The tiles on the roof were scorching hot and somehow a few enormous Japanese bumblebees had found an interest in the chimney stacks and camera equipment we brought with us, adding a spicy kick of nerves and paranoia to the elevated session. There was a scary moment when the tripod supporting my camera slipped rather dramatically and fortunately Carolyn was there to rescue it from a disastrous plummet 2 stories down onto the concrete driveway. I'm not overly fond of heights, but things tend to look more interesting on a rooftop. Matt Butcher, following the critical success of his previous album "Me and My Friends" will be releasing, "Ghostwriting" financed in part by a Kickstarter Campaign beginning in April. ; Many thanks to Matt for the wonderful visit. Here he is performing the Murder Ballad, "Liars and Thieves." Bio: Matt Butcher is no stranger to travelling. Born in England to Christian missionaries, he lived in Amsterdam and Colorado before moving to Orlando, Florida. His love of music began at an early age, listening to his parents spin classic records on the turntable - Van Morrison, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen. Many of these influences would inform his later work. His first band The Heathens, a rollicking country-rock outfit, released their album “Big White House” in 2006. The album garnered favorable reviews and won the group a devoted following throughout Central Florida. The Heathens disbanded in 2007 and Butcher subsequently embarked on his solo career. His debut album, “Me and My Friends,” produced in conjunction with Justin Beckler, saw release in 2008 to uniformly rave reviews. The Orlando Sentinel dubbed it one of the ten best albums of 2008. Colored by pedal steel, piano, and acoustic guitar, the album displayed a somber and mature approach leading Reax Music to call it a “ dewey-prairie mix of wistfulness and confession”. -- Less