Artist description Will's original songs are memorable emotional explorations set to loping, entrancing, rhythms and progressions. This is music of the soul in its most sincere expression." Will is currently booking his solo act, playing and singing accompanied by his own electric guitar. In addition to his original compositions, he brings his own style to covers from the likes of R. L. Burnside, Magic Sam, Johnny Shines, Fred McDowell, Tom Waits, Hank Williams, Sr., and others.

Music Style Blues-based originals, Blues

Musical Influences R. L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Fred McDowell, Tom Waits, Johnny Shines, Magic Sam, Nick Cave, Chuck E. Weiss, Dayna Kurtz

Similar Artists R. L. Burnside, Johnny Shines, Magic Sam

Artist History Will Scott was raised in Indianapolis, IN, and Chicago, IL. He moved to Los Angeles in 1999, and began his work on Solo Electric Blues. His work as a solo artist follows his first album, Too Damn Cold, with The Forecasters. Scott got his first big break with a band led by Tom Harold, and later formed and led The Forecasters, opening for Anson Funderberg and Sam Myers. He has performed live radio shows, and on television with a session done for the B-town Sounds (a nationally distributed public tv production).“When I moved to California, I decided to focus on my solo act and on songwriting. My work is rooted in the Mississippi sounds of Fred McDowell, Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside, and my early Chicago influences.” Scott draws from the Mississippi blues tradition of Fred McDowell, R.L. Burnside, and Jessie Mae Hemphill, the Chicago sounds of Magic Sam, Hound Dog Taylor, and John Lee Hooker. Original songs and soulful covers are the focus of this new project.

Group Members Will Scott

Instruments Vocals, Guitar

Albums Solo Electric Blues

Press Reviews …Some of the most inviting pieces of blues songwriting of the year.”--Louisville Music News, March 1999 “Guitarist Will Scott has a good vibrato and a knack for surprises….”--Blues Revue, July/August, 1999

Location Brooklyn, NY - USA

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