November 1st/2001
CD Release Concert - Tsawwassen arts Center
Tsawwassen, BC

Matt’s Solo Setlist (played on a grand piano!):

FOOTPOOLS
WORTH HIS WHILE
OH GIRL
JUST IN TIME (FOR XMAS TIME)
GOING TO CALIFORNIA
MATH CLASS
RED HOT MAMA
PRIORITY->
SEAGULL & THE SWAN
WILLOW
REWIND (10 MONTHS)
-encore one-
RED LIGHT
AS I GO ALONG
THE COUNTRY SONG
-encore two-
PHILADELPHIA

Review:

A big night for matt - not only was it his 21st birthday, but also his CD release party/concert! The CD looks beautiful and is finished, and matt had an incredibly successful kick off party, with over 130 guests filling the small theatre! Matt played the entire energetic show solo at the grand piano (save RED LIGHT which was performed using his keyboard). The performance was astounding, the crowd was amazing, and it was a great start to an amazing career as a musician. Matt's CD sales did well and the evening was a great accomplishment! Matt started the show with an offstage intro (a recording of himself singing as a young man) which lead into an instrumental footpools, and he then came on stage to a roaring crowd and performed footpools. He took a take at Led Zeppelin's Going To California, did an incredible performance of Math Class, and left the audience in tears after an achingly painful Willow. For the encore Matt turned to his keyboard and performed the new "red light" on the electric piano, followed by a beautiful duet with ROSE RECORD for "as I go along", and then Matt sat between, and played both the grand piano and the keyboard for an upbeat, fun performance of "the country song". In the 2nd encore, Matt finished the show with a beautiful cover of Neil Young's Philadelphia. Leonora Record opened up the set with an amazing performance including some of her spoken word poetry, plays, and songs accompanied by Matthew.

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