Matt Schofield (Page 4 of 5)

Well another show was added at The Sweetwater Saloon in Mill Valley on 8/4, which I bought tix for a few months in advance, but sometimes the best laid plans don't quite work out. I did however make it to the show in Auburn last night and as always was NOT disappointed! Matt's long time keyboard/bass pedal player Johnny Henderson is on a paternity hiatus. He has an awesome bass player filling the void named Rodrigo Zambrano who Matt hooked up with in South Fla. where they both live these days. I would really like to see Rodrigo remain when Johnny is available again cuz nothing rounds out a great blues act like a B3. Matt told me he's touring more in the U.S. now that he's living here and booked by a co. in NYC. Catch him if you can, it just gets better!

                                                                                       I'm Shipwrecked Baby!

                                                                                       J Dawg

I have to second J Dawg about Matt....he is a monster on the guitar....you can hear many different influences in his music but he makes it all his own....great meeting J Dawg after the show....Matt has to be right up there in the top few guitar players in my opinion...he really puts on a show....

This weekend we had the quite the pleasure of seeing Matt Schofield in a somewhat different setting. He is doing a small tour with Jay Stollman - vocalist, Scott Spacy - Bass (from Johnny Winter's band) and Tommy Nagy - Drums. In this configuration he is just a member of a band, and you can tell he is loving this little break from the pressures of solo touring. We spoke with him a bit after the show and just as Joe has mentioned how much he loves being part of RCFP and not having to be the front man and guy in charge, Matt too, shared the same remarks. There is no pressure and you can just have fun. And what fun it was to see this band. Jay Stollman has a great voice and it was a blast to hear Matt solo on everything from "A Change Is Gonna Come" to "Roll Over Beethoven" with a couple of his own songs sprinkled in as well as a few of Jay's. It shows his versatility which is a wonderful thing because as he was telling us people have definitely pigeonholed him and the labels he has been given for his style of playing are really quite unusual and quite incorrect and it has made it difficult for his career. Once people have labeled you it's hard to break free of that. There is a lot more to Matt than people realize and this little tour really gave us a nice glimpse of that.

Goodbye My Baby https://youtu.be/SvdNFPAIE1c

I've Got To Use My Imagination https://youtu.be/oUyIeARlCG8

I Don't Want No Woman Tellin' Me What To Do https://youtu.be/gJlRezXHw50

Lonesome In My Bedroom https://youtu.be/2-CehVDkbFc

Lucille https://youtu.be/xCamoWYCdPU

Don't Take Advantage of Me https://youtu.be/kPnRfBUkIus

Tired of Trying https://youtu.be/0kLt93X8itM

A Change Is Gonna Come https://youtu.be/GuTccio7Qbk

Black Cat Bone https://youtu.be/1Q_ea1VISZg

Don't Know What I'd Do https://youtu.be/tgW_PEz_syc

Long Tall Sally/CC Rider/Good Golly Miss Molly https://youtu.be/wLoE9ddF-eU

Bring It On Home To Me https://youtu.be/ygohJyi-noE

Dust My Broom https://youtu.be/u8AMmde8L7U

Rock Me Baby https://youtu.be/gNkVzw5iMMI

Further On Up The Road https://youtu.be/s8pGQIX1y38

Killing Floor https://youtu.be/c9xzBnd9iTs

Live Wire https://youtu.be/iVlEK0eweC8

Black Jack https://youtu.be/KTgPvFBdP-Y   The standout song of the night for me. Incredible solo by Matt

Devil In Disguise https://youtu.be/IuMvyR7wmFY

Roll Over Beethoven https://youtu.be/YA7RZz_JFIs

Saw Matt this week at the Hamilton, a gorgeous venue in DC. Love how at the start of the show they tell everyone they need to respect the artist and not talk during the performance. Wish more venues did this. Matt was double billed with Tommy Castro. Tommy said to Matt, I want to go first, there is no way I'm going to follow you, lol. Matt has a great band right now of young guys and they played a few older songs we hadn't heard in a few years. JDawg should be happy because he finally did "See Me Through". We hadn't seen him do that since 2013. Only 8 songs, because of the double bill, but some long ones in there with Matt doing those wonderful building solos like he does.

Stranger Blues https://youtu.be/6BK2SDJ3qtw

From Far Away https://youtu.be/mw2I5P_DXe4

See Me Through https://youtu.be/O62ShzAFycs

Don't Know What I'd Do https://youtu.be/l32OVHHtWKY

Hindsight https://youtu.be/bRqmp-OTxIQ

Where Do I Have To Stand https://youtu.be/ypeAFlPlgcc

Siftin' Thru Ashes https://youtu.be/2ohKm8Jznpk

Everything https://youtu.be/dmscqfOfciA

Haha yes he did have a quick cameo in one of Eric's Glad you enjoy them!

Have fun J Dawg....I'm going to catch him in Grass Valley....less traffic to fight for me....

I will pass that along Banshee....I know I'll stay late and talk with him and his Dad....let the traffic thin out a bit too....

His dad lives here in NorCal so he probably gigs out here every year so he can visit Pops....makes sense to me and his dad is a kick in the **** too....