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Hailing from the rugged heartland of the New South Wales south coast of Australia, 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.