 Lead Vocalist for Orange Crush - Longest running '80s Tribute Band in the Northeast: Scott has played
with, recorded, and performed in support of a wide variety of well known performers over the years. The list of people connected
to Scott is like a who's who of music history. Foreigner, Rick Derringer, David Lindley, Ricky Scaggs, Doc Watson, Tiny Tim,
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Commander Cody, Peter Wolf, Marianne Faithfull and members of the Steve Miller, Johnny Winter, James
Cotton and Muddy Waters Blues Bands have all been artists Scott has been associated with over the years. While living in Boston in the early '90s, Scott recorded and released the
song "Hideaway" with the Boston band Border Patrol. Although brief in existence, the band did manage to get the
song included on a Warner Brothers produced compilation, which was distributed throughout the U.S and Canada. Working with
David Lindley (Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, Terry Reid) inspired Scott to excel at lap steel and slide guitars, and subsequent
tours from Philadelphia (with Steve Morse of the Dixie Dregs) to Portland, Maine (David Grisman) to Boston (Marianne Faithfull,
Luka Bloom, Texas) soon followed. Relocating with his
wife to the Ocean State of Rhode Island, Scott formed the Country Rock band Radio Ranch (later called "The Ranch")
and performed all over the Northeast in support of the nations top country acts through the mid '90s. Martina McBride, Patty
Loveless, Ricky Scaggs, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Riders in The Sky, John Conlee all took the stage after Scott first served as
the opening act's lead singer and frontman. A few
shows with local blues legends Roomful Of Blues soon took Scott into another direction. In a somewhat bizarre turn of image,
Scott briefly morphed into alt-country enigma "Zip Cody" and played for an extended time with such headliners as
James Montgomery, Luther Guitar Junior Johnson, Sleepy LaBeef, Young Neil and the Vipers, and again with Roomful Of Blues.
Playing blistering slide guitar and screaming delta Blues reached a climax in 2000 with the release of "Never Get Out
Of These Blues Alive" before new projects came calling. Shortly after
settling into the small, artsy Western Massachusetts town of Northampton in late 2000, Scott co-founded the original rock
band Mambo Sons. 10 years and 4 CDs later, the band has earned worldwide rave reviews and major praises by publications and
internet distribution services in Thailand, Germany, Great Britain/UK, Croatia, Japan, Sweden and the entire United States.
Mambo Sons 2000 debut CD features Rock and Roll Hall OF Famer Rick Derringer (Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Solo) and Kenny
Aaronson (Keith Richards, Bob Dylan) and led to three addditional CDs - including the double CD "Heavy Days" which
marked the band's 10th anniversary. Lead singer
with '80s Pop revivalists Orange Crush since 2002, Scott has performed over 1,000 shows over the majority of the United States.
Major markets include Chicago, Nashville, New York City and the band continues to hold a major presence in the Northeast,
playing an average of 100 shows per year. In 2011, music from the band's all-original CD "O-Crush '80s All Over"
was featured on the smash hit ABC TV Comedy 'Happy Endings', the made for TV movie 'Game Of Your Life' on NBC, and The Cartoon
Network debuted a young adult mystery adventure show 'Tower Prep' also featuring original music by OC.
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