I’ve gone on record saying Matthew knew how to write and I’ll stand by that statement. You can keep your Moses and Ezekiel and the rest of the evangelists. David wrote some beautiful poetry and you’d be a fool to dispute it. But it was Matthew who said, quoting Jesus, “Man cannot live by bread alone.” If somebody gave me a big enough loaf and put me in the corner of this room I think I could last at least a year listening to these guys play.
Chet Atkins, Leo Kottke and Doc Watson – Last Steam Engine Train
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New album "Observations" available now. A veteran of NYC’s underground music scene, Mike Power played on the stages of such beloved lost venues as CBGB’s and Kenny’s Castaways, as well as stalwart surviving ones like Arlene’s Grocery and the Bitter End as singer/songwriter/bassist with Late Model Humans. In 2020, quarantining from the global pandemic he worked remotely with other artists to record a collection of new music called Observations, that infuses his punk roots with introspective acoustic pieces. View more posts
