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Matt Arthur & the Bratlanders
Americana / Roots Music / Folk Rock

"I won't let it bother me if I don't get far...."



Northfield, Minnesota
United States

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Last Login:  12/2/2009
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Member Since4/30/2007
Band Websitemattarthur.net
Band MembersMatt Arthur: Vocals, Gutar, Banjo
Don Bratland: Guitar, Vocals
Doug Bratland: Bass Guitar
Chris Moen: Mandolin, Lap Steel
Joel Beithon: Drums
InfluencesJohnny Cash, Hank Williams Sr., Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, and a whole lot of blind blues singers of the 1920s and '30s.
Sounds LikeWoke Up This Morning
Record LabelUnsigned


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jan 23 2010 8:00P
The Grand Event Center Northfield, Minnesota
Jan 30 2010 9:00P
The Upstairs Rueb (tentative) Northfield, Minnesota

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   About Matt Arthur & the Bratlanders

Childhood: Matt grew up on a farm outside Hope, Minnesota, with 13,000 chickens and a silo that housed his own pirate radio station.

Young adulthood: Matt and Doug spent seven or so years together in the weird and incomparable Minneapolis band Prest Asbestus during the glory days of the twin cities music scene and the rise of the national No Depression/Americana revival.

Mid-adulthood: Back in rural southern Minnesota. Matt served a stint on the Ellendale town council and put out a 16-song CD of original gospel songs called The Way I See It.

The Bratlanders were formed in late 2003 when we decided to work up 50 Johnny Cash covers and put on a tribute show a couple months after Johnny's death. Since then the band has expanded to as many as six members and seven instruments, with a setlist of almost four hours of rootsy American rock & roll. Our first full-length, full-band recording, How Time Passes, will be released in late 2009.


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