Mike Scott - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I am 63 years old and have been writing and singing my own songs since my mid-thirties, mostly on the west country folk club circuit, but I have occasionally ventured into the concert format, supporting artists as varied as Ashley Hutchings, Martin Carthy, Vin Garbutt, Jake Thackeray, Robb Johnson, Dick Gaughan and many more. My songs will not offer you many solutions to the difficulties we all wrestle with, but I hope they might pose a few pertinent questions, and cause the odd chuckle. I have recorded six albums, following the sad demise of "FOPP", the latest, "...um...", is only available from me, at [email protected] I have hugely enjoyed my musical experiences, and met some terrific people over the years, I hope this new venture will increase their number substantially. There are more of my songs to be downloaded at www.intomusic.co.uk in the singer/songwriter section.

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Member Since: 12/7/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/bristolsmikescott
Band Members: An ill fated venture with a bluegrass trio taught me that I am essentially a solo artist, nobody has been eager to recruit me into their band, and I like the freedom.......and the power.
Influences: Undoubtedly the biggest influence has been Loudon Wainwright III. I met him once and was astonished at how approachable he was, and I hope he has forgotten what an awestruck dickhead I was. I also have just about everything Tom Waits has recorded, there have been numerous other artists that I have stolen little bits of business from, I hope I never become too snotty to learn from the most unlikely sources.
Sounds Like: My big thing at the moment is the sound Joe Strummer got, (I'm very slow to catch on), the Mescalero's stuff is superb, and the Horace X album, Strategy, is on all the time. We have the best music pub in three counties in Bath, The Bell, and they keep coming up with bands I've never heard of before, as well as long term local favourites like Big Fish, The Organelles and Spiro. I like bands that sound like bands, and singers who may not always be in perfect control, but occasionally make my balls spin. With reference to what I sound like, may I at this juncture include a very satisfying review from 'fROOTS' magazine, "MIKE SCOTT...UM..., Bradford on Avon songwriter(not the Waterboy!)follows his quirky (if stark) Irregular release SHEDSONGS with a new set that is more ambitious (in arrangement and production terms) but just as intelligent and unpretentiously idiosyncratic in both content and outlook. At times it is like hearing a Bristolian Loudon Wainwright. Worth the effort." (I didn't write it myself, honest!) On the other hand, at a voice workshop at Wimborne Festival, I was told my voice was 'trapped behind my glasses'. Make of that what you will, but I have changed my optician since.
Record Label: email [email protected]
Type of Label: None

My Blog

D.I.D.

I am currently reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.It occurred to me that the artful creator of Myspace has hit on the Tom Sawyer in us all.He has given us licence to go fishin' all the live long sum...
Posted by Mike Scott on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:19:00 PST

Ellie

Some songs refuse to be written, I take them out and they bomb, I dismantle and rebuild them, take them out and they bomb again, and again, and again. There comes a point where you have so much invest...
Posted by Mike Scott on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:24:00 PST

The Speed of the Black Hollyhock

I have been trying to grow a black hollyhock for some time, black being shorthand for as dark a shade as it's possible to get. A few days ago one of my plants produced a bud with a very dark tip, I cl...
Posted by Mike Scott on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:41:00 PST

Priddy

This is an open apology to the poor guy I ripped off at the C.D. table at Priddy main stage, so if somebody is bending your ear about what a shithouse that Mike Scott is, point him in this direction, ...
Posted by Mike Scott on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:53:00 PST

Whingeing again, with some justification.

Died at the Bath Folk Club,so who's fault is that?Weeeell, mine I suppose, for assuming that 'Folk Club' and 'Open Mic.' meant exactly that, when in fact it meant 'Social Club' and 'Slightly Ajar Mic....
Posted by Mike Scott on Sun, 11 May 2008 10:16:00 PST

Gigs

Well, that was it,that was 'gigs',nothing now until July.All the festival guest lists are pretty much a copy of last years, with the locations shuffled a bit, one or two hot 'new' acts wedged in here ...
Posted by Mike Scott on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:19:00 PST

Certainty

Had a bit of a stand off with a Christian over the occasional appearance of God and Jesus in my current crop of songs, in what he considered to be a less than flattering light.I was delighted he ...
Posted by Mike Scott on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:04:00 PST

Murdoch!!!

Murdoch owns Myspace!!!!!!?????Tell me it isn't true!!!!It is??What the fuck am I gonna do??(rewind)What the fuck are we gonna do??
Posted by Mike Scott on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:29:00 PST

Honesty, Obligation, and all that bollocks.

Upset an organiser this week, by not being funny enough. It is my misfortune to have the kind of personality that assumes the fault is mine, and a predisposition for beating myself up long i...
Posted by Mike Scott on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:02:00 PST

"Engineering"

Not likely to be recording this song until next year, so i thought I'd lob the lyrics into cyberspace, in the hope that somebody might be vaguely interested. &...
Posted by Mike Scott on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:21:00 PST