Biography
Mike Mattison and Paul Olsen‚ cofounders and leaders of the five-piece band Scrapomatic‚ who recently released Sidewalk Caesars on Landslide Records, are brave and loyal proponents of contemporary blues. Loyal‚ because each in his own way brings an authentic love for the music as a means of genuine personal expression. Brave‚ because the very assumption of dedication to the blues is a heavy responsibility in itself.
In these separate conversations‚ each of these two men‚ in his own understated good-natured way‚ revealed their respective insights into the process of making music as individuals as well as part of the group‚ live and in the recording studio. As befits their devotion to their muse and their music‚ Mattison and Olsen said less about themselves than about each other and their musical comrades. Both men are clearly more interested in discussing what they've achieved so far and where their ambition might take them in the future…
Read the Full Seperate Conversations Here: Paul Olsen and Mike Mattison of Scrapomatic
Mike Mattison
Mike Mattison (born December 14, 1969) is an American musician and vocalist of the Grammy Award-winning blues rock/soul group, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, as well as lead vocalist and co-founder of the blues rock trio Scrapomatic. Mattison's vocal sound has been described as "strong," with an "expressive blues voice". As lead vocalist of Scrapomatic, he picked up a nomination for Minnesota Music Awards best male vocalist, and both he and co-founder Paul Olsen were also nominated for best R&B Group. Mattison was previously the lead vocalist of the Grammy Award-winning Derek Trucks Band and has been a main songwriter of all three bands. He is also an active essayist who publishes on music and poetry. Since 2013 Mattison and Ernest Suarez have edited “Hot Rocks: Songs and Verse,” an ongoing feature in Five Points: A Journal of Literature and Art. He serves on the Council of the Association of Literary Critics, Scholars, and Writers.
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