Matt O'Ree Band photo, Better As I Go

Matt O’Ree Band, “Better As I Go”

Matt O’Ree Band Announces Second Single
“Better As I Go”
From Seventh Album ‘Hand In Glove’
Out Later 2022

Asbury Park blues mainstays Matt O’Ree Band have released the second single, “Better As I Go,” off their upcoming seventh album, Hand In Glove, due out later this year. Former touring guitarist for Bon Jovi, NY/NJ Blues Hall of Fame inductee, and crowned “King Of The Blues” by BB King himself, Matt O’Ree has been a driving force in the blues/rock music scene for over three decades.

“Better As I Go” is a prime-time, blues/rock smash built around a heavy riff, thumping drums, and the throaty vocals of Eryn O’Ree. What a voice! It’s a strutting, mid-tempo jam with horsepower that flows in an almost Zeppelin-like direction. Matt O’Ree gives us his best on guitar here, employing a solid touch, a gorgeous dirty tone, and the kind of playing that will burn any house down to the ground. Fans of top-tier blues-influenced rock are going to want to spin “Better As I Go” again and again.

Listen “Better As I Go”

 
“This is a song that I feel everyone can relate to at some point in their lives,” says co-vocalist Eryn O’Ree. “It’s about accepting yourself and all your flaws as you grow older. We may have more wrinkles or not be as thin as we used to be, but all of that marks the life we have lived and makes us who we are today. Because we don’t get old, we get better.”

Forming his solo band in 1994, the Matt O’Ree Band has received multiple Asbury Park Music Awards, with O’Ree winning the Guitar Center King of the Blues Award in 2006. He joined Bon Jovi as a touring rhythm guitarist in 2015 before putting the focus back on his solo career.

Co-vocalist and NY/NJ Blues Hall of Fame inductee Eryn O’Ree (ex-Smashing Pumpkins) joined the band prior to the release of 2016’s Brotherhood, which features appearances by Bruce Springsteen, David Bryan (Bon Jovi), John Popper (Blues Traveler), Steve Cropper (Booker T & the MG’s), and Hubert Sumlin (Howlin’ Wolf).

Growing up on influences ranging from Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Rory Gallagher, Robin Trower, Joe Walsh, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Matt O’Ree band has taken all these diverse elements and forged a new path.

Matt O’Ree Band is comprised of Matt O’Ree (guitar, vocals), Eryn O’Ree (vocals), Layonne Holmes (vocals), Lex Lehman (bass), Matt Wade (keyboards), and John Hummel (drums.)

Matt O’Ree Band Online
Website
Facebook
Twitter
LinkTree