Occupation(s) Musician Name Matt Abts Instruments Drums, percussion Role Drummer | Years active 1984 – present Website Matt Abts.com Genres Rock music, Blues rock | |
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Born September 30, 1953 (age 70)
Oklahoma ( 1953-09-30 ) Associated acts Gov't Mule
Dickey Betts
Blue Floyd Albums Dark Side of the Mule, Gov't Mule, Holy Haunted House, Dub Side of the Mule, The Deepest End - Live Similar People Allen Woody, Jorgen Carlsson, Warren Haynes, Johnny Neel, Andy Hess | ||
Music group Gov't Mule (Since 1994) | ||
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Matt Abts (born September 30, 1953) is an American drummer, best known as one of the founding members of the rock band Gov't Mule.
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Biography
Abts attended high school in Panama where he started playing music. After moving to Virginia, he played in local bands for eight years and then moved to Florida. There he played in and recorded an album with Chuck & John and the News, a local bar band from Bradenton, during the early 1980s. In 1984, he took on the role of drummer for Dickey Betts and Chuck Leavell. Abts recorded Pattern Disruptive with the Dickey Betts Band in 1988 which also included guitarist/vocalist, Warren Haynes. Abts joined Haynes and Allen Woody who had both been musicians with The Allman Brothers Band to form Gov't Mule in 1994.
Abts has also played in the Pink Floyd tribute band Blue Floyd which was known for its blues versions of Pink Floyd songs, and with bassist Jorgen Carlsson in Planet of the Abts, a 2011 offshoot of Gov't Mule.
