So I've seen Matt 3 times over the last 3 years - in Houston in 2006, in a small club in Downtown Dallas in 2007 and at an outdoor "AFTERDark" event in late 2008. Click on the 2006 and 2007 links to read more about Wertz and listen to the recordings from those shows. He's getting ready to go back out on tour, so I thought this was an opportune time to post the last set I saw him perform.

This was an interesting show - we show the post on his MySpace, showing he was playing a free show at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, but we couldn't find any mention of it on the SMU site, nor through any amount of Googling. We ended up getting details on the event from someone at the campus paper who simply told us that it was going to be outside between two buildings. We showed up and found out that the show was sponsored by a national organization called AFTERDark who work with university based Christian groups to put on events and concerts. The show consisted of a ~20 minute set, then an inspirational lecture, followed by another 45 minute set.

Enjoy!

Tour Dates:
Feb 10 2009 Diesel Club Lounge Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Feb 11 2009 Water Street Music Hall Rochester, New York
Feb 12 2009 House of Blues Cleveland, Ohio
Feb 13 2009 House of Blues Chicago, Illinois
Feb 14 2009 The Basement Columbus, Ohio
Feb 15 2009 The Ark Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 19 2009 Warehouse Live Houston, Texas
Feb 20 2009 The Parish Austin, Texas
Feb 21 2009 Pontiac Garage at House of Blues Dallas, Texas
Feb 23 2009 Rhythm Room Phoenix, Arizona
Feb 24 2009 Anthology San Diego, California
Feb 27 2009 House of Blues West Hollywood, California
Feb 28 2009 Slim’s San Francisco, California
Mar 2 2009 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, Oregon
Mar 3 2009 The Triple Door Seattle, Washington
Mar 5 2009 Fowler Center State University, Arkansas
Mar 6 2009 three20south Breckenridge, Colorado
Mar 7 2009 Fox Theatre Boulder, Colorado

Heartbreaker
Like The Last Time
The Way I Feel
Intro to...
I Will Not Take My Love Away
Intro to...
Keep Faith
519
Red Meets Blue
Intro to...
Counting to 100
Intro to...
Marianne
Intro to...
Everything's Right
Intro to...
Carolina

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