Matthew Shoaf
Matthew Shoaf has been a professional musician for 20 years playing in numerous projects, ensembles, and bands of all styles of music in Kansas City and around the country. A graduate of The Conservatory of Music at UMKC, he currently has several regular gigs around the metro playing anywhere from 4-7 nights a week in a variety of venues and with some of KC's best musicians. His band that he fronted on lead guitar and vocals, Gov't Cheez, held a weekly residence on the Country Club Plaza for over fourteen years. Matthew also plays bass for the semi-local Irish band, Flannigan's Right Hook. Currently he also plays with KCFLO, The Diamond Empire Band, and you can catch him at Nara on Wednesday’s and First Friday’s as a solo, one-man-band act on acoustic guitar/vocals with live looping improvisations. He takes requests from a long list of songs that aims to please the crowd and promises that whatever your preference or mood, he has a song that will speak to you.
SONG LIST
Repertoire includes songs by:
311, Adele, Aerosmith, Al Green, Alice In Chains, Allman Brothers, America, Arlo Guthrie, The Band, Band of Horses, The Beatles, Beck, Ben E. King, Ben Harper, Big Head Todd, Bill Withers, The Black Crowes, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bob Seger, Bon Iver, Bon Jovi, Bonnie Raitt, Bright Eyes, Bruce Springsteen, Buffalo Springfield, Cake, The Cars, Cat Stevens, Chris Isaak, Coldplay, Commodores, CCR, The Cure, Damien Rice, Daft Punk, Dave Matthews Band, David Bowie, David Gray, Death Cab for Cutie, Don Henley, The Doobie Brothers, The Doors, Eagles, Ed Sheeran, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Eurythmics, The Flaming Lips, Gnarls Barkley, Grateful Dead, Green Day, Guns N' Roses, Hall & Oates, Incubus, Iron & Wine, Jack Johnson, James Taylor, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Buffett, Jimmy Cliff, John Legend, John Lennon, John Mayer, John Mellencamp, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Kings of Leon, Led Zeppelin, Lenny Kravitz, Lorde, Marvin Gaye, Mason Jennings, Michael Jackson, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, Nirvana, Oasis, Otis Redding, Paul Simon, Pearl Jam, Phil Collins, Pink Floyd, Prince, Radiohead, Ray LaMontagne, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rihanna, The Rolling Stones, Ryan Adams, Sade, Santana, Seal, Snow Patrol, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Stone Temple Pilots, Sublime, Tears for Fears, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, U2, UB40, Van Morrison, Violent Femmes, Weezer, The White Stripes, Willie Nelson, and more.
Vocal standards: Going to Kansas City, Route 66, Girl from Ipanema, Corcovado, My One and Only Love, House of the Rising Sun, You Are My Sunshine.
Instrumental guitar: Cissy Strut, Surf Rider, Sleepwalk, Misirlou, Chameleon, and various classical guitar.