Maurice Mattei
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Maurice Mattei is a singer/songwriter from Cincinnati, Ohio. Born in Italy he immigrated to America as a child with his family. He started writing songs in his early teen years. After the release of his first recordings in 1983 and 1988 he abandoned music to pursue photography. His interest lay primarily in documentary photography and this led him into certain social circles (Bikers, Drug addicts, Debutantes, Wrestlers, Strippers, Socialites, Celebrities, etc.) that he found to be strangely new and oddly exciting. This vast and glorious parade of life re-ignited his desire to write songs.
In 1995 he released his first CD of original material. He has since released 8 CDs, the latest being a live recording entitled "Ring Of Smoke". In addition to CDs, Mr. Mattei has released three cassette tapes, two 7-inch singles, one tape-cassette single, one CD single and a DVD since 1995. In May of 2007 he joined Blue Jordan Records a Cincinnati cooperative label. To see a complete discography, examples of photographic works, lyrics page, additional MP3s, and miscellaneous writings please go to the Maurice Mattei web site (link below)
