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I Am Pegasus
Matt loves sweet Lesley far more than the prettiest note he can ever imagine.
BLACKBIRD for Anita and Davide up the on my top friends and Markus and Monica Nybom
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Writing a biography is sometimes hard when you are trying to describe a lifetime of music and performances in a few paragraphs, but here is a few to give you some idea of Matt’s career to date.
As said in the introduction, Matt lives and tours out of Crowdy Head N.S.W but his musical life has taken him from the west of Sydney to countless cities and towns all over the world. Matt’s unique style of guitar playing and songwriting has landed him on stages with everyone from Tommy Emmanuel to Willie Nelson and many more.
Matt recently spent three and a half years living in Kentucky in the United States. During that time he performed at many festivals and events across the country from Nashville to LA performing on the college circuit, countless radio and TV shows with his younger brother Pauly .
Matt’s major achievement during his time in the States was performances on the now world renowned “Acoustic Guitar Masters” series of concerts in Kentucky. This concert series features the world’s finest acoustic guitarists from all over the world our own Tommy Emmanuel being the biggest name on the series but it has a long list of well known artists to step the stage.
A Matt Zarb performance is full of exciting kicking, stomping, guitar, harmonica, mandolin playing and songs of his life and times. His honesty in writing his songs leave you feeling you can relate to the real life issues that come up in his lyrics and storytelling. If he sings or plays a song or instrumental he has not written be sure it will have a flavor only he can stamp on it for example his version of “The Devil Went Down To Krambach/Georgia” or the famous Mason Williams ‘‘Classical Gas”. You can view these versions via You Tube on the front page of his website. These versions of songs and instrumentals have a self titled style “The Barefoot Bushbilly Bastard Version”. Matt never performs with shoes and stomps on his ten and a half year old home made stomp box and plays all his music live with no safety net.
Matt just loves to play guitar and sing, from his kitchen to the Manly Ferry to a huge festival stage it makes no difference to him it’s all about the music.
Matt’s latest recording “Rose Matilda” is a compilation of three different projects and will give you a broad overview of his songwriting, musicianship and arranging. ‘’Rose Matilda’’ is a song about his grandmother and grandfather and is getting airplay all over the Australia on country music stations. From the funky “What do you think about that” to the beautiful ‘’Saturday Night In The Hall” the recording is a great example of his live show in that it will take you on a journey as colorful as his life has been to date. Matt has a great fan base all over Australia and is a sure bet on any festival stage.
Matt is currently working on a new fully instrumental CD which will be out later this year along with a new CD with all new songs.
Thanks for taking the time to read about Matt and his music.
"The Harp Thing"
"THE devil CAME DOWN TO KRAMBACH"
"BAREFOOT BUSHBILLY BASTARDgetthendingforyounextweekversion!
"GOING HOME TO MAGGIE MAGPIE"
to Mark Knopfler and my Mum Eulalie
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT... A song from the CHAMELEON project we recorded in Glasgow Kentucky.Its about George Harrison,John Denver, Eva Cassidy,Ned Kelly and the Queen Mother
VINCENT ROAD
'AMAZING GRACE on a Jetty..........TO OSBOURNE
"SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE HALL" for Ron and and Janine Ive's.. This will always be thier song....
Matty So excited to pick some tunes with you again!! How's everything at Crowdy? Loved your radio show the other day :) Tamworth is going to be awesome!! Peace and Big Smiles your way :) xxx Minature xxx
Light is the equilibrium of Shadow and Lucidity. Movement is the equilibrium of Inertia and Activity. Authority is the equilibrium of Liberty and Power. Wisdom is equilibrium in the Thoughts, which are the scintillations and rays of the Intellect. Virtue is the equilibrium in the Affections:Beauty is harmonious proportion in Forms. The beautiful lives are the accurate ones, and the magnificences of Nature are an algebra of graces and splendors. Everything just is beautiful; everything beautiful ought to be just. Moondani gLeNn
Hey Matty How's everything and everyone? Can't wait to pick with you again! The last couple of shows have been really tight! I got my guitar fixed, Dad glued the bone back to the inside of the face wahoo!! Give a big hug to Les, Cale, Flynny and yourself from me and the fam :) Love you all lots! Will be seeing you soonnnnnn xxx Minature xxx
Thanks for the add back. I'm glad things are going well for you and Leslie and the young ones! You seem very happy and that is wonderful. Life is too short not to share it with the ones you love. Keep making those wonderful tunes. Drop me a line sometimes and let me know how things are going on your side of the world.
Peace, happiness and love to you and Leslie, Dianne
Matty Your amazing! Mum's birthday is the day your playing at Smithtown YIPPEEEEE!!! Good luck at Gympie tonight, not that you need it! Can't wait to see you all soon! xxx Minnie xxx
Hey Matty! So excited for twinnys! I'm jumping around already!! Bought the wood for the stomp box and its my new project Can't wait to see you all againnnnnn!!! Miss you and love you all heaps xxx Minature xxx
Hey Matty So excited for this weekend!! Get to see you all again and pick an awesome tune! I finished my happy song on the mandolin :) And I can't wait for you to hear it!!! Smithtown is pretty booked out so it should be a swell gig :) Peace And Love xxx Minnie xxx
Hello my love, you just busted me writing to you......and now you are making yourself very busy in the kitchen waiting for me to finish typing so you can come and read it....I love you.. I love you and i think about our wedding day every day and think about how lucky I am to have you in my life.You are the most amazing human being that I know and I love you with all my bits forever and 3 days.XXXXXX
Hey Matty Thanks so much for having on the radio show :) It was heaps of fun! Can't wait until we see you all again! We have Flynny's thongs :P Anyways Peace And Love Your Way xxx Minnie xxx
Matty :) How are you? I'm pretty good just been playing and making a new guitar :P Rounded up an awesome crew for Smithtown :) All the fun people are coming :D I'm so excited to pick with you again Big hugs to you all! Peace and Love xxx Minnie xxx
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Hey Matty Had the best time these past couple of days! Thanks so much for having me :) Schoolio tomorrow, i gotta catch some sleep! Can't wait until you stop on the way back here :) More awesome tunage! Peace and Love from Minature xxx Minnie xxx
Hey Matty Had the most fun last night :) Was so awesome to see you and Anti again! And meet Pauly and Laura! Was so much fun, Laura is my new sister haha! Well give my love to all the family! Can't wait to see you all at Harrington :)
Matty you are the best, simply amazing :) xxx Minnie xxx
Mattyyyyyyyyy!! How are you?!?!? So very excited to see you Pauly and the fam!! Played at the Greenhouse Tavern today, was heaps of fun :) Can't wait to pick with you at Coffs on the 14th!! WAHOO! xxx Minnie xxx
Hey Matty :) Was so awesome to see you all again! Feeling so much better now that i've had a Tamworth Zarbammann fix :P Can't wait 'til the wedding ;) xxx Minnie xxx
Matty! I love the new version of "I Am Pegasus", I love the old one too!! Was thinking of you all a real lot today, and can't wait to see you all again and play some tunes with you! Tryed ringing the other night but you were doing your radio show, silly me! Haha got to talk to Lesli and Flynstone though :) Hope your all well! xxx Minnie xxx
