cover of Matthew Logan Vasquez album Frank's Full Moon Saloon
Acoustic

Matt Vasquez – “Salt in the Wound” on the river

Happy New Year to everyone! It’s 2025. I’ll be 55 this year. This site passed its 20-year milestone in December, and although I’ll never churn out music posts the way I did in those blog-crazy 00’s, I sure do love that Ickmusic is still here, and continues to persevere through these wild times we live in. When a great artist or tune or live music moment occurs in my life, I love that I can come here and share/document the experience.

Tonight, it’s another visit with the very talented Matthew Logan Vasquez, who captured my attention back in 2010 with his band Delta Spirit. Their standout album History from Below was released that year, and among the great tracks was “Salt in the Wound” – an introspective, philosophic, and quite poignant look at this life we live, and this beautiful earth we tread upon.

Last year, Matt released Frank’s Full Moon Saloon, a stripped-down reimagining of many Delta Spirit tunes, including “Salt in the Wound.”

In this video from last May (back in ol’ 24!), Matt performs the song on the banks of the Blanco River near San Marco, Texas. It’s simply Matt, his Martin guitar, and a gently rolling river. It hits just right for me, and maybe it will do the same for you.

P.S. As some of you may know, Matthew is very close to both the boys from Deer Tick and Dawes (check out Middle Brother). Brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith of Dawes both lost their homes last week to the awful fires in the Los Angeles area (they live in Altadena). Even with all they’re going through, they took time to visit Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to perform an acoustic version of “Time Spent In Los Angeles,” while raising money for Musicares. It was moving, and you can watch it here.

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