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Matthew Stubbs

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Matthew Stubbs
GenresBlues, psychedelic rock, surf rock, instrumental rock
OccupationGuitarist
LabelsMatthew Stubbs, Blue Bella Records

Matthew Stubbs is an American blues guitarist. He is best known as the lead guitarist for Charlie Musselwhite and GA-20.

Background

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Stubbs has been Charlie Musselwhite's lead guitarist since 2008, and as of 2017 had been with the band for a decade.[1] They toured all over the world. [citation needed] Stubbs has also backed up and toured with such Blues giants as John Hammond, James Cotton, Junior Watson, and James Harman. With Musselwhite, he played on two live albums. Juke Joint Chapel was nominated for a Grammy in 2012. He released two albums under his own name, one with The Antiguas. He has won several Boston Music Awards. In 2018 he formed the band GA-20, their first single was released in 2019.

Career

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The Antiguas

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The group came about after Stubbs was writing some new material that differed from what he had done in the past. The music he was listening to was a lot of afrobeat, psych-rock, garage rock, and blues. They debuted with a self-titled album that sounded like a soundtrack to an action/spy film.[2] As of August 2017, Stubbs and his group, The Antiguas were playing free shows every week for Downbeat Mondays on Church St., Cambridge at The Sinclair's restaurant.[3]

In August 2018, they were at Cambridge's Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub, opening for surf legend, Dick Dale.[4]

GA-20

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Along with fellow classic blues, R&B and early rock and roll lover Pat Faherty, Stubbs formed The GA-20 in the fall of 2017. They added drummer Chris Anzalone and the group became a trio. About a year after their formation, the scored a deal with Karma Chief Records. In early 2019, their single "Naggin’ on My Mind" was out.[5] GA-20's debut album was released in October of 2019 on Karma Chief Records and debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Blues Charts.

Discography

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Albums
Act Release title Catalogue Year Fmt Notes #
Matthew Stubbs Soul Bender Matthew Stubbs MS 1001 2008 CD Distributed by VizzTone Label Group
Matthew Stubbs Medford & Main Blue Bella Records BBCD 1013 2010 CD [6]
Matthew Stubbs & The Antiguas Matthew Stubbs & The Antiguas (No label) 59696 45031 2017 LP [7]
GA-20 Lonely Soul Karma Chief Records KCR 12004 2019 LP/CD
With other artists
Act Release title Catalogue Year Fmt Notes #
Charlie Musselwhite Juke Joint Chapel Henrietta Records 2012 CD-R
Charlie Musselwhite I Ain’t Lyin’ Henrietta Records 2015 CD-R [8]

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