{"name":"Matthew Wilder","title":"Matthew Wilder","id":2060,"slug":"matthew-wilder","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/2060/?format=json","bio_short":"Matthew Wilder (born Matthew Weiner on January 24, 1953 in Manhattan, New York City) is an American musician best known for his 1983 hit "Break My Stride".  Wilder was one-half of the Greenwich Village folk group Matthew & Peter in the 1970s. In 1978 he moved to Los Angeles and sang for television commercials and backup for Rickie Lee Jones and Bette Midler.  Wilder's first album, I Don't Speak the Language (1983), reached number 49 on the Billboard chart, fueled by "Break My Stride", which reached number 5 on the singles chart.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/MatthewWilderwil.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":27879,"title":"Beautiful Disaster","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/beautiful-disaster/"},{"id":25189,"title":"Break My Stride","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/break-my-stride/"}]}