. The record includes some of the best session players in the world including: Larry Campbell, Tony Garnier, Tom Nelson, Kim Williams, Jeff Sarli, Pat O’Shea, John Ginty and Tamika McClellan. Although the album will not be released until February, Gannett newpapers NJ had the record as a top-ten pick for 2005 citing,“Angus…may have assembled one of the best bands recorded in 2005”.
With the release of the album, Angus plans on touring the west coast & Texas from the end of February through the middle of March, and he plans on sharing a band and touring with Kathy Phillips through the Northeast and South in April and May. Phillips’ new album will be released at the end of April.
For more information on Matt Angus visit www.mattangusthing.com or www.blackpotatoe.com.
Matt, thanks so much for providing your perspective, and time, re: merits of being on a CD sampler.
You rock, you rule.
I'm going to research the best possible sampler with which to promote the chewy "earworms" in my songs. Or I may just spend the money (better) on printing CDs in cardboard sleeves and pass 'em out to the right crowd.
