Mark Matos started Campo Bravo around 2003. He had just moved to Tucson after some years of adventure and transiency with hopes of home-making and band-beginnings. It was there that he came across the wonderous Golden Boots who offered a 4-track and a rhythm section, and Campo Bravo was born a premature but celebratory birth. The idea from the beginning was to form a world wide collective that he could pick and pull from to play and record his songs, a revolving congregation of acid gospel yelpers and wild eyed bowers, pickers and pluckers. The collection of friends and talent is over 40 strong and includes Nik Freitas, members of the Golden Boots, Vicki Brown (Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter), Benny the Kid, Steven Spar, Chris Adolf (Love Letter Band), Anthony Boruch, Brian Green, and many other wonderful folks. Mark Matos writes the words, sings the songs (as best he can), plays guitar and whatever happens to be laying around the studio, and always tries to play like the world is exploding.