While being aware of Sweet Relief for some time, a chance encounter with founder Victoria Williams in 1998 and subsequent discussions, led to his direct involvement with the charity. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City’s largest tertiary care hospital. Matthews serves as the Chairman of Anesthesiology at St.
This prompted his return to university and his eventual career path as a physician.Ĭurrently, Dr. He soon found it difficult to meet routine living expenses, much less afford health insurance. Taking up guitar in his teens and desiring a career in music, he hit the road with his band while still a teen. Matthews was born and raised in coastal North Carolina. Now a practicing anesthesiologist in Kansas City, Dr. Her songs-as distinctive as her high vibrato-dip heavily into the musical palettes of country, folk, rock, gospel and jazz. The description stated: “Louisiana-born Victoria Williams’ music paints impressionistic, personal portraits of nature (“Century Plant”), of the spiritual (“Holy Spirit”) and of common folk (“Crazy Mary”). In 2006 Victoria was ranked #89 on Paste Magazine’s list of the Top 100 Living Songwriters. Pearl Jam had covered her song “Crazy Mary” for Sweet Relief, however, Williams performed her own version of the song, and made a video that brought her closer to public notice and gained her more of a following after it ran on MTV and Vh1 in 1994, and is still played on both cable channels.
That year, Williams also released a new album herself, entitled Loose.
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This led to the creation of the Sweet Relief Fund, a charity that aids professional musicians (of any stature) in need of health care. In 1993, an array of artists from different genres, including Pearl Jam, Lou Reed, Maria McKee, Soul Asylum, Lucinda Williams and others, joined together to record some of Williams’ songs for a tribute/benefit project called Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams. In 1993, Williams’ life took a dramatic turn when she learned that she was suffering from multiple sclerosis. Finding inspiration in nature, (“Weeds”, “Century Plant,” “Why Look at the Moon”), everyday objects (“Shoes,” “Frying Pan”) and the unseen, as in “Holy Spirit”. Her best-known songs include “Crazy Mary”, and “Century Plant”. She is noted for her descriptive songwriting talent, which she has used to immerse the listener of her songs into a vivid feeling of small-town, rural Southern upbringing and life. Her diverse work within the entertainment industry has paved the way for her professional experience and vested desires to help artists, to beautifully unify here on the Sweet Relief team.Īn American singer/songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. Most recently Kaitlin started an artist centric branding platform of her own (Digital Spindle) to assist creatives with media presence, promotion, and representation as a passionate outlet & acclaim to her personal musical roots.
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From there, Kaitlin has worked in many areas of the entertainment industry including brand development/integration, tv & film production, music management and more. As Development Associate for Sweet Relief, Kaitlin manages the Sweet Relief Merch Store, editorial correspondence to supporters, and assists in development efforts. Her affiliation with the organization goes back to 2010 and the "era "when she, Bill and Aric worked in Artist Management and Event Promotion, including throwing shows at the House of Blues and cultivating a tight knit community of artists in the Southern California area.
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