2024 Guitar Pull Artist: Matt Stell
99.5 QYK is excited to welcome Matt Stell to the 2024 Guitar Pull lineup!
99.5 QYK Guitar Pull is back and better than ever in 2024, with an amazing group of artists. The 9th annual show will take place Sunday, November 17 at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Pete. Matt Stell will be joining Corey Kent, LoCash, and more for an unforgettable night of unplugged country music and stories!
“You start out wanting to sound like your heroes,” says Matt Stell, “but my heroes all sound like themselves. They believe what they sing.”
Matt Stell is an Arkansas native whose influences stretch from Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley, through Alanis Morissette and Oasis, to Miranda Lambert and Jason Isbell. “Classic Country was the first soundtrack to my life when I was little,” he recalls, “and my mom took me to my first concert, which was Randy Travis and Alan Jackson. But the first record I ever bought was Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill.”
His first breakthrough came with the 2X PLATINUM “Prayed For You,” the only debut single to top the Billboard Country Airplay chart in 2019. The PLATINUM follow-up, “Everywhere But On,” made him one of just a handful of new artists to hit the top twice in a row in six years. In the process, he racked up more than half a BILLION total global streams across his catalog while surpassing 27 million views alone for the official music video for “Prayed For You.”
Matt has been featured on Good Morning America, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Bachelor in Paradise, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s #LateShowMeMusic digital series. Along the way, he performed the national anthem for major NFL and NASCAR events, plus debuted at the Grand Ole Opry with about 150 friends and family members in attendance from his hometown.
More to love about Matt Stell
His newest single is called “smooth”. Listen below
Matt was always athletic and played basketball in high school where he actually guarded LeBron James! He earned an athletic scholarship to Drury University, where he played four years of college basketball. While there, he jump-started his musical life with an old guitar he picked up during downtime on a Christmas break.
He almost gave up on his dreams in music until he took a mission trip to Haiti. He was working alongside with doctors, nurses, and pharmacists when he realized if he wasn’t going to have a career in music, he wanted to be able to help people. He applied and was accepted into Harvard University’s Extension School Pre-Med program. Just six weeks before he was to begin, he got offered a publishing deal.
Matt’s Give A Damn Foundation, launched in 2020, supports charitable efforts including St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Doctors Without Borders, and the Humane Society, among others.
Learn more about Matt Stell and his music on his website. You can also follow him on Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, and YouTube.
Get details on the 9th annual 99.5 QYK Guitar Pull HERE!
