Matt Gawlik
@mattgawlik
New Braunfels, TX, USA
Hailing from the hill country of south Texas between Austin and San Antonio, I grew up on a steady diet of equal parts ZZ Top and Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Later, living in Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas, southern rock greats like The Marshall Tucker Band, Allman Brothers and of course, Lynyrd Skynyrd expanded the breadth of Matt’s musical influence well beyond the borders of the Lone Star State. Sprinkle in a little Tom Petty, Rolling Stones and 90’s rock with newer acts like Cody Jinks, Tyler Childers and Whitey Morgan and you have a pretty good idea of where I’m comin’ from.
All of this comes together in what one fan called AmeriTexicanaRockgrass: A lively musical melding of Southern Rock, Outlaw & Texas Country, Americana, Rock and Blues from the 70s to the present all served up with a heaping helping of southern soul and a ton of Texas attitude.