http://www.matttheelectrician.com Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:27:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.matttheelectrician.com/story/comment-page-1/#comment-1332 Folk Monday – Matt the Electrican and Tom Paxton « Me, Myself, Music and Mysteries Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:23:26 +0000 http://www.matttheelectrician.com/new/wordpress/?page_id=2#comment-1332 [...] Matt the Electrican’s Story from his website: Once upon a time, there was a young man named Matt Sever. He lived in Austin, TX, and he worked as a journeyman electrician. Every morning, when it was still dark outside, he would go to work, and wire houses all day long in the blistering Texas heat. When he would come home, again, it was dark outside. And then, sometimes, with no time to shower or change his clothes, he would go straight to the bars and nightclubs of Austin to play his songs for whomever would listen. And he would apologize for his appearance, and explain to the audience that he was an electrician, and he found a certain nobility in this, even if no one wanted to sit too close to the stage. So they called him Matt The Electrician, and he did not mind this, for he was proud of himself, for there is no shame in a hard days work. Read More [...] [...] Matt the Electrican’s Story from his website: Once upon a time, there was a young man named Matt Sever. He lived in Austin, TX, and he worked as a journeyman electrician. Every morning, when it was still dark outside, he would go to work, and wire houses all day long in the blistering Texas heat. When he would come home, again, it was dark outside. And then, sometimes, with no time to shower or change his clothes, he would go straight to the bars and nightclubs of Austin to play his songs for whomever would listen. And he would apologize for his appearance, and explain to the audience that he was an electrician, and he found a certain nobility in this, even if no one wanted to sit too close to the stage. So they called him Matt The Electrician, and he did not mind this, for he was proud of himself, for there is no shame in a hard days work. Read More [...]

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