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With a little help from my friends
This is the Tribute album to Matt Long, former front man and guitarist for multi award
winning UK blues rock band Catfish. All but the title track are songs written by Matt but here
are performed by his good friends from the worlds of blues and blues rock in both the UK and
the USA.
The stellar list of artists involved includes
Elles Bailey, Paul Jones, The Cinelli Brothers,
Blue Nation, Sean Webster, When Rivers
Meet, Brave Rival, Will Wilde, Zac Schulze,
Alice Armstrong, Dom Martin, Chantel
McGregor, Katie Bradley and his best friend
from music college who is now a vocalist
with metal band Avantasia, Adrienne Cowan.
TW: o tracks include guitar solos from Joe
Bonamassa and Walter Trout, which both
retain Matt's original vocal. There are also
guitar solos from TW: o of Matt's guitar
tutors from the Academy of Contemporary
Music in Guildford, Nic Meier (Jeff Beck
band) and Nat Martin (Toyah, Robert Fripp,
Thomas Dolby). Each artist has put their own
spin on Matt's songs, which makes each track unique and very special.
This is a 16 track double vinyl with coloured discs and lyric booklet.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A PRESALE - the album will be released on 20 March 2026, and
vinyl will be sent to everyone who has purchased it shortly before the launch date.
Available as a double CD on this website, or as a download at
https://epw0uq-0v.myshopify.com
Paul Long, Matt's father writes: This is a very special project to me and the family. After our
son Matt died in October 2024 (he was also lead singer, guitarist and songwriter with the
blues rock-band Catfish), our friend Dudley Ross suggested asking Joe Bonamassa if he would
play a solo on a track for Matt. The word spread about this and before we knew it we had
offers from musicians and bands to record one of Matt's songs, so we can now say that there
will be a double tribute album of his music, to be released on 20th March. All proceeds will
go to the cancer ward at Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford, where Matt was treated.

