John Scofield Talks Sobriety, Phil Lesh & More

Influential jazz guitarist John Scofield recently sat for an interview as part of the Apparently This Matters video series. Sco discussed a variety of topics including how he came to first perform with Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh.

The conversation starts off with a chat about the role luck played in Scofield’s career. He then discussed getting the call from Lesh to play Phil & Friends shows. Other topics John talks about with host Jarrett Bellini are the current and past state of the record industry, his guilty pleasures and how he has stayed sober for nearly two decades. Watch John Scofield’s appearance on Apparently This Matters: