Hailing from the rugged heartland of the New South Wales south coast, Steven Smyth's roots in music can be traced back, past adolescent forays into punk, folk and rock, to a childhood of Sunday gospel sessions. Given that his early wanderlust was so strong that, as a child on family picnics, his family felt it necessary to tether him to a tree, it's perhaps no great surprise that Steve Smyth would go on to become something of a wild rover. Growing up and beginning a musical journey that brings him now to his own brilliant debut, Nirvana were his early guide. His dad brought him to the wonders of Neil Young, while a grown-up neighbour, spying the teenage Smyth's enthusiasm, was to teach him all he knew about bluegrass, blues and country music.