This video features a recording I did out in Luck, TX with two of my greatest influences and friends, David Zettner (bass and steel) and Willie Nelson. The song features Kurt Nilsen, the World Idol winner from Norway, singing Hank William's "Lost Highway" with Willie Nelson.
Matt Hubbard wows audiences with his boogie-woogie piano, harmonica, trombone and baritone voice playing what the Austin Chronicle calls "back-alley beatnik blues."
Matt works in the Austin, Texas music scene as a solo performer, bandleader, sideman, studio musician and producer. He has worked with Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Fastball, Papa Mali, Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann and many others. Willie Nelson wrote in his memoir The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes: "Matt Hubbard, remember that name. I believe you'll be hearing a lot more from him in the future."
You may have heard him already, considering that his credits include co-producing Willie Nelson's "Rainbow Connection" (Island 2001), Grammy-nominated for Country Album of the Year. Matt played harmonica, keyboards, and bass as well as engineering the recording and mixing the album. He also recorded Willie and Ray Price's "Run That By Me One More Time" (Lost Highway 2003), also nominated for Country Album of the Year. Matt played keyboards on the "Babe: Pig in the City" movie soundtrack album produced by Michael Orvitz (Pink Floyd's "The Wall") and Gabe Rhodes. As a solo artist Matt was commissioned to write music for mtv.com, has appeared on radio and television, and plays gigs with his all-star Austin-based band.
Hey brother, hope this year is as good as it gets. I'd love to see you get my way, or I'd love it even more if iI lived in Hawaii so you guys could drop by monthly. I think there's a better chance for you to come my way. Keep lighting up Austin when your home, glad to see home dates on your upcoming adventures.
Hehehe K ... so ... You met Doc ... AND you're playin' with Malcolm & Billy & Ron in Hawaii!?! Woulda taken a bullet for you yesterday ... Now I wanna Meetya!
Tonight, 8-10 pm, Ming's Cafe is featuring the Mingtones rhythm section, Brad Houser on bass and Eldridge Goins on drums. Matt Hubbard brings it all together with wicked strokes on keys and some soulful harmonic riffs. This is the kind of gig your friends are talking about the next day--what Austin is really made of!
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