{"id":990,"date":"2007-09-24T20:38:48","date_gmt":"2007-09-25T00:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=990"},"modified":"2007-09-24T20:38:48","modified_gmt":"2007-09-25T00:38:48","slug":"i-was-dialing-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/i-was-dialing-a\/","title":{"rendered":"attn: jeff buckley fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/09\/24\/scott_matthews_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Scott_matthews_1\" alt=\"Scott_matthews_1\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/09\/24\/scott_matthews_1.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>I was dialing around the radio this weekend and heard this haunting voice on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.93.9fmradio.com\/section\/view\/wces\/226\/\">93.9 The River<\/a> and thought it was worth sharing. <\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/49FqiJb9B3U\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>A review reads, &quot;Having not released this, his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Passing-Stranger-Scott-Matthews\/dp\/B000UZ4G7I\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/002-6055131-9068831?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1190688337&amp;sr=1-1\">debut solo album<\/a>, until the relatively advanced age of 30, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/scottmatthewsmusic\">Scott Matthews<\/a> has had plenty of time to absorb a whole raft of influences, and he\u2019s acquired some interesting ones. Essentially a blues-based singer-songwriter with a penchant for the late Sixties, together with the more-or-less-expected bits of folk and rock.&nbsp; Matthews\u2019 vocals, indebted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeffbuckley.com\/bio.asp\">Jeff Buckley<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nickdrake.com\/albums.html\">Nick Drake<\/a>, are also a little too mannered on occasion. But he\u2019s produced something a little left field, a little different, and it makes for an interesting listen.&quot; -Jeremy Searle<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"COLOR: #3333ff\"><strong><span style=\"color: #990033;\">Want to discover more <\/span><\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/music_to_groove_to\/index.html\"><span style=\"COLOR: #3333ff\"><strong><span style=\"color: #990033;\">music to groove to<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"COLOR: #3333ff\"><strong><span style=\"color: #990033;\">?&nbsp; <\/span><\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2007\/05\/get_catching_fi.html\"><span style=\"COLOR: #3333ff\"><strong><span style=\"color: #990033;\">Sign up<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"COLOR: #3333ff\"><strong><span style=\"color: #990033;\"> to receive other hip postings like these in your inbox.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/i-was-dialing-a\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/i-was-dialing-a\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was dialing around the radio this weekend and heard this haunting voice on 93.9 The River and thought it was worth sharing. A review reads, &quot;Having not released this, his debut solo album, until the relatively advanced age of 30, Scott Matthews has had plenty of time to absorb a whole raft of influences, and he\u2019s acquired some interesting ones. Essentially a blues-based singer-songwriter with a penchant for the late Sixties, together with the more-or-less-expected bits of folk and rock.&nbsp; Matthews\u2019 vocals, indebted to Jeff Buckley and Nick Drake, are also a little too mannered on occasion. 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