Matthew Stubbs, the longtime guitarist for blues legend Charlie Musselwhite and founder of blues-rock trio GA-20, seemed destined to make his mark on the genre. He fell in love with the music when he ...

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When guitar player Matthew Stubbs found himself with a year off from touring, he wasn’t going to pine away the time doing nothing. It was 2018, and Stubbs’ then full-time job was playing guitar for ...

Blues Hammer ruined the blues. A fictional band from the 2001 Scarlett Johansson and Steve Buscemi film “Ghost World,” Blues Hammer has become shorthand for any band that claims to love Muddy Waters ...

WMNF listeners and fans were first introduced to GA-20 when Tropical Heatwave returned from a 7-year-long hiatus in May 2023. However, their beginning started when Matthew Stubbs was on a hiatus of ...

Matthew Stubbs is a veteran of the Boston music scene and a national touring musician as well; he’s been playing guitar in Charlie Musselwhite’s live band for 14 years. But in 2018, he was temporarily ...

Those who complain that they don’t make blues today like they used to, haven’t heard GA-20. This Boston based trio with the unique lineup of two guitars (Pat Faherty and Matthew Stubbs), drums (Tim ...

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As the momentum continues to build for old-school blues rock trio GA-20, the band takes their expanding fanbase by storm with the release of its first full-length live LP, Live In Loveland. Featuring ...

Ohhh baby don’t you wanna go? Back to that same old place, sweet home…Allston. GA-20 is bringing its raw, old-school bluesy grooves back to Boston for a hometown show at Brighton Music Hall on Dec. 17 ...

The WMNF Song of the Day for Monday January 27, 2025 is “Cryin’ & Pleadin” by GA-20, fresh off winning of Best Blues Band of the Boston Music Awards. The fresh warm fuzz of Billy Boy Arnold’s classic ...