Matthew Shelton

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Old Mysteries

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Released: Jan 1, 2010

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Old Mysteries
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Can't Connect
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The Vine
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our PICNIC: 3,000 Xmas Lights
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Plentitude
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Genre: Acoustic / Folk / Melodramatic Popular Song
Location Chicago, Illinois, Un
Profile Views: 68128
Last Login: 8/18/2011
Member Since 7/26/2006
Website flexyourlovemuscles.com
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Bio
.. ...... .. .. .. .. ..email: meorthemoon AT* hotmail.... Matthew Shelton has written a lot of songs and performs everywhere, all the time. He has played at bars, museums, diy dives, art galleries, coffee shops, rec centers, etc. ..He has opened for Vampire Weekend, Daniel Johnston, Animal Collective, Wussy, Pit er Pat, Ariel Pink, Baby Dee, High Places, Howling Hex, and the Sheds, to name a few. .. .. ..Matthew Shelton was born in South Carolina. He moved to Cincinnati and studied painting and learned how to write good songs. ..He has traveled and lived elsewhere, and enjoys sleeping on floors and grounds. ..He believes in preparing as well as possible for an uncertain future, ..and believes in every religion, ..every ghost story, ..every ufo sighting ..and all the world's kisses. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ ... ..M.Shelton & the Cat Lovers- The Vine, 2010 ..Cold Water, Hot Blood, 2007 ..Me or the Moon, 2001-present ..My Magnet, 2000 ..Goner-DrumBedDrum, 1999 ..Goner, 1998 ..Everything I Say the Wrong Way, 1996 ..Pussy, 1995 ..Bottomless Pit, 1994 ... .. . ... ... ... .. . ... . .. ..Everything is all right... ......
Members
Picnic:.. Sharon Udoh: piano.. Laura Sabo: bass clarinet.. Kathleen Moniaci: bassoon.. Peter Adams: violin.. ...... Cold Water, Hot Blood:.... Production/Engineering- Austin Brown.. Nora Barton-cello.. Annette Christiansen-violin.. Sharon Udoh-piano.. Andrew Highley- french horn, saw.. Austin Brown-piano, bass, vibraphone.. Paul Brumm- bass.. Johnny Rusza-flute.. Chris Haubner- guitar, vocals.. .. .. The Cat Lovers:.... Annette-violin.. Nora-cello.. Clark Wheeler-sax.. Geraldine Kovari-sax.. Sharon-piano.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Influences
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Daniel Johnston, Bob Dylan, traditional mbira music (Zimbabwe), Congotronics, Lou Barlow/Sebadoh, Nick Drake, Charlie Patton, Leadbelly, Mississippi John Hurt, Terry Allen, Gillian Welch, Buck 65, Richie Havens, Magnetic Fields, Pavement, George Sibanda, Leonard Cohen, Prince, Beatles, Hank Williams, John Prine, Sheds, Clark Wheeler, Franklin Bruno, Will Johnson, anticon, Ween, Simon & Garfunkel, gardening, camping, tea, ladies, friends.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....Lightbox demonstration video, October, 2008.
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