Western Gypsies hail from Gulfport, FL, performing gypsy jazz standards and original acoustic compositions. Ashton Farner and Matt Frick are impressing the local Jazz community, creating a high-powered acoustic experience since 2022. The duo first met as students of Josh Hindmarsh from Hot Tonic. They quickly became great friends and were inspired to play the music and styles of Django Reinhardt. Matt Frick’s influences of bluegrass and advanced rhythms mix well with Ashton Farner’s advanced jazz guitar styles. Music aficionados recently enjoyed a memorable acoustical experience with their Full band at Sunshine Getdown Festival.
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Currently Matt and Ashton are open for booking jazz/blues duos starting at $350 for 3 hours. Also trios and 4 piece bands available start at $500, 4 piece $600. Specials guests often including Amor Aggari, Eric Riddles, Keven Aland and Hunter Fletcher.
Keven Aland , Amor Aggari, Quin Whitney, Eric Riddles, Hunter Fletcher all joined us April 10th at Sunshine Getdown Thursday April 10th, 2025Quin Whitney photo by Kelly and Comer
this lineup ⬆️ playing a private party at cage brewing 4/28/25Jammin to our version of Grateful Dawg by David Grisman Click play above ⬆️ to hear a recording of us playing Bossa Dorrado live at Grand Central Brewhouse April 9th! If anyone wants a cd of the show contact me ! Click above ⬆️ to hear an original by Matt Frick titled Milo to Go. The song was named after Matt’s nephew Milo.Ashton and Matt are students of Joshand Victoria from Hot Tonic!! Photo by Jason Mullen
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Ashton and Matt jamming w/ Hot Tonic crew ⬆️
Joseph Joseph!!! ⬆️ Ashton and Matt Studying jazz guitar from Josh Hindmarsh from Hot Tonic First show with Chris Barbosa on violin 🎻 Photo by Katie Talbert
