Matt Walsh & Friends

Join us at Lumac Rooftop Bar for our “& Friends” Concert Series each Thursday, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EDT as we showcase the very best regionally and nationally touring musicians. Each month our guest artist will perform two consecutive Thursdays, inviting different musicians to join them each week for a new music experience for every show. No cover charge!

Matt Walsh is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, filmmaker and actor from Statesville, NC who performs 200 plus shows a year either solo or with his rhythm section, The Movers. His albums Life After Rock N Roll (2017 Full Bloom Records) and The Midnight Strain (2018 Full Bloom Records) have been hailed by music publications and played on radio stations in the US, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Australia. Matt’s sound is a clever blend of numerous styles of the music that have influenced him since his youth – early electric and country Blues, Rock N Roll, Rockabilly, Soul, R&B, Country, Bluegrass, Jazz and Psychedelia. His focus on making all original music by combining the influences that inspired him, along with his own ideas, have produced an exciting blend of many genres without rules or limitations.

His exposure to music first came from his mother through her love of Motown. When Matt was 9 years old, she took him to a Prince concert and afterwards, he knew he wanted to be a musician. His musical education began with his late uncle who turned him onto a record collection that included early 1950’s electric Blues and 1960’s Rock which inspired Matt to play guitar. When he was 13, Matt got a knock off electric guitar for $25 at a flea market and set out to learn the instrument. He furthered his musical education when he began absorbing the music on old record labels, notably Chess, Sun and Stax .

Less than a decade later, he began performing in clubs and in the years to follow, he established himself as a highly regarded musician in the Blues world with his first release, Hard Luck (2007), as one of the few artists in the genre capable of writing relevant original material without relying on any cover songs from the past. The album got rave reviews in multiple music publications, radio play on stations around the world and a featured spot on XM 74 Satellite Radio as a ‘Pick to Click’. Around this time Matt joined Bob Margolin (guitarist for Muddy Waters 1973-1980) and performed with some of his heroes, legendary artists like Howlin’ Wolf’s guitarist Hubert Sumlin and members of Muddy Water’s band, Pinetop Perkins and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith.

*Note: Bad weather could result in postponement of the show. If it’s raining, check with the venue prior to visit.