American Twang, Country Fusion...Matt Poss (Passalacqua) puts his twist on Country music by...well let just say that if a banjo, electric and acoustic guitar, pedal steel, and mandolin all got married, this is the CDBaby they would make.

10 MP3 Songs
COUNTRY: Country Rock, COUNTRY: Bluegrass



Details:
In November 2005, Matt Poss was named winner in VH1âs Song of the Year
( http://www.songoftheyear.com/ ) songwriting contest. Song of the Year is an international songwriting contest supporting VH-1âs Save the Music Foundation. The Song of the Year judges are some of the biggest names in music including many Grammy Award winners. This tremendous achievement arrives for Matt Poss & The Wild Bunch just before 2006, a year in which the momentum for their sound will reach a record pitch. But where did it all beginâ¦and how in the world did they get here? Two wordsâ¦âFool Enoughâ!

In the winter of 2002, Matt Poss was busy singing lead and playing acoustic guitar in a side-project called Lower Broadway. It was an ultra-traditional country project that would heavily influence Mattâs songwriting as he prepared to record his debut album. Before Lower Broadway, Matt was primarily a rockabilly and bluegrass singer. Some of the songs that would end up on the debut CD were written long before 2003, but all previous attempts to create a cohesive album had always been derailed. Consequently, for the first time Matt allowed himself to freely indulge in his hardcore country leanings. The resulting fusion of styles became an album full of high-octane country and rockabilly stomps mixed in with a little bluegrass and one true-blue tear-in-your-beer ballad.

In the Spring of 2003 Matt finally pulled the trigger. âI was pushing thirty years old and had been writing songs my whole life and didnât really have anything to show for it,â Matt says. âMost entertainersâ careers are over by 29, but I was just beginning. So, I had the players, I had the songs, and I had a studio in mind. I just decided it was going to happenâ¦that was that.â âFool Enoughâ, was recorded at Private Studios, in Urbana, with Jonathan Pines at the controls.

When it came time to put together a band for the album Matt tapped Marty Williamson, one of Mattâs Lower Broadway mates, to play lead and rhythm guitars. âI had one of the best guitarists in the entire state of Illinois playing on my debut album,â Matt laughs. He also had the foundation of what would one-day become The Wild Bunch. Adding to this album are his equally impressive guitarist brother Larry Passalacqua, bassist brother Mike Passalacqua, and a father Larry Passalacqua Sr. pickin away on the banjo. You might say Matt has âsomeâ musical talent in his familyâ¦like you might say the Atlantic Ocean has âsomeâ water in it! To round things out, a host of other talented regional musicians complete this debut album.

The music on this CD paints a picture of Johnny, Waylon, whoever your favorite rock band is, all going on vacation to a Bluegrass festival! You gotta go too!