MAT KEARNEY

'Mat Kearney' () (born December 1, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter born in Eugene, Oregon, now based in Nashville, Tennessee. Kearney has received widespread recognition from his major label debut, ''Nothing Left to Lose''. His music is a mix of pop-rock with hip-hop influences. He not only sings but plays guitar, piano, and harmonica. Mat also raps, and often performs a freestyle composition at his live shows.
Kearney's songs have appeared on the television series: ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Kyle XY'', ''The Unit'', ''Without A Trace'', ''Laguna Beach'', ''The Hills'', ''Bones'', ''Jericho'', ''Friday Night Lights'', ''Wildfire'', ''What About Brian'', ''South Beach'', ''8th & Ocean'', ''One Tree Hill'' and ''The Closer''.
He has toured with John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, and The Fray; and headlined VH1's first ever "You Oughta Know Tour" in the spring of 2007.

Contents

Discography

LPs/Albums

EPs

Digital EPs

Song Facts

Singles Released

TV appearances

Band

Current

Former

References

External links

Discography

LPs/Albums

'''Bullet''' Released October 19, 2004
	'''Nothing Left to Lose''' Released April 18, 2006	:#109 Billboard 200:#2 Billboard Top Heatseekers

EPs

★ ''The Chicago EP''

★ ''Revive Us''
:#"Revive Us"
:#"Arms of Love"
:#"Memorial Stones"
:#"Finding Me"
:#"Revive Us" (Instrumental)
:#"Finding Me" (Instrumental)

★ ''West In November''
:#"Bullet"
:#"Poor Boy"
:#"My Girl America"
:#"Lifetime"
:#"Tomorrow"
:#"Memorial Stones"
:#"Call Me Out"

Digital EPs

	'''Rhapsody Originals''' (Rhapsody exclusive. Released February 20, 2007)Track listing:#Crashing Down#Nothing Left To Lose#Undeniable#Where We Gonna Go From Here
	'''NapsterLive''' (Napster exclusive. Released March 13, 2007)Track listing:#Nothing Left To Lose#Undeniable#Crashing Down#Where We Gonna Go From Here

'''Acoustic - EP''' (itunes exclusive. Released April 17, 2007)
Track listing:
#Nothing Left To Lose
#Girl America
#In the Middle
#Renaissance

Song Facts

At a concert in Houston in 2006, he revealed that his song "All I Need" was written based on two of his friends from New Orleans and their story during Hurricane Katrina. "All I Need" was featured on ''Grey's Anatomy'', and began to chart on iTunes top 100 downloaded songs. It peaked at #94 on the Billboard 100?.
In addition, his song, "Where We Gonna Go From Here", was also featured in season three of ''Grey's Anatomy'', and in the season finale of ABC Family's show Kyle XY.
"Nothing Left to Lose" was the title track and first single off his second album. It was the sixth most played song on Christian CHR radio in 2006, and peaked at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100, week of February 10, 2007. It was also used in a 30 second trailer for the 2007 movie Catch and Release.

Singles Released

Year	Title	Chart positions		Album
		US Hot 100	US Adult Top 40
2006	"Nothing Left to Lose"	#41	#7	''Nothing Left to Lose''
2007	"Undeniable"	# 36 ★	# 22	''Nothing Left to Lose''

★ = Still rising on chart

TV appearances

★ ''Last Call with Carson Daly'' (21 April 2006)

★ ''WB Morning Show - "Nothing Left to Lose" (30 August 2006)

★ ''Late Night With Conan O'Brien'' - "Nothing Left to Lose" (9 November 2006)

★ ''Late Show with David Letterman'' - "Nothing Left to Lose" (19 January 2007)

★ ''VSpot Top 20 Countdown'' (21 January 2007)

★ ''Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' - "Nothing Left to Lose" (08 February 2007)

★ ''Ellen'' - "Nothing Left to Lose" (21 March 2007)

★ ''CBS Saturday - "Nothing Left to Lose" (24? March 2007)

★ ''VSpot Top 20 Countdown'' (25? March 2007)

★ ''A&E's ''Breakfast with the Arts'' - date?

★ ''Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' - "Undeniable" (29 August 2007)

Band

Current

★ Will Sayles – Drums

★ Tyler Burkum – Guitar

★ Cason Cooley – Keyboard

★ Paul Moak- Guitar

Former

★ Tony Luceto – Bass

★ Paul Moak – Guitar, Keyboard

★ Jeff Irwin – Bass, Keyboard

★ Chris Kimmerer – Drums

★ Jeremy Lutito – Drums

References

External links

★ 'Official site'

★ Mat Kearney Myspace

★ Mat Kearney Fansite

★ Mat Kearney MSN

★ Mat Kearney Purevolume

★ Christianity Today Article