Mr Baritone

Mr Baritone

With a few years of live solo gig experience in pubs, hotels, restaurants & events; Mr Baritone now performs great old covers & traditional songs at Aged Care Homes, RSLs, Sports Clubs & Community Clubs.

Mr Baritone is Matty Bateson with his unique, powerful, diverse & warm vocal tones, & Maton acoustic guitar with loop pedal. Matty has excellent quality sound gear & live gig experience since 1999.

Matty volunteered for almost 2 years at Pres Care Vela Carina, then in June 2017 performed his first Aged Care gig there. This went so well & inspired him to seek more gigs for the elderly there & elsewhere!

Since 2003 Matty has been performing in & managing the well-established Covers Band, Trio & Duo “Punchline”. He is the lead & rhythm guitarist with some lead vocals sharing with lead vocalist Jeunesse Douglas.

Matty’s full repertoire consists of a wide variety of great cover songs – Pop, Rock, Funk, Reggae, Country, Traditional, Folk, Soul, Classics, Gospel, Blues & a hint of Jazz; with the occasional original song of his own. He has a lower range baritone voice & adapts to songs accordingly. People often comment on how well he covers Johnny Cash! Even with this powerful lower range, Matty can also sing very softly and through some higher tenor ranges. Matty has always been great with the audience providing quality entertainment!

Tracklisting

SONG-LIST

CLASSICS (up to 70s) & TRADITIONAL FOLK SONGS

 BEATLES – Hard day’s night

BEATLES – Saw her standing there

BEATLES – Twist n’ shout

BEN E KING – Stand by me

BILL HALEY & THE COMETS – Rock around the clock

BILL WITHERS – Ain’t no sunshine

BOB DYLAN – Knockin’ on heavens door

BOB MARLEY – Three little birds

BOB SEGER – Old time rock n’ roll

BUDDY HOLLY – That’ll be the day

CAT STEVENS – Wild world

CHUCK BERRY – Johnny be good

CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Bad moon rising

CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Have you ever seen rain

CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Proud Mary

DOOBIE BROTHERS – Long train runnin’

EAGLES – Hotel California

EAGLES – Take it easy

ELVIS – Blue suede shoes

ELVIS – Can’t help falling in love

ERIC CLAPTON – Layla

HANK WILLIAMS – Hey good lookin’

JOHN NEWTON – Amazing grace

JOHNNY CASH – Folsom prison blues

JOHNNY CASH – He turned the water into wine

JOHNNY CASH – I walk the line

JOHNNY CASH – Ring of fire

KENNY ROGERS – The gambler

LEONARD COHEN – Hallelujah

LOUIS ARMSTRONG – What a wonderful world

LYNYRD SKYNYRD – Sweet home Alabama

MARVIN GAYE – How sweet it is

NEIL YOUNG – Heart of gold

OTIS REDDING – I can see clearly now

PINK FLOYD – Wish you were here

SLIM DUSTY – Duncan

STEVIE WONDER – Superstition

TRADITIONAL (BANJO PATERSON) – Waltzing Matilda

TRADITIONAL (FREDERIC WEATHERLY) – Danny Boy

TRADITIONAL (GEORGE HENRY POWELL) – Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag

TRADITIONAL (JACK JUDGE) – It’s a long way to Tipperary

TRADITIONAL (JIMMIE DAVIS) – You are my sunshine

TRADITIONAL (SCOTTISH) – My Bonnie lies over the ocean

TRADITIONAL – She’ll be comin’ round the mountain

VAN MORRISON – Brown eyed girl

WILLIE NELSON – Always on my mind

 

GOSPEL SONGS (Psalms, Hymns, & Songs of the Spirit)

 

AMAZING GRACE

AS THE DEER PANTS FOR THE WATER

BE THOU MY VISION

BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD ABOVE

HOLY HOLY HOLY

HOW GREAT THOU ART

IT IS WELL

JESUS LOVES ME

ROCK OF AGES

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD

WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS

 

And a variety of Contemporary Gospel songs from Hillsong & Bethel etc.

 

GENERAL SONGS

 

AMY WINEHOUSE – Valerie

BEN HARPER – Steal my kisses

BERNARD FANNING – How many times?

BERNARD FANNING – Wish you well

BLACK KEYS – Lonely boy

BOBBY MCFERRIN – Don’t worry be happy

BRYAN ADAMS – Summer of 69

CRASH TEST DUMMIES – Mmm mmm mmm

CROWDED HOUSE – Better be home soon

DARYL BRAITHWAITE – The horses

DEEP BLUE SOMETHING – Breakfast at Tiffany’s

DRAGON – April sun in Cuba

EAGLE EYE CHERRY – Save tonight

FOO FIGHTERS – Everlong

FUEL – Shimmer

GEORGE MICHAEL – Faith

GREEN DAY – Good Riddance (Time of your life)

GUNS N’ ROSES – Patience

GUNS N’ ROSES – Sweet child o’mine

GUNS N’ ROSES – November rain

HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH – Let her cry

HUNTERS & COLLECTORS – Holy grail

HUNTERS & COLLECTORS – Throw your arms around me

IMAGINE DRAGONS – Radioactive

JACK JOHNSON – Bubble toes

JACK JOHNSON – Flake

JACK JOHNSON – Mud football

JACK JOHNSON – Taylor

JIMMY EAT WORLD – The middle

LIFEHOUSE – You & me

 

MEN AT WORK – Down under

OASIS – Wonderwall

PASSENGER – Let her go

PAUL KELLY – Dumb things

PAUL KELLY – To her door

PEARL JAM – Alive

PEARL JAM – Daughter

PEARL JAM – Last kiss

POISON – Every rose has its thorn

POWDERFINGER – My happiness

PROCLAIMERS – 500 Miles

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Under the bridge

ROMANTICS – What I like about you

SCREAMING JETS – Shivers

SIMPLE MINDS – Don’t you (forget about me)

SNOW PATROL – Chasing cars

SOFT CELL – Tainted love

STEELERS WHEEL – Stuck in the middle

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN – Cold shot

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN – Pride & joy

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS – Interstate love song

THE CALLING – Wherever you will go

THE CHURCH – Under the milky way

TOM PETTY – Free Falling

TRAIN – Hey soul sister

U2 (JOHNNY CASH VERSION) – One

VIOLENT FEMMES – Blister in the sun

 

OTHER OCCASIONAL SONGS

 

GEORGE HARRISON – While my guitar gently weeps

GUNS N’ ROSES – Don’t cry

HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH – Goodbye

HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH – Not even the trees

HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH – Only lonely

MATCHBOX 20 – Hang

PEARL JAM – Black

PEARL JAM – Elderly woman behind a counter in a small town

PEARL JAM – Nothingman

THE VERVE – The drugs don’t work

 

ORIGINALS WHEN APPROPRIATE

 

DALE NEWBERRY & MATTY BATESON – Fall

MATTY BATESON – Another start (Find yourself)

MATTY BATESON – Bm7 Instrumental

MATTY BATESON – Father God

MATTY BATESON – Funk instrumental

MATTY BATESON – Jesus my God

MATTY BATESON – Little ditty 1 instrumental

MATTY BATESON – Little ditty 2 instrumental

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