Every fancied your own cigar box guitar? A one that you've actually made yourself? Well we are teaming up with Howlin' Matt to make it happen 😎
"The Cigar Box Social is the brain child of Blues guitar maestro Howlin’ Mat.
Howlin’ Mat is a nomadic solo blues artist who has played 1000’s of gigs from The Sahara
to the North Pole. His playing has received credits from legendary artists such as John
Paul Jones [Led Zeppelin] and Mud Morganfield [son of Muddy Waters].
He was introduced to the Cigar Box Guitar very early on in his playing career and fell in
love instantly. As with every devotee of the CBG, it wasn’t long before he started to make
his own cigar box guitars. Coming from a teaching background, this naturally led to the
occasional workshop.
In 2023, the Cigar Box Social was born with the express intention of introducing these
amazing instruments to the wider population. Since then, it has gone from strength to
strength.
Here are some comments from people who have attended previous workshops
“We absolutely loved it thank you. Best event I’ve ever attended. Howlin’ Mat is a really
cool interesting guy too.”
“I loved it and I love my guitar. Mat, you’re a legend.”
“Great session. Thanks for organizing it and of course thanks to Howlin’ Mat for a most
entertaining and productive afternoon – brilliant!!”
“It was great. Really great. I really enjoyed it as did my friend. It was a brilliant afternoon.
You are very engaging and the thing that really makes it is you, your tales, your personality
and honest delivery.”
“You brought a bunch of strangers in to do something and you also brought them together
which is wonderful.”
For more details about Mat see facebook.com/cigarboxsocial/ and/or howlinmat.uk
Mat is available for media interviews. To contact Mat email him at
Y2lnYXJib3hzb2NpYWwgfCBnbWFpbCAhIGNvbQ== or call him on 07882676780"
Ticket link here: wegottickets.com/event/669633
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