Matt Petersen
Best known for
Guitar
Matt Petersen is a Missouri-born guitarist and lone son in The Petersens family bluegrass band — a Branson-based group whose YouTube videos have amassed hundreds of millions of views since 2019.
- Member of The Petersens, a family bluegrass band based in Branson, Missouri.
- Plays rhythm guitar (Collings D1ATSB) and can play stand-up bass as backup.
- The lone son among the Petersen siblings; sisters are Katie, Ellen, and Julianne.
- Started classical guitar at age 9; switched to flatpicking when the family went bluegrass.
- Earned a Bachelor's in Business from College of the Ozarks (2017).
- Runs the band's business operations including outside bookings and the technical side of the Branson show.
- Provides male lead vocals on country covers (e.g. George Strait, Ronnie Milsap) and serves as the band's emcee/comedian.
- The Petersens went viral on YouTube starting in 2019 and have amassed hundreds of millions of views.