Name Jeff Mattson | Role Musician | |
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Similar People Rob Barraco, Donna Jean Godchaux, Rob Eaton, John Kadlecik, Scott Larned |
Mission in the rain dso featuring jeff mattson on cripe tribute 4 12 14 gamh
Jeff Mattson (born July 3, 1958) is an American musician. He was raised on Long Island, NY.
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- Mission in the rain dso featuring jeff mattson on cripe tribute 4 12 14 gamh
- A slide guitar lesson with jeff mattson
- Discography
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Mattson is founding member of the jam band, the Zen Tricksters, and guitarist in the Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson, which features the Grateful Dead’s Donna Jean Godchaux. Mattson was named the permanent lead guitarist for Dark Star Orchestra in November of 2009. A veteran of 30 years on the road, Mattson is a guitar player whose style ranges from rock & roll to blues, bluegrass, country, jazz, folk and psychedelia. Jeff is also a strong original songwriter and his work is prominently featured on five albums, including several pieces co-written with bandmate Donna Jean. He is a co-writer of “Leave Me Out of This,” a track on Phil Lesh and Friends Sony CD, "There and Back Again." Jeff was asked to audition for Phil Lesh & Friends in the fall of 1999 and in October 1999. Jeff and then Zen Trickster keyboard player, Rob Barraco, played three shows with Phil Lesh and Friends at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco. 1999.

A slide guitar lesson with jeff mattson
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