About Hound Dog Swagger
Hound Dog Swagger
Matt, also known as Pup, cut his teeth in music at the age of thirteen playing Trombone in the Toowoomba Municipal Concert / Marching Band before switching primary instruments to Guitar when he joined the local Toowoomba band "Jack Stack". He had a break from performing during his seven year enlistment in the Australian Army.
However, it was when he moved to Mackay for the star
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Just Pup has grown up and become Hound Dog Swagger ????
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Hi everyone, I hope you all had a good Chrissy and a great start to 2017. I had a fairly quiet festive season at home, although December was a busy month for the band. For those of you unaware, on top of my Soloist act I also perform in the band InTriCateD. Kaz is the other vocalist in InTriCateD and the two of us also appear on Moscato's latest EP, Adrift. I was hired to lay the Lead Guitar track and some Rhythm and Kaz did the Keys, Sax, Cello and Backing Vocals where they appear on the six tracks. She also did the lead Vocals on Devil Woman and Mamma Blues. Check out Moscato on (expired link) to have a listen to what we did with Moscato in mid 2016.
All the tracks that I have on my page were recorded at home using my Tascam 2488 Digital portable studio. The biggest file that I have to date is the Demo for my cover of Trent Reznor's song, Hurt. It was also the last song to be recorded by Johnny Cash before his passing. I had a good friend in the industry whi suggested I cover it. After hearing my interpretation he suggested I release it. So I recorded the demo that is one here and started to file for a Mechanical License through APRA for the rights to record and sell it. I had not long completed my application when I heard the theme song for the 2017 Wolverine movie comming out this year. It was Hurt, like I'd never imagined it. So I decided that I would wait a few years as I didn't want to release just another version, nor did I want it to be compared with the other, they are of different genres. I've recieved a lot of feedback from family, friends and local fans who are dissapointed as they were looking forward to hearing a professional recording with all the trimmings that a studio has to offer.
So I suppose I'm using this opportunity, writing my very first newsletter, to ask what your thoughts are. Should I go ahead as planned? Or wait a few years? I'm keen to find out what the people who really matter think. The ones who showed enough interest to subscribe to my mailing list, that's right, YOU
Cover of 110 In The Shade by John Fogerty as a first set, first song at Billy's Hotel in Gympie, Aus
Cover of John Fogerty's 110 In The Shade as the first song for the first set at Billy's Hotel in Gympie, Australia during my SCoRCHeR FeST Tour 2016
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About Hound Dog Swagger
Hound Dog Swagger
Matt, also known as Pup, cut his teeth in music at the age of thirteen playing Trombone in the Toowoomba Municipal Concert / Marching Band before switching primary instruments to Guitar when he joined the local Toowoomba band "Jack Stack". He had a break from performing during his seven year enlistment in the Australian Army.
However, it was when he moved to Mackay for the start of 2013 he started to get serious about music. Primarily a soloist, he also performs with bands and duos when the opportunity comes. Currently performing Soloist shows at various venues in Mackay and a session Guitarist for the band Moscato where he wrote and played the Lead Guitar parts for the bands latest EP, Adrift.
It was at SCoRCHeR FeST in Brisbane (June 2016) Pup wanted to focus on his own heavy, funky, blues style and was where he showcased his original work for the first time.
Influences include Bryce Janey and Joe Cocker.
Pup is hopefull of having his first EP released in the near future.
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Apr 16
12:00 AM
Australia, Sarina, Bruce Highway, Sarina, 4737
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May 28
8:00 PM
Australia, Mackay, 64 Andergrove Rd, Mackay QLD 4740, 4740
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Jun 04
7:00 PM
Australia, Mackay, 40 Tennyson St, Mackay QLD 4740, 4740
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Jun 19
12:00 AM
Australia, Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, 4001
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Jun 19
12:00 PM
Australia, Brisbane, 220 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley, 4006
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Nov 26
7:30 AM
Australia, Mackay, 40 Tenyson st Mackay , 4740
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Dec 03
7:30 PM
Australia, Capella, 63 Peak Downs st Capella, 4723
