Matt Jones and friends at the Secret Garden
After Matt Jones played his set at Union Hall, we led him and a few of his friends to an abandoned couch that was a block away from the venue. The lighting was poor, but that comfy bulk of green sitting amongst the continual swooshes of passing cars seemed like it was just waiting for us. Matt was joined by cellist Colette Alexander, who miraculously lifted a folding chair out of the venue without anyone noticing, and Carol Gray, who played the fiddle. They played three songs, “Lady Dawn”, “Threadlines” and “Hand Out the Drugs”, out of which the first two are from his latest, Black Path, and the last one features a little clap-along. Soon after they started playing, the person whose house we had settled in front of came out and stayed for the street show, as did a camera-happy couple who lived nearby.
Secret Garden is a video series produced by Hooves on the Turf, in which we meet with a band to film them performing a few songs outside the context of a regular show. You can view the full video archive here.
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March 6th, 2009 at 4:04 am
So. Awesome.
You have so much more Michigan to blog.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:56 am
You make my dreams come true.
Houghton.
March 6th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
This is incredible – Matt Jones is great and this performance is great. Thanks for the heads up!
March 7th, 2009 at 1:24 am
Matt Jones and friends are super talented. It was a real treat to stumble upon the Secret Garden right there in the midst of Wednesday night recycling.
March 26th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Great sounds.
April 1st, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Love Matt. Love the video concept. Nice work!