This is from the MoRhythm show this past Saturday night with special guest Hasan on cura (a small Turkish lute-like instrument pronounced jura). (The input levels for the recording were a little too hot but this was such a fun version I just had to post it)

She's Fresh Exciting - Cool and the Gang cover

I wrote the chorus to this song as we were approaching my in-law's in Michigan last summer (2014). I actually spoke the words into my phone and retrieved them after we got home a couple weeks later and wrote the rest of the song then. One take straight through on 3 tracks recording simultaneously with a looper and effects pedals.

The Road

This one came outta the blue for me. I got a banjitar (banjo strung and tuned like a standard guitar) a couple weeks ago and have written a few songs on it since. This tune was haunting and brought up a lot of memories from the years my family lived in West virginia when I was a teen. I think I was channeling Pete Seeger on this one. It's definitely heavier than most of my songs. I hope it haunts you too!

Nobody Knows. Why?

Duct Tape

This is for all the people silently suffering day-by-day and those who love them.

Dark Of Night

I wrote this song on 4/22/2015 about a beloved camping spot outside of Blue Ridge GA. 

Mountain Stream

Live recording from our show at the Moonshadow Tavern in Tucker, GA on Jan. 26, 2017. Ol' Matt Donald's Farm. E-i-e-i-oh-yeah!

Live

Where It Began 1.26.17 - 1:28:17, 10.22 AM

Another live recording of Ol' Matt Donald's Farm at the Moonshadow Tavern in Tucker, GA, 1/26/27. 
Note: I sang the lyrics wrong on the 3rd line of the 1st verse. I sang "lost a shoe or 2..." and it's supposed to be "lost a bag or 2...". Still a good version otherwise.

Jack's River 1.26.17 - 1:29:17, 2.37 PM

Also live at the Moonshadow Tavern in Tucker, GA, 1/26/17. Written by my 7 year old (at the time) and I in 2014 about a trip to the beach in Florida.

Sunrise 1.26.17

Live at the Moonshadow Tavern in Tucker, GA, 1/26/17. Written on my birthday in the woods after a friend blew out a sandal. They said, "I bet you don't have a song about Duct Tape!" I said, "give me about 5-10 minutes!" All of the verses are true. :)

Rhythm Matt

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