Birth name Matt Slocum Years active 1991–present | Name Matt Slocum Role Guitarist | |
Born December 27, 1972 (age 51)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. ( 1972-12-27 ) Genres Pop rock, soft rock, adult album alternative, country Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician Instruments guitars, bass, cello, piano Associated acts Sixpence None the Richer, Astronaut Pushers, Love Coma Education University of Southern California Music groups Sixpence None The Richer (Since 1990), The Choir, Love Coma Albums Divine Discontent, This Beautiful Mess, Circle Slide, The Best of Sixpence None the, Shadow Weaver | ||
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Matt Slocum (born 27 December 1972) is a guitarist, cellist, pianist and composer, known for his work as the principal songwriter and lead guitarist of Sixpence None the Richer.
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Biography
In 1991, Slocum played guitar with Chris Taylor on a garage-band tape release called A Place to Hide Away (Part 1). He was a member of Love Coma, a Christian rock band, and in the early 1990s he met vocalist Leigh Bingham Nash while attending the same church in New Braunfels, TX. Slocum and Leigh formed Sixpence None the Richer; he and Nash are the band's only constant members. He co-wrote, with Nash, the song "Nervous In the Light of Dawn" for Nash's debut solo album Blue on Blue. In 2006, Slocum toured with the band The Choir, playing bass. He has also played guitar with Over the Rhine, and played bass in the band the Astronaut Pushers. Slocum played cello on Viva Voce's first album, Hooray For Now. As studio guitarist and cellist, he has recorded on albums by artists Julie Miller, Plumb, Wes King, Switchfoot, Hammock, Lost Dogs, The Choir, Dividing the Plunder, Threefold, and Brooke Waggoner. He also appeared as cellist on the Chris Rice DVD Inside Out.