Matt Nathanson & Friends Cover The Boss

San Fran rock and roll animal Matt Nathanson is someone who I have never written about on SVB before, which is kind of wierd considering how much I like his music. I know that Heather is a fan, and so is Eric. Matt's new album Some Mad Hope is filled with one fucking great hit song after another. He's out-Frayed the Fray. And sure, I'll probably catch the same amount of crap for digging Matt as much as I like The Eagles (and yes, The Fray), but I'm not afraid to drop my indie-blog-poseurisms for a moment and confess on this one. Cause Matt ain't blog rock; he's Grey's Anatomy Rock tried and true. Skip out now if you feel the need to. I won't hold it against you. Really.

Full disclosure on this one is that I know Matt pretty well. I would tell him if he sucked but he doesn't. And I've been a fan since his early days as the last next Springsteen (who Matt absolutely idolizes). I'll also say he's one of the most fun, best live performers I've seen. Okay, so he doesn't have lots of costume changes or anything like that, but he can perform and relate to any size audience in a real entertaining way. Not only do you get a great musical performance when you go see Matt, you also get one of the best comedy performances you'll see in a long time.

Knowing Matt is a fan of The Boss it comes as no suprise that he would cover him. So, when Matt performed at The Troubadour last week he was joined onstage by David Immergluck & Charlie Gillingham of the Counting Crows for this version of a song about a place I used to go when I was a kid to see a lady rider on a horse jump off a pier in to the ocean. After this cover of "Atlantic City" - one of the best songs from Matt's new album.

Atlantic City - Matt Nathanson

Detroit Waves - Matt Nathanson

Check out Matt's live concert from WXPN on NPR Music


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