From his early days growing up in Houston, Texas, Matt White was more captivated by the deep soul rumblings of Ike Turner than he was the tongue-in-cheek bombast of hometown rock heroes Z.Z. Top. Now, two decades later, it's his relationship with that smooth-yet-dangerous R&B that informs his art, despite the fact that his first exposure to the music business was fronting a four-piece alternative rock band enticingly dubbed Bent. While Bent didn't provide the singer with his ticket ...  [+]