A teenage blues fan and a professional guitarist from age 18, Schofield left it relatively late to start his recording career, choosing first to learn his trade as a sideman, initially with band leader and harmonica player Lee Sankey. He then spent four years with British Blues Diva and David Bowie prodigy Dana Gillespie, touring the UK, Europe and as far a field as India.

Seven years into life as a pro, he formed his own band - a trio - with Hammond organist, Jonny Henderson and drummer, Evan Jenkins .The trio was unconventional in having no bass player, bass duties being handled on the Hammond organ, a format favoured over the years by many American bluesmen ranging from Albert King to Jimmie Vaughan.

Schofield's seamless playing has always embodied the great stylistic moments of American blues guitar, but the two cover versions on this album - interpretations of Freddie King's Woman Across The River and Elmore James' Stranger Blues - make any comparisons irrelevant. Underpinned by Jonny Henderson's constantly empathetic keyboards, Schofield stamps his own style on proceedings, slamming into solos that burn with an intensity rarely heard these days and even more rarely in combination with such a technically fluid and melodic approach.

In his relatively short career Schofield’s prowess as a blues guitarist has taken his band to twelve countries; seen him playing with iconic guitarists like Robben Ford; and brought him high praise in the Penguin Book of Blues Recordings as one of only two living British artists in recording history to gain a maximum four-star rating. Matt has done numeroius live sessions for national and regional BBC radio stations, XM Satellite radio, and national broadcasters in Holland, Belgium and Germany.