Eddie Owen Presents: Garrison Starr and Matthew Mayfield
Doors Open: 6:30 PM
General Admission: $25 in advance ($30 day of show)
VIP Tickets: $75 (25 available) - early entry for sound check with a meet and greet with Garrison and Matthew following.
Streaming: $15
GARRISON STARR
Garrison Starr thought she was done playing music. A lifetime of trauma, from her upbringing in a fundamentalist Christian household to more than two decades navigating the music industry, left her spirit broken. With her days as a major-label artist behind her, the Grammy nominated singer, songwriter, and producer was ready to pack it in.
"I could never get free from the feeling that what I had to say didn't matter to anybody. And that I was a failure," says Starr. "I was like, 'You know, I'm just gonna stop trying.' So I stopped trying and just started working on myself."
That an artist of Starr's caliber should feel this way seems unfathomable. She scored her first hit with 1997's acclaimed "Superhero," then went on to release 15 solo albums and tour with Melissa Etheridge, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Lilith Fair. Starr's songs appeared on countless TV shows like Grey's Anatomy and Pretty Little Liars. She even collaborated with close friend Margaret Cho on a comedy album and podcast.
Starr always prided herself on writing her own material — a fact driven in part, she admits, by her own insecurities. Looking to open a new chapter in her life, she decided it was time to work behind the scenes. She threw herself into songwriting collaborations and a new role penning songs for other artists.
Or so she thought. Having learned to exercise her creative muscles once more, she discovered a voice that was distinct, powerful: Garrison Starr's. Girl I Used to Be is the fruit of those labors, a nine-track album of self discovery due to be shared with the world by Soundly Music on March 5, 2021. Starr's first new music since her 2017 EP What if There is No Destination and first full-length in nearly a decade, it was produced by longtime friend Neilson Hubbard, engineered by Danny Aldredge, and features cowrites with talented young songwriters like Carly Paige, Katie Pruitt, and Dominique Arciero.
MATTHEW MAYFIELD
From haunting acoustic ballads to gritty rock and roll songs filled with swagger and attitude, Matthew Mayfield has spent the past decade releasing music that has changed the hearts and lives of his listeners. His latest LP, Gun Shy, is a collection of songs as varied as the emotions each of us feels. If his previous release, RECOIL, was the fruit of an intense effort by Mayfield to depict the good, the bad, and the ugly in the world he inhabited, Gun Shy is a look into all worlds – those full of darkness and hope.
Gun Shy is now available on all digital platforms worldwide. Physical copies are available on matthewmayfield.com.