It was a fantastic, surprising song and it took a few more years to write something as good.” It has a strong melody and a catchy chorus. “It was the first song people were impressed by. At 23, he released his first single, Sarah, a song he’d composed five years earlier. First came an interest in funk music and then composition. Matthews' interest in music developed step-by-step. If I didn’t want to practice, he didn’t rag on me. “I’m grateful he let my interest grow naturally. When he stopped to drink some beer, I stopped to drink from a juice box.”Īlthough Matthews Senior was an in-demand musician playing clubs, festivals, halls and open mic nights, he also paid the bills teaching music. But at a family reunion when my dad went up to play on stage, I went up with him and played my guitar. “I didn’t think much about it at the time. A short while later, Matthews received his first instrument, a little red Stratocaster electric guitar. When Matthews was seven years old, his father took him to see Ian Tyson perform. lang and a much in-demand musician, music always flourished in the home. Born the son of Gordie Matthews, a past guitar player to k.d. “But the year I graduated, I played at the Edmonton Folk Festival and realized I didn’t want to do that,” Matthews said. Attempting to find a niche in life, Matthews enrolled in NAIT’s geoscience program. He also played hockey for several years until he threw his back out and took up rock climbing with a ferocious passion. And if you wanted to stop and buy something, you could step away and there was pretty much anything off the trail,” said Matthews. And when I got older, I was into longboarding on the paths. “I remember being a kid and biking as long and as far as I could. Some of his fondest memories are entwined around the Red Willow Trail System. Raised in the city, Matthews graduated from St. But it’s done in such a casual way, it’s easy to imagine him sitting around a campfire with family and friends strumming a guitar and crooning tunes. The album unearths the people, places and events important in his life.
The hometown boy, who recently moved to Vancouver six weeks ago, just released Dreamer’s Son, an 11-track recording boasting mainly original material as well as two covers. Written prior to the pandemic, his versatile songs cover the gamut of romance and loss, dreams and reality, humour and sadness, and to a degree, nostalgia. However, with indie folk musicians pushing their mojo into the spotlight, there’s increased interest in the genre.įolk alternative musician Travis Matthews, 27, has worked his craft for more than a decade and is set to debut his first album at the Arden Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 23. There must be a lesson for all of us in here somewhere.Folk music hasn’t always been at the forefront of music industry honchos. In both Clapton's autobiography and Pattie Boyd's book, this affair is a glimpse into the incredible life these people lived in the fabulous rock years of the sixties and seventies. Though there is much more to this tangled web, Clapton seems to admit that much of Pattie's allure for him was more about her being George's wife than his single-minded obsession. While it seemed that Clapton had everything he had ever wanted, he was sinking into the depths of alcoholism and addiction.
In 1979, he and Pattie finally married, with Harrison present as an invited guest. Pattie began traveling with Clapton as he began touring the U.S. But his memberships in Blind Faith, Delaney and Bonnie, and Friends, and Derek and the Dominoes were also fleeting despite producing some of the most timeless songs in rock history.Īll of his weaknesses rose to the top when he convinced Pattie Boyd to leave George Harrison and live with him in 1974. His fantastic talent as a young guitarist made him a cult favorite in the British nightclub scene until the entire world discovered him as a superstar in his first band, the short-lived, Cream. His primary consolation came from playing the guitar. He'd been born illegitimately, complicating his relationship with his birth mother. Eric Clapton's early childhood was difficult.
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