Dave Cloud and The Mattoid

A major figure on Nashville's underground rock scene, Dave Cloud was a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, actor, poet, and storyteller who earned a cult following for his over-the-top performances that suggested a fever-dream fusion of Captain Beefheart and Tom Waits, filtered through the body and voice of a seedy yet confident lounge singer. Dave Cloud was born in Nashville, Tennessee on August 3, 1956, and began playing guitar as a teenager. Growing up on a steady diet of '60s and '70s rock, Cloud developed his own distinct ideas about music, though he was in his early twe...