Jay Matthes is a singer/songwriter from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ben Kieffer of Iowa Public Radio describes Jay's sound as "soulful country" and The Rave/Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee calls his live show "entertaining as hell". Jay plays over 125 shows a year, and has shared a stage with national acts such as Jana Kramer, Old Dominion, Judah & the Lion, Ike Reilly Assassination, RaeLynn, Charlie Worsham, and many more.
Jay's original music has been featured on local, regional, and national radio and television, most notably The Country Network where the music video for his single "The Light" is currently in rotation. Press has included features in The Modern Folk, Americana Daily, Breaking & Entering, and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, among others.
Jay was nominated for Singer/Songwriter of the Year by Wisconsin Area Music Industry in 2015, 2016 and 2017, and recently won Best Male Vocalist in Shepherd Express' Best of Milwaukee.
Lyrics
Rain on the Sills Music and lyrics written by Jay Matthes
First verse: I watched the green grass dance in the sun from the shade of an oak when the day's work was done I felt the chill of a westerly wind I was miles from home when the storm clouds rolled in
Chorus: The horses they run along the barbwire The foxes they move through the field They say no one knows which way the wind will blow but sometimes I feel like the only one who don't
Second verse: I walked in wet and I looked 'round the room Half-open windows and curtains in bloom The front had pushed forward on over the hill Left my things on the floor and rain on the sills
