More Baseball Music

How 'bout more baseball related music that doesn't include John Fogerty's Centerfield? Sweet, let's do it!

When I was listening to some Steve Poltz the other night on the YouTube I came across him doing a cover of Rick Springfield's Jesse's Girl. He did some weird lyrical improv and it was funny so I laughed. The laughter made me smile and as I smiled I noticed that the guy who sang the chorus with him had a name. The name was important enough to put into the title of the video but also memorable and distinct enough for me to be moved to perform a search. The name: Matt the Electrician.

Matt the Electrician is a musician based in Austin, Texas and I found myself staying up way past a good and proper bedtime listening to the sound. The weary Monday was worth it though because... well, call it the effect of good music... it's always worth it.

I enjoyed Matt the Electrician's music but I also found his stage presence and sense of humor equal to the sounds. And of course, he wrote a song about baseball...

It's funny what you think about as you get lost in music. I imagined myself going on a road trip to Texas this summer where I would see Matt the Electrician play a set in Austin sandwiched between a series in San Antonio to watch the Missions* play and visits to friends in Dallas and Houston.

The imagination has a way of making Texas seem just small enough to make such a trip plausible.

*The Missions should be fun this year. Promotions from Fort Wayne and all. And hey... on the way to San Antonio we (or you) could stop in Tucson to see the AAA Padres. This sounds all too perfect!

Editor's Note:
The T-shirt MtE is wearing is a Steve Poltz shirt. Watch some more of MtE's videos... it's one of the few shirts he owns. I'm not judging. I'm that way also. About socks.