Mathews Family Tradition
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The MFT band: MFT is a quintet of talented musicians from the southern tier of NY State whose concerts and festival shows have won the hearts of bluegrass music lovers wherever they have performed. When you come to a MFT performance, you’ll be treating yourself to some of the best traditional and contemporary bluegrass music that the area has to offer.
MFT ingredients: One powerful lead vocal, a serving of heart pounding mandolin, a dollop of mind-numbing banjo, a pinch of family style harmonies, one hard driving flat top and a healthy portion of rock solid bass playing. Take all the ingredients and place them together on a hot stage, turn ‘em loose for 45 minutes, then lavish on the applause, and you’ll have given rise to a well-matched musical partnership called the Mathews Family Tradition.
MFT band members are:
ROY MATHEWS – Banjo. Roy is probably best known as the banjo man and harmony singer with the eclectic bluegrass band, the Diamondback Rattlers, a band that has performed for many years all over the northeast US and southern Ontario. Currently performing a limited schedule with the Rattlers, Roy now has time to enjoy being in a band with his kids – with their singing abilities and natural musical talents, Roy is just as proud of his sons as a father can be.
roy@mathewsfamilytradition.com
CALVIN MATHEWS – Lead vocals, rhythm guitar and m/c for the band. Cal has those exceptional qualities that few singers possess and he has really come into his own over the past couple of years – he is just as comfortable singing the traditional songs of the Flatt & Scruggs era as he is singing the modern songs of today’s popular bluegrass performers and he has that ability to draw the audience in to that special moment, place, time.
cal@mathewsfamilytradition.com
JASON MATHEWS – Mandolin, harmony vocals, and sound engineer for the band. Jason started to learn mandolin at the hands of his grandfather, Lee Mathews, some 20 or so years ago by starting with some of the fiddle tunes he heard his granddad play. Jay is a natural on mandolin – matter of fact, he’s unstoppable on that thing – and his harmony vocals blend so well with his brother that it reminds you of those great brother duets in bluegrass and country music of a few years ago.
jason@mathewsfamilytradition.com
JIM OSBORNE – Bass and vocals. Jim may have started out playing country music but several years ago he found his heart in bluegrass and when you hear him play, there's no doubting that. Jim does a very nice job with an occasional lead vocal and he very aptly provides that rock solid timing that a band needs to build their sound around – you know, that drive, that can’t-sit-still feeling.
DOUG TROTTER – Lead and rhythm guitar. Many of you may know Doug as the exciting flat picker and singer for several years in the Plexigrass bluegrass band. Doug’s guitar picking is featured right out front with the MFT band. Those hot guitar licks of his are guaranteed to sit you right back in your chair, make you smile, get your toes tapping and knock your socks off all at the same time.
MFT ingredients: One powerful lead vocal, a serving of heart pounding mandolin, a dollop of mind-numbing banjo, a pinch of family style harmonies, one hard driving flat top and a healthy portion of rock solid bass playing. Take all the ingredients and place them together on a hot stage, turn ‘em loose for 45 minutes, then lavish on the applause, and you’ll have given rise to a well-matched musical partnership called the Mathews Family Tradition.
MFT band members are:
ROY MATHEWS – Banjo. Roy is probably best known as the banjo man and harmony singer with the eclectic bluegrass band, the Diamondback Rattlers, a band that has performed for many years all over the northeast US and southern Ontario. Currently performing a limited schedule with the Rattlers, Roy now has time to enjoy being in a band with his kids – with their singing abilities and natural musical talents, Roy is just as proud of his sons as a father can be.
roy@mathewsfamilytradition.com
CALVIN MATHEWS – Lead vocals, rhythm guitar and m/c for the band. Cal has those exceptional qualities that few singers possess and he has really come into his own over the past couple of years – he is just as comfortable singing the traditional songs of the Flatt & Scruggs era as he is singing the modern songs of today’s popular bluegrass performers and he has that ability to draw the audience in to that special moment, place, time.
cal@mathewsfamilytradition.com
JASON MATHEWS – Mandolin, harmony vocals, and sound engineer for the band. Jason started to learn mandolin at the hands of his grandfather, Lee Mathews, some 20 or so years ago by starting with some of the fiddle tunes he heard his granddad play. Jay is a natural on mandolin – matter of fact, he’s unstoppable on that thing – and his harmony vocals blend so well with his brother that it reminds you of those great brother duets in bluegrass and country music of a few years ago.
jason@mathewsfamilytradition.com
JIM OSBORNE – Bass and vocals. Jim may have started out playing country music but several years ago he found his heart in bluegrass and when you hear him play, there's no doubting that. Jim does a very nice job with an occasional lead vocal and he very aptly provides that rock solid timing that a band needs to build their sound around – you know, that drive, that can’t-sit-still feeling.
DOUG TROTTER – Lead and rhythm guitar. Many of you may know Doug as the exciting flat picker and singer for several years in the Plexigrass bluegrass band. Doug’s guitar picking is featured right out front with the MFT band. Those hot guitar licks of his are guaranteed to sit you right back in your chair, make you smile, get your toes tapping and knock your socks off all at the same time.
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