Product DescriptionTips & Compliments is the debut CD from Matt Harlan, a songwriter already well-known in many circles whose studio work is only now making his great songs and moving performances available to all. Matt Harlan has crafted songs of extraordinary expression and melody. He is a force to be reckoned with: Harlan is a winner of multiple songwriting accolades, including awards from the Billboard World Songwriting Contest, American Songwriter Magazine, the Wildflower Arts & Music Festival, Snowbird Mountain Music Festival and as a Regional New Folk winner at Kerrville. On Tips & Compliments, Harlan is joined by a stellar crew. The disc was produced by Rich Brotherton and features vocals from Phoebe Hunt (Belleville Outfit), fiddle from Warren Hood, and Marty Muse (Robert Earl Keen) on pedal steel.