When Mississippi Coast native Scott Niolet lost his home in Hurricane
Katrina, it was a wake-up call. The singer/songwriter decided that
lifes too short, so he married his longtime girlfriend and prepared to
record, a task hed put off for nearly fifteen years.
The time had come to record the album Id basically been writing my
whole life, Scott said. I just finally had the impetus to record my
songs, and I also had something to say.
Country, blues, rock and pop all converged as Scott traveled to New
York to record Clearing The Debris, a landmark debut album produced
by longtime collaborator turned Big Apple producer Stephen Pitalo.
Scott and I met at LSU back in the early 1990s, Pitalo said, and we
stayed up late writing drinking songs. A few of those stood the test of
time, and we just filled in the blanks after that. Scotts been
through so much, from the hurricane to personal battles, that I knew
this album would be overflowing with emotion. Its heartfelt, its
angry, its funny, its just reflective of who Scott is.
Scott recorded the demos in a FEMA trailer in Pass Christian,
Mississippi, and sent them up to New York. Stephen enlisted piano
rocker Jason Yudoff as arranger, bringing a funky blues and classic
rock piano feel to the proceedings.
Fans of Jimmy Buffett, Elton John, Bob Seger, Kid Rock, James Taylor,
and country rock from the 1970s will enjoy Scotts debut album,
Clearing the Debris.
