The Matt Woods Band--Iowa Homegrown Roots & Blues

The Matt Woods Band is a Des Moines based blues band specializing in old school urban electric blues. The band’s hard-hitting rhythms and powerful guitar lines evoke a sound right out of the early Chess Records catalog. Featuring Matt Woods on guitar and vocals, Dwight Dario on drums and Patrick Recob on bass, this band boasts some of the finest roots musicians in the Midwest. Whether playing an old favorite or cranking out a clever original tune, The Matt Woods Band delivers an unforgettable live show you won't want to miss!

MATT WOODS – Guitars, Vocals, Songwriting and Cool Hats

Matt Woods is both a native of Iowa, and a longstanding purveyor of its diverse music scene. As a seasoned performer of many local, regional and national venues, Matt has developed a distinct style while staying true to his love of traditional American music. Woods is well versed in the many shapes this music can take; from traditional delta, hill country and urban electric blues, to gospel, country and folk music. In addition to performing 100+ shows per year as a solo act, playing with several roots oriented bands and backing up some of the finest songwriters in the Midwest, Matt can often be found in the studio, adding guitar parts to a diverse array of recordings.

PATRICK RECOB – Bass

Hailing from the Kansas Flint Hills calling the Metro Kansas City area home, Patrick Recob has spent the past 32 years honing his craft as a touring bassist and sideman. An alumni of the Gary Primich Band in the 1990s, Lee McBee & The Confessors in the 2000s and as a road sideman performing with many popular traditional Blues national act artists worldwide. He has been a part of several well known, high profile recordings including his own well received debut album produced by James Harman & Nathan James. Currently focusing on his Midwest home base playing bass with several well known regional bands he makes his home with The Matt Woods Band.

DWIGHT DARIO – Drums

Drummer and New Jersey native Dwight Dario first came to Iowa in 1974 where he spent time playing in the Mother Blues Band, the 3rd Street Sliders with Bo Ramsey, the Rocket 88s, the Little Red Rooster Band, Bob Reidy’s Chicago Blues Show with Johnny Littlejohn and in a duo with fellow Hall of Famer Joe Price. Dwight left Iowa in 1984 he settled in the Twin Cities. He spent 5 years with Blues Deluxe with R.J. Mischo, and then 17 years with the Big George Jackson Blues Band, with whom he toured Europe 12 times. Dwight moved to Des Moines in 2011 and has since played with Malcolm Wells and the Two Timers, Matt Woods, and Rob Lumbard. Dwight represented Iowa, along with Bob Pace, at the IBC in Memphis in 2017. In 2014, Dwight was inducted into the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame.

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