Jeff Mattson (born July 3, 1958) is an American musician. He was raised on Long Island, NY. Mattson is founding member of the jam band, the Zen Tricksters, and guitarist in the Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson, which features the

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’s Donna Jean Godchaux. Mattson was named the permanent lead guitarist for

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in November of 2009. A veteran of 30 years on the road, Mattson is a guitar player whose style ranges from rock & roll to blues, bluegrass, country, jazz, folk and psychedelia. Jeff is also a strong original songwriter and his work is prominently featured on five albums, including several pieces co-written with bandmate Donna Jean. He is a co-writer of “Leave Me Out of This,” a track on Phil Lesh and Friends Sony CD, "There and Back Again." Jeff was asked to audition for Phil Lesh & Friends in the fall of 1999 and in October 1999. Jeff and then Zen Trickster keyboard player,

Rob Barraco Rob Barraco is an American keyboardist. Born and raised on Long Island, NY, he has played with Phil Lesh and Friends, The Dead, Dark Star Orchestra, Chris Robinson & New Earth Mud, the Zen Tricksters, Red Flannel Hash, and The Dragonflys. He ...

, played three shows with Phil Lesh and Friends at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco. 1999.http://www.jambands.com/nov99/features/fullcircle.html ''Full Circle: Zen Trickster Jeff Mattson Becomes A Friend of Phil'', ''jambands.com'', Retrieved March 16, 2009.

Discography

;with the Zen Tricksters : 1996 ''The Holy Fool'' : 1998 ''A Love Surreal'' : 2003 ''Shaking Off the Weirdness'' : 2006 '' For Rex: The Black Tie Dye Ball'' – The Zen Tricksters w/ Donna Godchaux,

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, Tom Constanten, David Nelson,

Michael Falzarano Michael Falzarano is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has been a professional musician since the 1970s, most notably in Hot Tuna, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Memphis Pilgrims, a Memphis-style rock and roll/blues ...

2006 ;with Donna Jean and the Tricksters : 2008 '' Donna Jean and the Tricksters'' ;with Donna Jean Godchaux Band : 2014 '' Back Around'' ;song ''Leave Me Out of This'', co-written with Rob Barraco : 2002 Phil Lesh and Friends "There and Back Again"

References

External links

Jeff Mattson official websiteDark Star Orchestra official websiteZen Tricksters official websiteDonna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson official website
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Jeff Mattson sits down with Ira Haberman of The Sound Podcast for a feature interview
Living people 1958 births Guitarists from New York (state) American male guitarists 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians Dark Star Orchestra members {{US-guitarist-stub