Nashville recording artist Matt Vrba plays Live Wire Wednesday at Home Team BBQ
Perhaps the only working musician in the world whose resume includes walking 3,200 miles across America, Nashville-based artist Matt Vrba strolls into West Ashley on Wednesday, Aug. 15 as part of Home Team BBQ’s Live Wire Wednesday music series.
Since the release of his first studio album Everywhere In Between in 2004, Vrba has criss-crossed America and Europe dozens of times, logging more than 3,000 shows at venues ranging from a sold-out performance at Chicago’s House Of Blues and LA’s famed Viper Room, to huge festivals such as The North Beach Festival in San Francisco, and The Bite of Seattle.
Throughout all his touring, Vrba has created a name for himself as a charismatic and entertaining live performer as well as a talented songwriter too. An old soul, who’s logged more life experience than most people twice his age, Vrba writes from the perspective of someone who has been there, and it translates over flawlessly into beautifully catchy tales of heartbreak, highway, and occasionally … mustaches.
Song’s from Vrba’s albums have made their way to numerous national television programs, commercials, films, and radio stations around the world. In February of 2008, he auditioned along with 35,000 others for NBC’s reality-show Nashville Star. Vrba made it through round after round of call-backs in Portland, Austin, and Nashville, all the way to the semi-finals. Appearing on the first episode of the NBC show, he had to perform for Jewel, John Rich, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Jeff Steele.
More recently, Vrba spent some time writing and performing in the Caribbean with country stars such as David Lee Murphy, James Otto, Chuck Wicks, Joe Nichols, Randy Rogers, Jessica Andrews, Ira Dean, Steel Magnolia, and Joanna Smith.
Despite his busy schedule Vrba still manages to find time to help out a good cause whenever he can. He has donated music and performed for non-profit organizations such as Musicians On Call (other members include Chuck Wicks, James Taylor, and John Mayer), March Of Dimes, Pacific Oncology Center, Toys for Tots, Tsunami Relief, and The Charlotte Maxwell Cancer Clinic and was recently honored by The Country Music Hall Of Fame’s “Words And Music” Program for his volunteer work with that organization.
Matt Vrba plays Live Wire Wednesday on Wednesday, Aug. 15 at Home Team BBQ, located at 1205 Ashley River Road. For more information, call (843) 225-7427 or visit www.hometeambbq.com.
