Matt Abts (born September 30, 1953) is an American drummer,[1] best known as one of the founding members of the rock band Gov't Mule.

Abts attended high school in Panama where he started playing music.

There he played in and recorded an album with Chuck & John and the News, a local bar band from Bradenton, Florida, during the early 1980s.

Abts recorded Pattern Disruptive with the Dickey Betts Band in 1988 which also included guitarist/vocalist Warren Haynes.

Abts joined Haynes and Allen Woody, who had both been members of The Allman Brothers Band, to form Gov't Mule in 1994.