About Matthew...
Matthew Weaver was born on July 12, 1972 in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, and in 1984 moved to Salisbury, North Carolina. A talented musician that play 19 different instruments.  He has traveled all over the United States performing in hundreds of Bluegrass Shows, Appalachian Mountain Music shows, and 15 off-Broadway musical shows. He comes from a musical family, the "Tommy Schaffer & The Blue Mountain Ramblers," that performed mountain, hillbilly, and country music, for over 80 years, hosted the longest running live radio show in Pennsylvania, and made several guest appearances on The Grand Ole Opry.
From 1994-1999 he traveled and performed with the bluegrass off-Broadway show, "Smoke on the Mountain." In 2000, he performed in the reunion show, Sander's Family Christmas, which became the sequel to Smoke on the Mountain. In 2001, he performed and danced in Pump Boys and Dinettes.
November of 2006 was the original cast reunion for the new world-premier at the Merony Theater, Salisbury, N.C. of "Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming" or "Smoke III" is what the show is referred too.
Matthew has performed at Tweetsie Railroad, in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, Dollywood, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and appeared on PBS's Across The Blue Ridge. He has also been featured in Country Weekly Magazine, amongst several other publications.
Matthew started playing the piano at the age of three, and developed a "Floyd Cramer style" that is in demand for studio productions all over the South. He has personally recorded eight CDs, which are available here.
He serves as director of music at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Salisbury, North Carolina. As of April, 2009 Matthew holds a Third Degree status in the Knights of Columbus. He is actively involved in the National Right to Life, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Nature Conservancy, North Carolina Wildlife Association, and the Appalachian-Bluegrass Music Preservation Association, and is an active conservationist.
Matthew has performed and recorded with the legendary Mike Craver, who is a former member of The Original Red Clay Ramblers, and has appeared numerous times on public radio's, A Prairie Home Companion.
Matthew is attending Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, where his major is in History with a minor in Appalachian Studies. Upon completion, he plans to work on a graduate degree in Appalachian Studies and Appalachian Mountain Music.
When Matthew is not traveling, you will find him deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains hiking, fishing, camping, and taking thousands of pictures of land and animal conservation.
Past Performances - Performers & Publications:
“An Evening with Matthew Weaver, Mike Craver & The Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming Cast Reunion” - October 2007
Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming -World Premier 2006
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown –Schroeder 2002
Pump Boys and Dinettes 2001
Sanders Family Christmas 2000
Smoke on the Mountain 1994-2000
Also:
Dollywood
Tweetsie Railroad
PBS Across the Blue Ridge
Memphis Tennessee Music Jam and Blues
Legendary Mike Craver -Original Member of the Red Clay Ramblers
Country Weekly -The Official Publication of Country Music News
Numerous interviews in Newspapers throughout the North and South
North Carolina State Republican and Democrat Political Conventions
Salisbury Post
Some of my Musical Influences:
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A rustic old mountain cabin and a little snow on the ground, a guitar and mandolin... life’s good!
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Dolly Parton
Hank Williams Sr.
John Denver
Ralph Stanley
Jim Ed Brown
Alison Krauss
The Carter Family
The Lewis Family
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