2007
April 2007
Thursday 5 April 2007
Thu 5 Apr. Steinhardt Building, 35 West 67th Street, New York, 10023. Gregor Ehrlich, 212-601-1000, gehrlich@92ndsty.org. Makor - [events]
Featuring Mike Mattison (Lead Vocalist of the Derek Trucks Band) Emboldened with fresh takes on both urban and country blues, and sparked by spirited, provocative original material, Scrapomatic arrives with a convincing array of raw, outspoken and emotional tracks. Hailing from Minneapolis/St. Paul, and schooled individually in jazz, roots and blues music, Mike Mattison and Paul Olsen began playing together in the mid-1990s. After being recognized with Minnesota Music Award nominations, the duo decamped to Brooklyn, and have since stomped their way through nearly every venue in the metropolitan New York area, including Carnegie Hall. Mike Mattison joined The Derek Trucks Band in 2002 as its lead singer, and performs 125 dates annually with the renowned gu