| Matt Wessel Music.com |
| Media/Press OThe following blurb was written about my show at Bethel Lutheran Church in Gurnee, IL on July 8, 2005. I'm not sure exactly when it was published, but I stumbled upon it a few weeks after the concert. ---- by: Odie Pahl I had a blast last weekend. At least one event was happening each day and of course, as usual, several things competed for my attention, which lead to picking and choosing from the array. Scoop the Loop appeared to be a success. There were tons of people in downtown Waukegan over the three-day celebration and I can attest to a wel planned modus operandi, with very congenial staff to execute it. Late into Saturday night the streets were still full of good-natured people enjoying themselves. Friday night I attended a concert at Bethel Lutheran Church in Gurnee. The musician, vocalist, and songwriter was Matt Wessel who, with his group of multi-talented friends, gave another stellar performance for the American Cancer Society. Matt is a local guy, but he is a top-rate performer. He started writing music the year his father died from cancer when he was just 16 years old. Since then he has recorded five CDs, is in the process of making two more, continues to write a multitude of music, has graduated from Marquette University, plays for his present parish in Milwaukee, performs, and is currently working as a public relations assistant for the Milwaukee Bucks. This guy is busy, but what a gift for plucking our heart strings when Wessel performs. He's been instrumental in raising thousands and thousands of dollars for ACS at his annual Concert For Life, which is affiliated with Warren High's Future Business Leaders of America, each spring at St. Paul of the Apostle Church in Gurnee. To find out more about this amazingly talented man, check out his Web site at: http:// www.mattwesselmusic.com . |