Matt Leadbetter - Matt Leadbetter (2015)

Tracklist

01. Down On River Road
02. A Love Like That
03. Fluxology
04. Driving My Life Away
05. Sassy Fras
06. Lonely Ring
07. Lonesome Road Blues
08. But Not Like That
09. Cross Road Blues
10. Down On Your Knees
11. Fireball
12. Tea Parties
13. In the Garden

Matt Leadbetter is one of the top dobro players on the circuit today. Being raised in a musical family he started playing at the early age of 8 years old. Growing up he would go out of town with his dad / dobro great Phil Leadbetter to watch him perform. Seeing his father play the dobro, Matt new that was the instrument for him. Now with nearly 20 years playing and 14 years on the road Matt has already accomplished many things in his career. He landed his first road gig in 2000 where he traveled with Lynwood Lunsford and the Misty Valley Boys. He spent a year with Lynwood and also recorded on the album "Its A Carolina Morning". In 2002 Matt took the gig with Blue Moon Rising and performed with them for nearly a year. Once Matt got out of school he started performing with Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike. You can hear Matt's dobro and harmony work on two of Valerie's CD's entitled "That's What Love Can Do " along with the gospel album "Wash Away Your Troubles". Matt spent nearly 2 1/2 years with Liberty Pike before taking the job with the IBMA award winning group the Lonesome River Band. Matt's playing along with his harmony vocals started getting recognized across the country by fans and some of the best artist in the business. You can hear Matt on the Lonesome River Bands IBMA nominated album "The Road With No End". At the end of 2007 Matt took the gig with Grammy Award winner Marty Raybon ( former lead singer for Shenandoah). Matt spent nearly 3 years with Marty traveling across the U.S playing some of the biggest country/bluegrass festivals around. Matt also recorded dobro and harmony vocals on 2 of Marty's albums which were both nominated for awards. These days you can hear Matt in many different configurations and on many different CD's. His very first solo project will be released at the beginning of 2015. This CD will be a mixture of instrumentals along with vocals. It will also include some new material along with some songs people may recognize. Check out the news section for more details and also the tour schedule to see Matt in action in a town near you.

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