Album Notes

Matt Johnson, band member with Jeff Buckley, Rufus and Martha Wainwright releases his first solo album.
9 songs produced, written and recorded by Matt Johnson featuring Julia Stone (backing vocals), Oren Bloedow (guitar), Jonathan Maron (bass), and CJ Camerieri (horns). Matt is the featured vocalist, rhythm guitarist and drummer.
A beautiful record.

Cagefighter credits:

Eric Jarvis - mix engineer, creative editing
http://www.crushpad.com/

JULIA STONE - backing vocals
of Australian group Angus and Julia Stone
http://www.myspace.com/angusandjuliastone

Jonathan Maron - bass
http://www.myspace.com/jonathanmaron
bassist of Groove Collective, Maxwell, D'Angelo, India Arie, DJ Spinna

CJ Camerieri - trumpet / french horn
http://www.cjcamerieri.com/
Sufjan Stevens, Rufus Wainwright, The National

Robbie Lee - bass clarinet and autoharp
http://www.myspace.com/robbiemakesnoise
Love as Laughter, Howling Hex, Dax Riggs, Baby Dee, Lia Ices

Jay Rodriguez - tenor sax
http://www.jayrodriguez.com/
Twice Grammy nominated solo artist. Played with Charlie Sepulveda;
Eddie Palmieri; in LV with Natalie Cole '86. Worked with Bill Ware '88,
Bobby Sanabria '90; Dizzy Gillespie's United Nation Orchestra '91;
Rashied Ali from '91; Ray Barretto '91-2; Gil Evans Orchestra '92-4;
Groove Collective from '93; Medeski, Martin & Wood from '94;
subbing in Mingus big band from '94. Played with Roy Hargrove big band,
Chucho Valdez '98.

Jerry Weinstein - piano
played with Omar Hakim. Queens session pianist

OREN BLOEDOW - guitar
http://www.elysianmusic.com/
Core creator with Jennifer Charles of NYC band Elysian Fields,
former member of the Lounge Lizards. Plays with 101 Crustaceans,
Lizz Wright, Chocolate Genius, Martha Wainwright,
Meshell Ndegeocello, and Yerba Buena.