Resophonic guitarist, Matt
Leadbetter, is one of the top musicians on the circuit today.
Being around music at an early age he started playing at the age of 8 years old. Matt is a self taught
player who has learned much of his playing from long hours
of listening and studying other resonator guitarist and lap
steel players—both on
record and in person. Traveling the road with his father
Phil Leadbetter, Matt had the opportunity to be around some
of the top musicians in the world. Matt made many
friends while hanging backstage at many of these events
and was also able to take advantage of many offers from
groups who asked him to join them on stage.
Since early 2004,Matt has
been traveling all over the world. He landed his first gig
when
he became a member of the band Blue Moon Rising. Where not
only was he featured on the resonator guitar, but also a
harmony singer. As the year went on Matt got to meet Bell
Buckle Recording artist Valerie Smith where soon after he
joined her band Liberty Pike. His resonator guitar playing
and harmony vocals was a big part of this band and was also
featured on two recordings, "That's What Love
Can Do" and "Wash Away Your Troubles."
In spring 2006, Matt
started been touring with award winning Lonesome River Band,
where he spent close to two years traveling around the
country. You can hear a lot of Matt's resonator guitar work
on the cd "The Road With No End," which was on the charts
for several months for the cd and the song "Lonesome Won't
Get the Best of Me."
Matt started off the year
where in 2008 he joined multiple Grammy award winning Marty
Rayson and Full Circle. Here Matt expanded his reso playing
in both bluegrass and country circuits. Matt is featured on
the upcoming cd "This, That and the Other."
As 2009 comes around,
Matt has a busy year ahead of him, doing a lot of fill in
and session work along with many resonator workshops to
promote his Matt Leadbetter's Signature Series resos. Be
sure to keep up with his schedule to catch his resophonic
guitar and lap steel work.
Matt endorses Rayco, Gibson Guitars, Gold Tone lap steels,
Poffmaker straps, Cedar Creek Cases and GHS Strings.
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