Jamming with a Legend (Matt Schofield)

A recent opportunity came up to open the show up for Matt Schofield this July.

Matt Schofield is a British Blues guitarist signed to the Mascot Label which is home base for most guitar slingers these days like Robben Ford, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Johnson, Warren Haynes and Robert Cray to name a few.  Matt has won guitarist of the year 2010, 2011 and 2013 which saw him inducted into the British Blues Hall of Fame and making him further ineligible for guitarist of the year after that.  

Mark Wigston the Lead Guitarist and Vocalist for MT & The Toasters has been a huge fan of Matt Schofield for the last 10 years.  after many strike up conversations and geek gear talk they stuck up a friendship and business relationship to see Mark who does web development and marketing as his main business, Rebuild Matt’s website to what it is today and to help keep up with graphic demands and facebook demands.

Matt had offered MTT the opportunity to open the show recently at Violet’s Venue.  A surprise came when for the encore, Matt called Mark up to the stage to rip into a rendition of Travelling South by Albert Collins.

Here is the result of that chance opportunity.  Much fun was had by all!

And here is a series of other videos taken from their opening show for Matt. Many thanks to Lucas Crossley for keeping his head in the camera where he might have enjoyed this show more without!! Thanks Lucas. And Mike Kolo too!

Canadian Government Takes one more shot at the Music Industry with a 12 gauge.

September 02, 2013

Odds & Evens – Washago Music Festival 2013

August 23, 2013

The Continuance of Tone – NOS Tubes

August 21, 2013

Mark Wigston

Guitarist Mark Wigston is well known in the local Toronto Music Scene. Having been a full-time musician for the better part of 20 years, and touring with some great bands like The Shuffle Mothers, Snakeoil, Boarderline, The Touch, and having toured extensively in Canada and in the USA with some larger acts like Burton Cummings. He has become a sought after Blues Gun for Hire in the Toronto Music Scene. After hanging up his axe as a full-timer he and his family packed up and moved to Muskoka to recapture the small town atmosphere and to settle into a more relaxed life.