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Matt Gandurski

Amigo, lay them raises down

About Me

Howdy, folks. Hope you dig the music. I'm on sort of a hiatus from the solo stuff currently to focus on playing guitar with the Northside Southpaws, Majors Junction, and the Lawrence Peters Outfit, (all in my top friends) but I still book a few solo gigs here and there. And of course, I'm always writing. I am also available as a hired gun to those seeking a guitar player, and to those seeking guitar lessons. I'm currently on staff as a guitar teacher at the Beverly Arts Center on Chicago's south side. For samples of my guitar work check out Katmandu Grits (uh...also in my top friends)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/1/2005
Band Website: northsidesouthpaws.com
Band Members:
Influences: john prine, hank williams, tom waits, adam carroll, roy acuff,bob dylan, johnny cash, maynard keenan, townes van zandt, matt meinert, gram parsons, slaid cleaves, shel silverstein, split lip rayfield, kelly joe phelps, steve earle, richard buckner, ray lamontagne, , beck, wilco, ben folds, stag beer, paul simon, damien jurado, woody guthrie, nick drake, paco de lucia, rufus wainwright, mississippi john hurt, willie nelson, john fahey, todd snider, cat stevens, blind blake, leonard cohen, david allen coe, radiohead, bob marley, wes montgomery, flaming lips, soul coughing, bill and charlie monroe, , iron and wine, robert earl keen, the carter family, elliot smith, skip james, blind boy fuller, the mississippi mud steppers, too many more to name
Sounds Like:
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Northside Southpaws "Stomp Glide Wobble" on cdbaby.com

Howdy do, good folks. Thought I'd just let everyone know that The Northside Southpaws, my left-handed, reso-phonic, guitar/ mandolin duo with John Hasbrouck has released our debut full-length album "...
Posted by Matt Gandurski on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:57:00 PST

matt gandurski on chicago acoustic underground

Tune in here: http://www.chicagoacoustic.net/ for The Chicago Acoustic Underground,  host Michael Teach's weekly Chicago podcast showcasing local and touring singer/ songwriters in the Chicago ar...
Posted by Matt Gandurski on Wed, 16 May 2007 10:02:00 PST

john prine interview on pri

you are hereby required to listen to these in their entirety...... Protest Songs     ......segment from part 1   http://www.amroutes.com/ram/AR_0639JPrine2.ram .. .
Posted by Matt Gandurski on Tue, 08 May 2007 07:01:00 PST

R.I.P. Kirk Rundstrom

With a heavy heart I regret to inform those who haven't heard yet that Kirk Rundstrom, frontman for Split Lip Rayfield, Scroat Belly, and several solo projects lost his battle with cancer yesterday. T...
Posted by Matt Gandurski on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:28:00 PST

saints and wizards

a couple new pieces of news as I fight off yet another cold this winter season. one, the valentine's day open mic at the mercury cafe. we are going with the "fuck valentines day" theme for obvious re...
Posted by Matt Gandurski on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:35:00 PST

the northside southpaws

i am proud to announce the first in what i hope to be a series of collaborations involving yours truly on guitar. the "northside southpaws" is a unique duet with myself and my teacher and fellow left ...
Posted by Matt Gandurski on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 05:54:00 PST

pickers? ......anyone?.........

i'm putting out an open call to all amateur pickers to get together. this includes (but is not limited to) mandolin, guitar, bass (standup, electric, or washtub), dobro, pedal steel, lap steel, bottle...
Posted by Matt Gandurski on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 08:39:00 PST

mercury cafe open mic

i am now hosting an open mic at the mercury cafe, 1505 W. chicago ave. it will be every other wednesday from 6:30 ish to 9 o'clock,  the next being nov 1. you can link the the current open mic pa...
Posted by Matt Gandurski on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:38:00 PST

ep release & other news

so it's finally happened. i am officially announcing the release of my self titled ep. first some thank you's: john hasbrouck for recording, engineering, editing, and appearing twice, playing slide on...
Posted by Matt Gandurski on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:11:00 PST

Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me.............

........Sometimes I can't even see the reason why.  I guess I'll keep a gamblin, lots of booze and lots of ramblin. It's easier than just a waitin' around to die. Those (according to him,) are th...
Posted by Matt Gandurski on Sun, 28 May 2006 10:55:00 PST