Sara and Matt playing an all stripped, acoustic cover of the Delbert McClinton old tune. 

Sar Gee: Vocals, Rhythm Guitar 
Mateo "Ramblin Matt" Garcia: Dobro Resonator

Since you been gone I've had time to myself 
Haven't even tried to find somebody else 
When you told me you were leavin' it almost came as good news 
It may sound funny but it's true 
I think I'm better off with the blues 

Now I must admit that I miss you sometimes 
Not a day goes by that you don't cross my mind 
But at the same time I think of all the hell you put me through 
Yeah, it's the lesser of two evils 
I think I'm better off with the blues 

I know some day I'll wake up and this blues will be gone 
I'll forget about you and how everything went wrong 
But if you hadda stayed I'd be dead in my tracks 
Now, I still love you, baby, but I don't want you back 

Tonight I'm gonna go down to the sad side of town 
Listen to 'em play the blues when the sun goes down 
And I know just what to say when someone asks about you 

I'll say, yeah, we had our good times 
But I think I'm better off with the blues 
Yeah, if I had to say, 
I say I'm better off with the blues

from The Heroin Dress (Valencia / London 2013), released October 1, 2013 
Music and Lyrics by Delbert McClinton

Better Off With The Blues (Sara Gee & Ramblin Matt)

RAMBLIN' MATT was born in 1966 in Valencia, Spain and he has been involved in bands and performing since the early eighties. Right now is one half of the upcoming band based in Dénia (Alicante) Sara Gee & Ramblin Matt, with three albums since 2013 along her partner in life Sara Gee. Matt is a composer, arranger, guitar and slide player and singer and his first bands were rockabilly outfits in a time when only few dared to play these type of music in Spain, with bands like The Dalton Brothers and Ruzafa's Incorregibles. He formed Blackmailers with soul brother and gifted guitar player Silver Borras in 1998 after returning of living in the US for five years (Chicago, LA, Austin). Between 2006 and 2013 he has been a performing musician in London with his Vintage Rockabilly trio Los Jailbreakers, as a solitary act or with The Ramblin Matt Trio. He returned to Spain in mid 2013 when he meet Sara in a gig in Valencia and decided to stay for good after a tenure of over nearly 20 years away from his land of origin.

Matt writes his own material and also plays bold and faithful to the original arrangements of country & delta blues classics from the likes of Robert Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy, Skip James, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Rev. Gary Davis, and Mississippi Fred McDowell among others featuring most of the times only lead vocals and guitar, played with or without slide.