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Blues and Lasers

new Blues & Lasers EP coming VERY soon!!!

About Me


Blues and Lasers came together out of the debris of the Scott Tournet Band. Scott, Steve Sharon, and Bryan Dondero had been playing music from Scott's first two solo albums (Next To Canada, Everyone You Meet is Fighting a Hard Battle) whenever Scott and Bryan had time off of tour with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. While Scott's gigs were slowly getting better, he wasn't entirely satisfied with the sound. "I wanted something heavier, bluesier, and riskier" states Tournet. "I wanted the force of Led Zeppelin, the groove of swampy Delta Blues, and the guitars of the late 60's and early 70's. I wanted to start writing music that lent itself to Saturday night as opposed to Sunday morning. Before when I would go into song writing mode, it would be an acoustic in front of a fireplace or something like that. This time it was more like a bottle of whiskey, my tele, and a fender amp with the reverb turned up." Listening to the force of Sharon and Matt Burr (drummer for the Nocturnals) connecting with Dondero who then branches off into the twin lead guitar attack of Benny Yurco (Turkey Boullion Mafia) and Tournet, you get the feeling that he got what he was asking for...
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Member Since: 5/22/2006
Band Website: scotttournet.com
Band Members: SCOTT TOURNET / Vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, lasers/ BENNY YURCO / lead and rhythm guitar, lasers/ BRYAN DONDERO / Bass, lasers/ STEVE SHARON / Drums, laser accompaniment/ MATT BURR / Drums, laser accompaniment
Influences: Junior Kimbrough, Pink Floyd, Buddy Guy, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Rolling Stones, Roy Buchanan, Led Zeppelin, The 1970’s, Technology, The Velvet Underground, The Black Keys, Otis Taylor, The Who, Rage Against The Machine, The Allman Brothers, Spiritualized, Wilco, Ernest Ranglin, Miles Davis, Rebellion, Not being trendy, Jimi Hendrix, Sonic Youth, Kurt Vonnegut, Sly and the Family Stone, The Staples Singers, Muscle Shoals, The Verve, The Faces, Peter Prince, ZZ Top, Bob Dylan, Charles Bukowski, Stax/Booker T. and the MG’s, Otis Reddding, Son House, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa’s guitar solos, Ali Farka Toure, Phish, Rick Rubin, Muddy Waters, early Santana, Tom Robbins, John Lee Hooker, The Velvet Underground, Lowell George, Fela Kuti, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Benevento/Russo Duo, AC/DC, White Stripes, The Black Angels, Freddie King, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Little Feat, Albert King, John Lennon.
Sounds Like: Delta Blues, Rock, Trance Blues, Deep Space, Star Wars, Guitar Rock...I don’t even know.
Record Label: none...we are "independent", not "indie"
Type of Label: None

My Blog

new songs up

Hey everyone...The new album is finally mixed and mastered!!!  We're now in the process of completing the artwork, so it should be available online and at GPN shows starting July.  Hope you ...
Posted by Blues and Lasers on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:09:00 PST

In the Blues and Lasers lab

So it feels like nothing’s happened on this page for a while. Figured I’d give all 37 of you an update and the B & L status. Matt, Bryan, and I have been touring our collective asses off...
Posted by Blues and Lasers on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:58:00 PST

Scott Tournet Band name change to Blues and Lasers

So...I've been thinking about it for a while, but I've decided to change the name of the band from the Scott Tournet Band to Blues and Lasers (breathe sighs of relief....NOW!!!)...The name has been in...
Posted by Blues and Lasers on Fri, 18 May 2007 06:33:00 PST

Roy Buchanan article for State of Mind by Scott Tournet

Who is the best electric guitarist of all time?  Jimi Hendrix?  B.B. King?  John McLaughlin?  Duane Allman?  Eddie Van Halen?  Whoever may be in your top 10 or 100, there...
Posted by Blues and Lasers on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:33:00 PST