{"id":26451,"date":"2020-02-01T00:31:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T23:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/?p=26451"},"modified":"2020-02-01T13:16:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T12:16:49","slug":"matt-patershuk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/2020\/02\/matt-patershuk\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Patershuk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-26452\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/matt-patershuk-if-wishes-were-horses-200x200.jpg?resize=200%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/matt-patershuk-if-wishes-were-horses.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/matt-patershuk-if-wishes-were-horses.jpg?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/matt-patershuk-if-wishes-were-horses.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The Blues Don\u2019t Bother Me<\/em> verklaart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattpatershuk.com\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Patershuk<\/a> onmiddellijk op zijn nieuwe album <strong>If Wishes Were Horses<\/strong> (Black Hen Music). Maar hij speelt het wel, zo af en toe tenminste. Want de Canadees pin je niet zomaar vast op een stijl. Na die blues klinkt namelijk country op <em>Ernest Tubb Had Fuzzy Slippers<\/em>. Grappige titel over een ruzie die de Texas troubadour ooit had met de baas van de Grand Ole Opry. In <em>Velvet Bulldoze<\/em>r voert Patershuk Albert King op. Die kon zijn gitaar laten zingen, zo horen we. Zelf heeft de singer-songwriter zich ook verzekerd van <!--more-->uitstekende begeleiders. Producer Steve Dawson is op allerlei snarenspul zeer aanwezig. Verder zijn er enkele cameo\u2019s van oude rot Charlie McCoy op mondharmonica. <em>Let\u2019s Give This Bottle A Black Eye<\/em> is honky tonk met een glanzende steelgitaar en zo lopen de nummers uiteen van cowboysongs naar walsjes naar met soul ge\u00efnjecteerde blues. Vier instrumentale intermezzo\u2019s zijn vooral het terrein van Dawson. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-26453\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/matt-patershuk-same-as-i-ever-have-been-200x200.jpg?resize=200%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/matt-patershuk-same-as-i-ever-have-been.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/matt-patershuk-same-as-i-ever-have-been.jpg?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/matt-patershuk-same-as-i-ever-have-been.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>In 2017 bespraken we <strong>Same As I Ever Have Been<\/strong> (Black Hen Music) niet, maar de aantekeningen hebben we nog. Goed moment om daar nu alsnog even aandacht aan te schenken. Misschien nog iets mooier namelijk dat album. Ook toen gingen blueslicks over in een countrymelodie. In de notities bij dit album noteerden we de naam van Bo Ramsey. Niet omdat die meedeed, dat deed hij namelijk niet, maar omdat de praatzingende stijl van Patershuk daar meer dan eens aan deed denken. Ook de naam van Kris Kristofferson schreven we om die reden op. En bij <em>Cheap Guitar<\/em> noteerden we destijds dat het zich ophield ergens tussen Link Wray en Tony Joe White.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t3T9mtE6RAM\" width=\"440\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blues Don\u2019t Bother Me verklaart Matt Patershuk onmiddellijk op zijn nieuwe album If Wishes Were Horses (Black Hen Music). Maar hij speelt het wel, zo af en toe tenminste. Want de Canadees pin je niet zomaar vast op een stijl. Na die blues klinkt namelijk country op Ernest Tubb Had Fuzzy Slippers. 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