There comes a time in a solo singer-songwriter’s life when he gets together a semi-permanent group of musical partners and conspirators, and they make awesome music together, and he looks at it all and says, “This is good.”

There occasionally comes a time in that same singer-songwriter’s life when he realizes that it’s both inaccurate and perhaps a bit egotistical to keep on billing the act by his name alone.

My friends, that time is now.

I have built a wonderful relationship with three dear friends, and together we have been making some seriously beautiful music.  While I re-tool my full band, I have been going out as an acoustic 4-piece act with Eric Stafford on guitars, Sarah Blick on violin and vocals, and Liz Chidester on vocals.

The realization came suddenly that – among the group of us – we had something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue.

And thus, as a four-piece acoustic outfit, we have become:

Jeff & the Matrimony

 (not pictured, Sarah’s brilliant blue violin)

See you at the Glenwood Avenue Arts Festival on Sunday, August 18th at 2:30pm on the North Stage!