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Ol' Yeller

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About Me

In 1981 Rich Mattson wrote his first song. It was such a great time that he still does it today. In 2000 he started Ol' Yeller after dismantling the Glenrustles (Minneapolis, 1988-1999). Ol' Yeller plays at clubs and stranger places. They record and release their own albums. Their recordings are lush and pretty and soaking with buttery guitars. Live, they rock like there is no tomorrow. Ol' Yeller cd's are available online. Go to: CD Baby to get the latest album, GOOD LUCK. This is Ol' Yeller's 5th album. Our albums are also available on iTunes. Click HERE and download away. For the rest of the story, go HERE .
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/8/2005
Band Website: olyellerband.com
Band Members: Rich Mattson , vocals and guitars Ryan Otte , drums Greg McAloon, bass Andy Schultz , guitar and vocals plus extended family; Andy Deckart, drums Keely Lane, drums Dale Kallman, bass and vocals
Influences: The Byrds, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Tom Petty, The Who, The Cars, vintage REM, vintage U2, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, The Clash, The Church, Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Replacements, Link Wray, Waylon Jennings, Black Sabbath, MC5, the Stooges, Willie Nelson, John Lennon, The Jayhawks, Buddy Holly, Flamin' Oh's, Bo Diddley, Psychedelic Furs, 13th Floor Elevators, AC/DC, Big Star, Buffalo Springfield, Doug Sahm, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, James Gang, Johnny Cash, The Kinks, Van Halen, Kris Kristofferson, John Denver, Les Paul, Velvet Underground, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Harry Nilsson, The Jam, Meat Puppets, The Partridge Family, Electric Light Orchestra, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Pretenders, Roy Orbison, Ted Nugent, Lyres, ZZ Top, mamas, papas, brothers, sisters, wives, lovers, teachers, potheads, drunkards, inflation, night-time, jobs, whores, junkies, dipshits, tweakers, food, war, peace, freaks in general, trees, analog recording tape, clouds, rivers, kids, and love.
Sounds Like: jangle of the byrds, crunch of neil young, rhythms of tom petty, stature of johnny cash, moves of bo diddley, vocals of yeller.
Record Label: SMA Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Rich's album

I made a solo record, it is called "Inspiral Notebooks". I had a lot of free time this winter, and since it was free, I used my studio to put together 14 songs. Some of the songs had been collecting d...
Posted by Ol' Yeller on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:22:00 PST

Folk Tour--November 1-14

Baby Grant Johnson and I, Rich Mattson are going on folk tour under the moniker, The Bitter Spills. Check out our myspace: myspace.com/bitterspills for information on show dates, stuff we recorded (we...
Posted by Ol' Yeller on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:57:00 PST

MMA award winners

Well, Ol' Yeller was nominated for 2 awards (rock group and rock album) and I was nominated for one (producer of the year) by the Minnesota Music Academy. The awards ceremony took place once again at ...
Posted by Ol' Yeller on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:39:00 PST

Americana UK review...

Rootsy American rock and rollDo you like your rock a little rootsy? A little loud, plenty of guitars, but keeping the melodies and still being able to hear the vocals? Are Stewboss ok, but really you ...
Posted by Ol' Yeller on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:46:00 PST

Good Luck

Yo the new Ol' Yeller album "Good Luck" is set to drop Tuesday June 14. How's that for hip? Eh?
Posted by Ol' Yeller on Tue, 16 May 2006 11:11:00 PST

Some more songs

I put up some new tunes on here tonight, for fun I thought I'd put up all unreleased Ol' Yeller stuff. The songs "Jean Jacket Weather" and "Country Hilt" were recorded over the past couple years and h...
Posted by Ol' Yeller on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 01:22:00 PST

Happy trails, Keely Lane

Last Saturday, March 4 2006 was Keely Lane's last show with Ol' Yeller. Well, I like to say the door is always open but we'll have a new drummer real soon.  Now 6 years later he is finally pursui...
Posted by Ol' Yeller on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:48:00 PST

Another album? Yes.

Yeah, it has been a long time since Ol' Yeller has done any blah-ging, but it's been so dern nice out there I can't sit at the confuser for a very long time..BURNING DAYLIGHT! Anyway it's nice and coo...
Posted by Ol' Yeller on Mon, 29 Aug 2005 01:39:00 PST

Duluth

We have been having some great times lately up in Duluth. Last night was awesome and there was noplace I'd-a rather been on my 38th birthday. Let me tell you kiddies, it only gets better. It only gets...
Posted by Ol' Yeller on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

cock rock

I got called a "cock-rocker" in Milwaukee. Is that like Bon Jovi or something? Cool.
Posted by Ol' Yeller on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST