MATT SAYLES
After four years and 300 plus shows, Matt Sayles (co-founder and front-man of the upper-peninsula of Michigan band “Frostbitten Grass”) migrated to the High Deserts of Central Oregon & California. While in Oregon, Sayles met up and toured nationally from 2005-2006 with Texas progressive blues guitarist Francisco Mirabent, and has spent 2006 to present in Michigan & California touring both regionally and nationally and working on several projects in varying genres.
In late 2010 Sayles formed the Ventucky String Band in Ventura, CA. with Dave White and Rick Clemens, and has released four albums on Philville Records with the Ventucky String Band since 2011. In 2014, Lauren Donahue (fiddle) joined the Ventucky String Band, and appeared on their 2015 release "the Band Plays On."
Matt Sayles has billed with Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, Asleep at the Wheel, Hot Club of Cowtown, Larry Sparks, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, and a long list of other legends of country and bluegrass music.
In late 2010 Sayles formed the Ventucky String Band in Ventura, CA. with Dave White and Rick Clemens, and has released four albums on Philville Records with the Ventucky String Band since 2011. In 2014, Lauren Donahue (fiddle) joined the Ventucky String Band, and appeared on their 2015 release "the Band Plays On."
Matt Sayles has billed with Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, Asleep at the Wheel, Hot Club of Cowtown, Larry Sparks, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, and a long list of other legends of country and bluegrass music.
