John Mattern - Fire Girl (2015)

This record is a reflection of my lifelong memories, experiences, visions and dreams. I have been deeply awakened by music since I was a young boy. Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Ludwig Von Beethoven, Jackson Browne, Earl Scruggs, Miles Davis, Bill Monroe, folk melodies and Charlie Parker are a small sampled cross section of musicians that have inspired me over the years. Melodies, and stories that accompany the melody,…that’s what interests me, that’s what I connect to. Honest original music is obvious. It is not contrived, it falls out of the artist as a culmination of their personal moments of struggle, living, contemplating, loving, appreciating and creating. I hope you enjoy theses personal melodies and stories of my own. Enjoy! -John Mattern

John Mattern / guitars, piano, pedal steel guitar, slide guitars, banjo, accordian, saxophone
Featuring: Robert Watson on Bass(james Brown Band) Rob Ickes on dobro (Blue Highway) Todd Phillips on acoustic bass(Bluegrass Album Band) Billy Johnson on drums(Santana)
This Record is dedicated to the REAL Fire Girl, Inger Mattern,
(retired firefighter/paramedic) my greatest fan, lover, partner and true friend; as well as all those firefighters who put their lives on the line every day.