Matt Smith

Putnam Place, 63a Putnam Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

October 10, 2019 9:00 pm - October 11, 2019 12:00 am Putnam Place, 63a Putnam Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Doors: 8:00pm
Show: 9:00pm

Ages: 18+ (note: there is a $5 surcharge for attendees under 21)

Tickets: $10

 

Long-time Capital District musician Matt Smith returns to the area for a week of concerts and workshops celebrating the imminent release of 4 new albums, as well as the re-release of 10 previously-released albums digitally, some for the first time.  Matt grew up in Clifton Park and resided here until 1994.  Matt left the Capital District in 1994, first relocating to NYC for 15 years, then to Austin Texas, where he’s been for the last 10.

Matt is now the executive director of 6 Sting Ranch in Austin, as well as the 4 String Ranch.  He also hosts the all-Spanish language guitar lesson channel on YouTube, Ranch de las Seis Cuerdas.  

Matt’s Putnam Place performances, reunite him with his former bandmates: Tony Perrino (keys), Chris Peck (bass), Pete Sweeney (drums), Brian Melick (percussion) and Charlie Tokarz (woodwinds), all of whom are top-notch musicians.  Each performance will feature a set by the Matt Smith Band as well as a Capital District all-star jam session.

Matt Smith’s new album “Matt Smith’s World Live at the Saxon Pub”, is an incendiary live set from a six-piece band consisting of some of Austin’s finest musicians, recorded during a 2011 residency.  The next album “Chop Shop: Live at Strange Brew” features a trio including “the bass whisperer” Ed Freidland, currently with The Mavericks and Bryan Austin on drums, who regularly performs with David Grissom.

The 3rd album is an all-acoustic instrumental fingerstyle set entitled “Parlor”, featuring an 1890’s Thompson and Odell parlor-size guitar that was passed down through 4 generations of Matt’s family.  One man, one guitar, one take.
 
The 4th album is a “Being Human” the sharp often witty observations of a 60 year old man and lifelong musicians view of the world and himself.
 
Other albums out now or in the process of being released are:

Matt Smith Band 1988
Whisper to a scream 1990
Tanqueray Live at the Ritz 1990
Delta Radio 1994
Black and White 1994
Chop Shop 1997
What I feel for you 1998
Free Beer And Chicken 2002
Big Fun 2004
Matt Smith’s World 2011

 

Band Website: www.mattsmithsworld.net