Jack Klatt and Mike Munson

Two Separate acts sharing Minnesota’s finest rhythm section!

Lars-Erik Larson /Drums

Nick Salisbury /Bass

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Having established himself as an adept slide guitar player, Mike Munson is steeped in the country blues tradition. His original works weave together dark lyrics, impossibly fast-paced finger-picking and grinding rhythms. His sound marks the similarities and highlights the distance between Fred McDowell, Leo Kottke and Chuck Berry.

His latest album Underwood-

With nine tracks of both traditional and original music, Underwood solidifies Mike Munson’s place in the blues genre. Inspired by a prompt from Minnesota craft whiskey maker, Rick Schneider, after a night of music on his front porch, Munson recorded the album live in two short days at

Underwood Recording Studios in Minneapolis with no overdubs and no compiled takes. The guidance and creativity of Mark Stockert behind the soundboard combined with his unconventional and thoughtful microphone placement builds sonics that harken back to the juke joints and early electrified recording sessions of country blues. With this

collection of songs, Munson demonstrates how much he has learned over the years from mentors like Jimmy “Duck” Holmes (Bentonia, MS) through numerous southern sojourns.

Munson continues to use simplicity, melancholy and drive to add another chapter to the story of American music. He relies on his innate skills on the instrument with little help from effects or accompaniment. From Robert Johnson’s “Stones in my Passway” to the traditional tune “Poor Black Mattie,” Munson blends his guitar prowess with the gritty tone that has become his signature.

“Sailing For You” and “Saint Anne” exemplify his songwriting skill, both lyrically and melodically, with heavy rhythms overlaid with intricate fingerpicking complimented by stories that keep darkness and light deeply intertwined. The four original tracks on the album were all written while on a weeklong artistic retreat in a cabin in rural Wisconsin in winter of 2023 sponsored by the Two Chickadees

Project.

Underwood the album gives the listener a clear glimpse of Underwood the studio, the unadulterated sound of one person with one electric guitar in a basement room of a small Minneapolis home. Somehow, it also transports the listener to a different time and place where that one person sits on the front porch of a small house in the country with an acoustic guitar and sings the blues.

Musical missionary, tireless troubadour and producer Jack Klatt isn’t one to be easily categorized or relegated to a narrow niche. He is a man with a wizened and worldly perspective, and a timeless sensibility of both place and purpose. His album It Ain’t The Same reflects a reverential attitude, but adds a depth and devotion that ensures its contemporary credence. With Klatt himself singing, playing guitar and sitting in the producer’s chair, it boasts the talents of session players John James Tourville (The Deslondes) on electric guitar and pedal steel, Casey McDonough (NRBQ) on bass, Alex Hall and JD McPherson (The Cactus Blossoms), Robbie Fulks on drums, percussion, keys and engineering and Page Burkum’s harmonies. It Ain’t The Same is, as its title suggests, something truly special.

About his recent single, “Edge of the End”

During his stay in the Chihuahuan desert after 2 years homebound during the pandemic, Jack was inspired by the landscape – a blank canvas before his eyes. While it felt like the whole world was teetering on an apocalyptic precipice, Jack was also physically, and emotionally feeling like he was at the edge of the end, surrounded by the wide open landscape filled with dust and brush.

We are asking for a minimum $10 per adult listener as a contribution to the artist. If you want to pitch in more, that is encouraged. Please bring cash. We want you to be able to enjoy live music at a price that most can afford. Live music does make the world a better place.

All ages welcome!