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live patio music with Matthew Griswold

  • downtown white bear lake 4736 Washington Square White Bear Lake, MN 55125 (map)

Performing songwriter, Matthew Griswold, made the transition


from US Army Soldier to Professional Songwriter/Musician in


2008, and has been going full force ever since. After a short stint


in Nashville, and securing an elite publishing deal with Universal


Music Group, Matthew headed back to his native land of Minnesota and


began his career of writing and producing songs for Film and Television.


Though every songwriter dreams of a breakthrough chance


to sign a major league publishing deal, and have millions of


people hear their songs around the world, Matthew's true passion


has always been being the personal messenger. So, he's taken his sound,


which the MNPLS Star Tribune described as "The rough and howling edge


that has helped him earn his stripes as a songwriter", and began to


dedicate time between writing sessions, to going out and performing


live for people in a rapidly growing market of restaurants, vineyards,


brewpubs and taprooms, all around the northern midwest and now in NYC.


He finds a natural comfort in providing the more casual crowds with a


well-crafted soundscape to pair with an evening muse. As an artist


who never desired "Rock Star" like fame, this was a better fit for his


career, rather than face the spotlight heat of nightclub touring.


Matthew often chooses to reinvent the songs written by the great


songwriters of the past, playing the works of The Beatles, CCR,


Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, and Bob Dylan, but he also plugs his


originals during live sets and closely observes a crowd's response.