LordRiffenstein
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Although a bit weird seeing a gig starting at 4:30pm on a Sunday afternoon, it was an amazing gig nonetheless.
The Matt Schofield band is now officially a 4 piece as he added an amazing bassplayer. He still has the company of his old drummer and keyboard player so this is one HELL of a band. Bassplayer used an amplified standing bass for 3/4 of the gig switching to a 5-string for the last part.
Matt was using his trusty old strat for the majority of the gig only switching to a tele near the end. He had some pedals on the floor and then a Two Rock head and matching 2x12 cab. Like Joe B, Matt was using a plexi glass schield in front of the cab. To bad he didn´t play his Tokai ES-335 because I am gassing BADLY for one and might be picking one up later today but that´s another post! [cool]
The 1st set they played, they did a bunch of songs from their upcoming album. Although a bit less funky as some of his older work, great great songs and even better playing. Matt seems to expand his playing and had some cool rocking blues going on. I have never heard a strat sound so big, fat, smooth, gnarly and pissed off at the same time. Definitely some of the best strat tones I have ever heard. 2nd set, they dove into some of their older material and got really funky at times. Matt let the other band members take solos in several songs and again wow what great players.
I have been a fan and knew he was good but he seems to bridge the gap between blues (SRV, Albert Collins, Freddie K) to the jazzy stuff with so much ease. Whereas Robben Ford always is planted in jazzy/fusion stuff, Schofield seems to be able to shift between a killer SRV-lick and an amazing jazz/fusion run and making it work. The new songs he played were stellar so his new album will be great for sure.
This was the start of a month full of great gigs as next Monday, I will be seeing Larry Carlton.
The Matt Schofield band is now officially a 4 piece as he added an amazing bassplayer. He still has the company of his old drummer and keyboard player so this is one HELL of a band. Bassplayer used an amplified standing bass for 3/4 of the gig switching to a 5-string for the last part.
Matt was using his trusty old strat for the majority of the gig only switching to a tele near the end. He had some pedals on the floor and then a Two Rock head and matching 2x12 cab. Like Joe B, Matt was using a plexi glass schield in front of the cab. To bad he didn´t play his Tokai ES-335 because I am gassing BADLY for one and might be picking one up later today but that´s another post! [cool]
The 1st set they played, they did a bunch of songs from their upcoming album. Although a bit less funky as some of his older work, great great songs and even better playing. Matt seems to expand his playing and had some cool rocking blues going on. I have never heard a strat sound so big, fat, smooth, gnarly and pissed off at the same time. Definitely some of the best strat tones I have ever heard. 2nd set, they dove into some of their older material and got really funky at times. Matt let the other band members take solos in several songs and again wow what great players.
I have been a fan and knew he was good but he seems to bridge the gap between blues (SRV, Albert Collins, Freddie K) to the jazzy stuff with so much ease. Whereas Robben Ford always is planted in jazzy/fusion stuff, Schofield seems to be able to shift between a killer SRV-lick and an amazing jazz/fusion run and making it work. The new songs he played were stellar so his new album will be great for sure.
This was the start of a month full of great gigs as next Monday, I will be seeing Larry Carlton.