Matt Hill

There Are Three Artists Sharing The Name Matt Hill Whose Releases Are Mixed On This Lastfm Page 1 Matt Hill London And LA Based Producer And Film/tv Composer
2 Matt Hill Australia
3 Matt Hill North Carolina See Below Matt Hill Born June 17 1985 Is An American Electric Blues Singer Guitarist And Songwriter. To Date Hill Has Released Two Albums And He Has Also Gained A Reputation For His Energetic Live Performances. Hill Won A Blues Music Award In May 2011 In The Category Of 'Best New Artist Debut' For His First Album On The Floor. Hill Was Born In Rocky Mount North Carolina United States. Originally Inspired By His Uncle's Listening Choice Of Creedence Clearwater Revival Hill Had Learned To Play The Guitar By His Mid-Teens. 3 He Met The Drummer Chuck Cotton At A Local Blues Gig And Impressed By The Fact That Cotton Had Played Alongside Bob Margolin They Jointly Started A Band Which Ended Up Competing At The 2005 International Blues Challenge In Memphis Tennessee. After Playing In Another Couple Of Bands Hill Joined Margolin On Tour Which Saw Hill Meet Fellow Blues Musicians Including Carey Bell Hubert Sumlin Pinetop Perkins And Nappy Brown. Along With His Playing Experience Hill Slowly Nurtured A Raucous On-Stage Presence Partly Inspired By Howlin' Wolf Jerry Lee Lewis And Nappy Brown. Hill Commented "I've Been Obsessed With Jerry Lee Since I Was A Kid And When I Saw Nappy Brown Crawlin' Around Taking His Clothes Off Well I Thought This Is For Me!" Matt Hill's 2010 Debut Album Was Entitled On The Floor Partly Attributable To His Stage Antics. The Collection Produced By Margolin And Dave Gross Contained Eleven Hill Originals Amongst The 14 Tracks. AllMusic Noted That "Why The F*ck Do You Think I Cuss " Written By Margolin Had "Hill's Screaming Vocals And A Thick Twang-Heavy Bass Solo Make It The Album's Stand-Out Track". In May 2011 It Garnered Hill The 'Best New Artist Debut' Gong At The Blues Music Awards. Hill Was Later Nominated In Two Categories At The Blues Blast Awards In Chicago Illinois. In 2011 He Married The Singer Nikki Hill And They Relocated To St. Louis Missouri. His Follow-Up Album Tappin' That Thang Was Issued On May 29 2012. Months After The Release Of Tappin' That Thang Hill Began Playing Alongside His Wife And Singer Nikki Hill. In October 2014 Matt Hill And The Deep Fryed Two's Last Performance Was At The Daytona Blues Festival. In October And November That Same Year Hill Toured Western Europe With His Wife. “There Is Absolutely No Doubt That A Young North Carolina Hepcat Named Matt Hill Is Doing Just Exactly What He Was Cut Out To Do In His Life... And That’s Storm On Stage Grab His Small Danelectro Guitar Throw The Switch And Slam Some Of That Good Ol’ Down Home Devils Music The Blues And Rock ‘em On Down For All He’s Worth. This Greensboro-Based Blues Artist Is Not Only A Fierce Performer But Also Is One Of The Hottest Most Talked About And Most Overwhelming Stage Personalities There Is Any-Damn-Where. ... Hill Will Go Into His Ritualistic Finale Where He Pleads And Begs The Audience And Metamorphs Into His Ernest Angley Fire-And-Brimstone Floor Exercise Usually Pouncing Onto A Chair Or Table Or Will Low Crawl Along With His Guitar Moaning Winding Up In The Fetal Position While The Crowd Is Making A Hasty Decision On Whether To Flip Flop Or Fly And Look Around To See If Anyone Else Is Worried Too...” — Mike “the Nighthawk” Floyd Borderline read less