Abts attended high school in Panama where he started playing music. After moving to Virginia, he played in local bands for eight years, most notably, the band Orphan,[2] and then moved to Florida. There he played in and recorded an album with Chuck & John and the News, a local bar band from Bradenton, Florida, during the early 1980s. In 1984, he played drums for Dickey Betts and Chuck Leavell. Abts recorded Pattern Disruptive with the Dickey Betts Band in 1988 which also included guitarist/vocalist Warren Haynes. Abts joined Haynes and Allen Woody, who had both been members of The Allman Brothers Band, to form Gov't Mule in 1994.[3]
Abts has also played in the Pink Floyd tribute band Blue Floyd which was known for its blues versions of Pink Floyd songs,[4] and with bassist Jorgen Carlsson in Planet of the Abts, a 2011 offshoot of Gov't Mule.[5]
Referencesedit
^"Matt Abts". Drummerworld. Bernhard Castiglioni. 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
matt, abts, born, september, 1953, american, drummer, best, known, founding, members, rock, band, mule, abts, performing, with, mule, 2007background, informationborn, 1953, september, 1953, oklahoma, united, statesgenresrock, blues, rockoccupation, musicianins. Matt Abts born September 30 1953 is an American drummer 1 best known as one of the founding members of the rock band Gov t Mule Matt AbtsAbts performing with Gov t Mule in 2007Background informationBorn 1953 09 30 September 30 1953 age 70 Oklahoma United StatesGenresRock blues rockOccupation s MusicianInstrument s Drums percussionYears active1984 presentMember ofGov t MuleWebsitemattabts wbr comBiography editAbts attended high school in Panama where he started playing music After moving to Virginia he played in local bands for eight years most notably the band Orphan 2 and then moved to Florida There he played in and recorded an album with Chuck amp John and the News a local bar band from Bradenton Florida during the early 1980s In 1984 he played drums for Dickey Betts and Chuck Leavell Abts recorded Pattern Disruptive with the Dickey Betts Band in 1988 which also included guitarist vocalist Warren Haynes Abts joined Haynes and Allen Woody who had both been members of The Allman Brothers Band to form Gov t Mule in 1994 3 Abts has also played in the Pink Floyd tribute band Blue Floyd which was known for its blues versions of Pink Floyd songs 4 and with bassist Jorgen Carlsson in Planet of the Abts a 2011 offshoot of Gov t Mule 5 References edit Matt Abts Drummerworld Bernhard Castiglioni 2009 Retrieved July 22 2009 The Rock N Roll Soldier Daily Freeman May 29 2009 Mountain Jam music festival features Gov t Mule Allman Brothers Band Retrieved March 28 2012 Johnson Dean January 31 2000 As a tribute band Blue Floyd doesn t need an education Boston Herald Retrieved March 28 2012 subscription required jambands com March 23 2012 Planet of the Abts Adds Southeast Shows Retrieved March 28 2012 External links editOfficial website nbsp nbsp This article on a United States rock drummer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Matt Abts amp oldid 1220949860, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
