Scott Sharrard
Scott Sharrard | |
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 Scott w/Gregg Allman Band; Laid Back Festival, Jones Beach Theater August 29, 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Rock and Roll, Soul, Blues-Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, musical director |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, Vocals |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Website | scottsharrard |
Scott Sharrard is an American musical artist widely known as the lead guitarist and musical director of the Gregg Allman Band. A prolific songwriter and talented singer, he has also released several soul-influenced albums of his own including three with his first band, The Chesterfields, followed by three solo albums and, most recently, the eponymous release by his current band, Scott Sharrard & the Brickyard Band, in 2013.
Early life
Born and raised in Michigan, Scott often cites his father, also a guitarist and singer-songwriter, as his earliest influence. He began his musical career studying jazz at the prestigious High School for the Arts in Milwaukee, WI, during the day and earning his stripes by playing and singing with local and visiting greats such as Clyde Stubblefield, Willie Higgins, Harvey Scales, Buddy Miles, Luther Alison and Hubert Sumlin by night.
New York
After high school, Scott and core members of his band The Chesterfields moved their homebase to New York City and eventually garnered critical appraise for their live shows and studio recordings.[1][2]
After they disbanded in 2002, Scott continued to write and record [3] on his own as well as collaborating in the NYC and Hudson Valley areas with a tightknit group of musicians that includes bassist Jeff "The Claw" Hanley, drummer Diego Voglino and multi-instrumentalists Moses Patrou [4] and Jay Collins,[5] longtime saxophonist for the Gregg Allman Band who eventually got Scott an audition. In 2013, they went into the studio and recorded an album as "Scott Sharrard & the Brickyard Band" and play around New York and other places along the East Coast[6] when Scott isn't working with the Gregg Allman Band.
In 2011, Scott also joined forces with drummer/vocalist Randy Ciarlante (The Band, Levon Helm) and Hammond B-3 player Bruce Katz (Gregg Allman Band, John Hammond, Delbert McClinton) to form a blues/soul/rock'n'roll power trio called CKS[7] and played several shows in NYC & the Hudson Valley areas.
Gregg Allman Band
Scott has played lead guitar and sang in the Gregg Allman Band since 2008 after auditioning by sitting in with the Allman Brothers Band at a show in Camden, NJ. [8] To date, two of Scott's original songs have been performed by the Gregg Allman Band, including "Endless Road" [9] and "Love Like Kerosene".[10]
References
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=Hw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14&dq=billboard+%22the+chesterfields%22+%22scott+sharrard%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMIwI-a3ZDXxwIVhy2ICh1VqQ1h#v=onepage&q=billboard%20%22the%20chesterfields%22%20%22scott%20sharrard%22&f=false
- ^ http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/TheChesterfields
- ^ http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/ScottSharrard
- ^ http://www.rollmagazine.com/the-groovemaster-moses-patrou-music-has-always-been-good-to-me/
- ^ http://www.jaycollinsband.com/bio.html
- ^ http://scottsharrard.com/?page_id=14
- ^ http://cksband.com/?page_id=206
- ^ http://alanpaul.net/2015/08/interview-with-gregg-allman-band-guitarist-scott-sharrard/
- ^ http://www.glidemagazine.com/22480/gregg-allman-band-royal-southern-brotherhood/
- ^ https://www.guitar.com/articles/scott-sharrard-interview-gregg-allmans-right-hand-man