Artist description The Scott Burg Band blends classical melodic styles, jazz-oriented rhythms and folk-inspired lyrics to create folk-pop-jam music with an alternative edge.

Music Style Classical Jazz Folk Pop Alternarock

Musical Influences Tori Amos, Pearl Jam, Phish, James Taylor, The Grateful Dead

Similar Artists Most people say I sound like Tori Amos if she were male, but my sound runs across so many styles, from song to song it's different...Pearl Jam, Phish, James Taylor, The Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell...

Artist History The Scott Burg Band began slowly forming in 1994 in Madison, WI from a pool of talented young musicians studying at the University of Wisconsin. These cats played in a few local bands (Jazz From Mars, Boondog & Mr. Phook, etc.), but the SBB was pretty much a jam project on the side for the members of these different groups who wanted to stretch their musical horizons with some ecclectic influences. Some of the musicians playing loosely as the SBB (then known as the Clearuen Deep) moved out to Northern California, where this debut album was finished. Since receiving accolades from early demos of Helplessly Free, the boys decided to play with the ecclectic concept, and are now preparing to take an increasingly jam-oriented version of the SBB on the road.

Group Members Scott Burg: Piano, vocals and guitar, Mark Schuh: Guitar and vocals, Matthews McNeil: Guitar and vocals, Corey Hehenberger: Drums, Alberto Sheen: Bass, Claire Soirman: Backup vocals.

Instruments Piano, guitar (acoustic and electric), keyboards, bass, drums, percussion.

Albums Helplessly Free

Press Reviews "An interesting combination of jazz, folk and alt-pop, the Scott Burg Band played intricately crafted songs with surprising emotional ferocity."

Location San Francisco, CA - USA

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