Des Moines-based Matt Woods and The Thunderbolts have become
one of the hottest acts on the Iowa club circuit of late, with
bassist Scott Cochran and drummer Michael Swanger teaming with
southpaw guitarist Woods to lay down their own smoking amalgam
of Hound Dog Taylor and Freddy King. As is evident from their
own rocker Cold Water and the closing medley of Skinny Woman and
All Night Long, Woods and company have also been listening to
north Mississippi blues, and, as on their previous discs,
there’s a nod to Son House, this time with a loping acoustic
rendition of Louise McGhee that works surprisingly well. Woods’
singing and guitar playing are both intense but unforced, and
the set provides ample proof that a band doesn’t have to come
from the south side of Chicago to really rock the house.
Jim DeKoster Living Blues #208 August 2010
In the News On Aug. 17, 2010, Matt
Woods and The Thunderbolts became the first Iowa act in several
years to play the Iowa State Fair Grandstand, opening for Pat
Benatar and REO Speedwagon before a crowd of approximately
10,000 people. KCCI-TV was there to document the rare fete and
interview the band for its 10 p.m. news broadcast that night.
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