A Mark In Time

General Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: dustyvalentino on July 14, 2010, 03:55:48 PM

Title: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: dustyvalentino on July 14, 2010, 03:55:48 PM
...tearing it up. :)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdbBq4dYKsc&feature=related
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: Jules on July 14, 2010, 08:04:18 PM
Great!!!!  ;D
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: dreamsound on August 03, 2011, 01:50:46 PM
If anybody is interested, here is the magic acoustic record of Matt with Jenna Mammina at Blue Coast Records studio:
http://bluecoastrecords.com/special-event-25-july-2009 (http://bluecoastrecords.com/special-event-25-july-2009)

And here you can find one more song written and performed by Matt:
http://bluecoastrecords.downloadsnow.net/blue-coast-collection-2 (http://bluecoastrecords.downloadsnow.net/blue-coast-collection-2)

Please enjoy.
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: Jackal on August 03, 2011, 02:02:51 PM
Another one:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJkBnt8Uww8
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: Jackal on August 03, 2011, 02:15:36 PM
Ah, this one's a beauty. Matt playing some soulful gospel/country piano with Mavis Staples.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ixbah9u234

(Off topic: Speaking of Mavis Staples, I can recommend the album We'll never turn back, which Ry Cooder produced and played on. Great gospel/blues/freedom songs album.)
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: dreamsound on August 03, 2011, 02:34:23 PM
Ah, this one's a beauty.

Love this. The tune is very beautiful, one of my old favourites, and Matt is amazing here.
I love also these pieces with Lyle Lovett, brilliant Matt:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvTvnltNmfc

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMhaehb5AnE

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d5-v0XVXE8

I wonder if it possible to find that full A&E Live by Request show anywhere, dream about it.
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: Jules on August 03, 2011, 03:17:15 PM
Matt Rollings was the piano player of Lyle Lovett's band for a long long time.

I wonder if Matt was in his band when Lyle was the support act for the Dire Straits european summer concerts and if Mk met him then... a question for Guy?

 ;D
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: dreamsound on August 03, 2011, 03:19:08 PM
jbaent, when was this? Year?
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: Jackal on August 03, 2011, 03:43:50 PM
Lyle opened for Dire Straits in Europe during the On Every Street tour. Can't find any info on Lyle's band at that time. But I seem to remember Guy or Richard writing that Matt was introduced to Mark via Jim Cox when Jim started having ear problems.
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: dreamsound on August 03, 2011, 03:56:03 PM
Thanks Jackal. I doubt Matt was with LL band on that tour, he never told about it.
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: Rollergirl on August 03, 2011, 05:52:03 PM
Thanks Jackal. I doubt Matt was with LL band on that tour, he never told about it.

He wasn't at Wobburn Abbey  show in 92, that's sure, so my guess is that he wasn't part of the band then.

By the way I love Lyle!
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: dreamsound on August 03, 2011, 06:13:54 PM
Thanks Jackal. I doubt Matt was with LL band on that tour, he never told about it.

He wasn't at Wobburn Abbey  show in 92, that's sure, so my guess is that he wasn't part of the band then.

By the way I love Lyle!

Me too! Very special musician.
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: dmg on August 03, 2011, 06:30:17 PM
Thanks Jackal. I doubt Matt was with LL band on that tour, he never told about it.

He wasn't at Wobburn Abbey  show in 92, that's sure, so my guess is that he wasn't part of the band then.

By the way I love Lyle!

Was Not Was or something wasn't it was support I read somewhere.
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: Rollergirl on August 03, 2011, 06:36:49 PM
Thanks Jackal. I doubt Matt was with LL band on that tour, he never told about it.

He wasn't at Wobburn Abbey  show in 92, that's sure, so my guess is that he wasn't part of the band then.

By the way I love Lyle!

Was Not Was or something wasn't it was support I read somewhere.

both that night
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: dustyvalentino on August 03, 2011, 08:21:40 PM
But I seem to remember Guy or Richard writing that Matt was introduced to Mark via Jim Cox when Jim started having ear problems.

Matt played on Golden Heart, so that was before the ear problems.
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: Jackal on August 03, 2011, 08:35:25 PM
But I seem to remember Guy or Richard writing that Matt was introduced to Mark via Jim Cox when Jim started having ear problems.

Matt played on Golden Heart, so that was before the ear problems.

My memory skipped the first part:

Matt is playing piano and B-3, he's a friend and a brilliant studio musician from Nashville. In fact, it was Matt who played piano on 'Vic and Ray' and 'Rudiger' on the Golden Heart album. Matt and Jim are old friends so it's a natural fit for him to come on board for the tour. (from Richard's Notes from the road - ShangriLa tour)

So, curious about when Mark first met Matt. The Golden Heart sessions might have been first time.
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: Pottel on August 04, 2011, 01:05:39 PM
Thanks Jackal. I doubt Matt was with LL band on that tour, he never told about it.

He wasn't at Wobburn Abbey  show in 92, that's sure, so my guess is that he wasn't part of the band then.

By the way I love Lyle!

Was Not Was or something wasn't it was support I read somewhere.
yep, Walk the dinosaur, i still vividly remember that from the Werchter 1992 show
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: ds1984 on August 04, 2011, 08:12:26 PM
Thanks Jackal. I doubt Matt was with LL band on that tour, he never told about it.

He wasn't at Wobburn Abbey  show in 92, that's sure, so my guess is that he wasn't part of the band then.

By the way I love Lyle!

Was Not Was or something wasn't it was support I read somewhere.
yep, Walk the dinosaur, i still vividly remember that from the Werchter 1992 show

Was Not Was was the support act for the spring/summer tour. Later it was "The Blues Band (http://www.thebluesband.net/)"

I did attend Werchter so I got Was Not Was but David and Don were not on stage if my memory is correct (I noticed it as I saw them in Paris one month earlier)
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: Jules on August 05, 2011, 07:00:20 AM
(http://www1.sk-static.com/images/media/img/col6/20091217-084948-979005.jpg)
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: dreamsound on August 09, 2011, 11:54:15 PM
Two beautiful pieces from Mary Chapin Carpenter with Matt on piano.
What a magic...

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=13l3w50a65o

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fcj3hLtIetU
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: dreamsound on August 09, 2011, 11:59:44 PM
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I2s964t6Zs&feature=related

Another one... So nice.
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: superval99 on August 10, 2011, 08:29:19 PM
Thank you, dreamsound for those clips of Mary Chapin Carpenter.  She is one of my favourite songwriters and I love her warm-sounding voice.   Matt's piano is so beautiful too and complements her voice so well.   I met Matt in 2008 and told him how much I enjoyed his work with MCC and he seemed genuinely touched.  He's a really lovely person. 
Title: Re: Matt Rollings and Paul Franklin...
Post by: dreamsound on August 10, 2011, 09:11:20 PM
You are welcome, superval99. I do love Matt and try to find any videos and albums he played on, and everything I found so far is awesome. I hope to meet him sometime... I wrote him a message on FB though.
Listen to his solo record Balconies if you have not done it before, it's amazing!