- Matthew Morgan (musician)
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Matthew Morgan of The Lackies
Matthew Morgan is a music producer, engineer, and composer. As well as being a multi- instrumentalist, he has produced, performed, and engineered with Grammy winning artists. Growing up in a musical home with a multi-instrumentalist father and songwriter for a Nashville music publishing company, Matt has been around music his entire life. He first picked up the trumpet in 5th grade but soon learned he had a passion for many instruments, playing guitar and bass through high-school and attending South Carolina’s prestigious Fine Arts Center. Soon after high-school Matt began touring the country with a variety of bands including award-winning Seconds Flat and The Lackies. After seeing the States, Matt decided to try his hand at sound-design for films and theatre in New York with Marc Gwinn (Drama Desk nominee). Deciding that the creation of music was where his true passion was Matt moved back to Greenville, SC to start up his own commercial recording studio. Being proficient on guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo, piano, dobro, Ukulele, harmonica, drums, auxiliary percussion and vocals Matt began producing records and performing on various projects including Grammy winning Yonrico Scott’s latest studio album, Whitney Walters, Melle Augustine, Charles Hedgepath, and his own band Red Against Green. Through Matt’s career he’s had the pleasure to share the stage with such artists as Grammy winner Christian Bush from Sugarland, Jucifer, The Old 97’s Marshall Tucker Band and Sara Evans. He is currently the head engineer and musical producer at Sit-N-Spin Recording Studios[1].
For the 2005 New Year, The Lackies performed live on WROQ 101.1 (GA, NC, SC, TN).
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Influences
Morgan's influences include the Beatles, Radiohead and Weezer.[2]
Member of Bands
- The Lackies - Guitar/Vocals
- Red Against Green
- The Black Lungs - Guitar/Drums[3]
Family
Morgan's brother Davey Morgan is a children's book illustrator in Greenville, SC. Morgan's father, David R. Morgan Sr. was a member of the Carolina Tikis,[4] Romans V and The Britons which opened for the Beach Boys, Dave Clark Five, and The Monkees.
Awards
- 2nd Best Instrumentalist - Upstate Music Awards
Discography
Year Artist Album Role 1998 Big Brown Bowl Just Like You Left Us Writer/Guitar/Vocals 1999 Jef Chandler Talking Out The Fire Producer/Writer/Guitar/Bass 2001 The Lackies Itch Producer/Writer/Guitar/Vocals 2004 Jef Chandler Everything Good Is On The Highway Guitar 2004 True Blues[5] Past Due Engineer 2005 The Black Lungs Empty Out Your Ashtrays Producer/Engineer/Writer/Guitar/Vocals 2005 Eric Kilgore Graced Co-producer/Engineer/Guitar/Bass/Percussion 2006 Rodney Stokes[6] Colorless World Producer/Engineer/Guitar/Bass/Keys/Mandolin/Drums 2007 Melle Augustine[7] Stockholm Syndrome Producer/Engineer/Writer/Guitar/Dobro/Bass/Vocals 2007 Mandi Leachman[8] Breakthrough Producer/Engineer/Writer/Guitar/Bass/Keys/Percussion/Vocals 2008 Red Against Green[9] Someone Else Producer/Engineer/Writer/Guitar/Bass/Keys/Vocals 2008 Charles Hedgepath[10] Instruments Of Peace Engineer 2008 Jef Chandler Account Engineer/Guitar/Vocals/Keys 2009 Hillbilly Death Squad Hillbilly Gihad Producer/Engineer/Writer/Guitar/Vocals 2009 King Dixon First Take Engineer/Guitar/Drums 2009 David Sims Fences Producer/Engineer/Guitar/Banjo 2009 Charles Hedgepath We Three Kings Engineer 2010 Mandi Leachman[11] Risk It All Producer/Engineer/Writer/Guitar/Bass 2010 Whitney Walters[12] Full Circle Producer/Engineer/Guitar/Bass/Trumpet 2010 JoJo Taterhead Revival[13] We'll All Be Dancing Alone Engineer 2010 Live From Smiley's Cafe DVD[14] Music Of The Upstate Theme music/Producer/Engineer/Composer 2010 Mac Hobbs[15] The Social Contracts Producer/Engineer/Guitar/Drums 2010 The Note Ropers A Shot Of Honkabilly Producer/Engineer 2010 East North[16] East North Engineer 2010 Whiskey Mountain Machine[17] Battlecry Engineer 2010 Perry Major[18] Perry Major Producer/Engineer/Guitar/Bass/Drums/Mandolin/Classical References
- ^ www.sitnspinstudios.com
- ^ The Lackies' Official Site
- ^ MetroBeat - "Laugh 'Til You Cry"
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/trueblues2
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/rodneystokes
- ^ www.myspace.com/melleaugustine/photos
- ^ www.cdbaby.com/mandileachman
- ^ http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Red-Against-Green/18890384050
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/charleshedgepath
- ^ http://www.showcaseyourmusic.com/Mandileachman
- ^ http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/WhitneyWalters#
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/jojotaterheadrevival
- ^ http://www.smileysacousticcafe.com/
- ^ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mac-Hobbs-and-The-Social-Contracts/118733851488080
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/eastnorthband
- ^ http://greenville.metromix.com/music/article/q-and-a-keith/2009911/content
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/perrymajormusic
External links
Categories:- Living people
- People from Greenville, South Carolina
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