Matt Hill concerts Tour 2024-2025

Biography

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 more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.