Editing Matt Slocum (section)

== Biography == 
Born in Rhode Island to Joseph and Hildegard Slocum, his family moved to New Braunfels, Texas, when he was eight months old, and opened a book store.<ref>New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, August 30, 1973, 6C, https://newbraunfels.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=slocum&i=f&by=1973&bdd=1970&d=01011905-12311976&m=between&ord=k1&fn=new_braunfels_herald_and_zeitung_usa_texas_new_braunfels_19730830_english_26&df=1&dt=9</ref> In 1991, while a senior at New Braunfels High School,<ref>1990-1991 New Braunfels High School Yearbook</ref> Slocum played guitar with Chris Taylor on a garage-band tape release called ''A Place to Hide Away (Part 1)''. He was a member of [[Love Coma]], a Christian rock band, and in the early 1990s he met vocalist [[Leigh Bingham Nash]] while attending the same church in [[New Braunfels]], Texas. Slocum and Leigh formed Sixpence None the Richer; he and Nash are the band's only constant members. He co-wrote, with Nash, the song "Nervous In the Light of Dawn" for Nash's debut solo album ''[[Blue on Blue (Leigh Nash album)|Blue on Blue]].''{{citation needed|date=January 2011}}
In 2006, Slocum toured with the band [[The Choir (alternative rock band)|The Choir]], playing bass. He has also played guitar with [[Over the Rhine (band)|Over the Rhine]], and played bass in the band the Astronaut Pushers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lostinohio.com/product/astronaut-pushers-ep |title=Astronaut Pushers EP |website=lostinohio.com |date=January 2011 |access-date=2023-12-12}}</ref>

Slocum played cello on [[Viva Voce (band)|Viva Voce]]'s first album, ''Hooray for Now''. As studio guitarist and cellist, he has recorded on albums by artists [[Julie Miller]], [[Plumb (singer)|Plumb]], [[Wes King]], [[Switchfoot]], [[Hammock (band)|Hammock]], [[Lost Dogs]], [[The Choir (alternative rock band)|The Choir]], [[Dividing the Plunder]], Threefold, and [[Brooke Waggoner]].  He also appeared as cellist on the [[Chris Rice]] DVD Inside Out.{{citation needed|date=January 2011}}

In 2023, Slocum and Nash joined [[10,000 Maniacs]].<ref name="tpj">{{Cite news |newspaper=[[The Post-Journal]] |date=2023-09-16 |title=10,000 Maniacs Add New Singer, Guitarist; To Perform At JCC |language=en-US |first=Michael |last=Zabrodsky |department=Top Stories |url=https://www.post-journal.com/news/top-stories/2023/09/10000-maniacs-add-new-singer-guitarist-to-perform-at-jcc/}}</ref>