SCOTT LAW
Bio

Scott Law embodies the ideal of the American Guitar Master; a brilliant and versatile instrumentalist, Law has connected onstage with many contemporary masters of American music, among them Phil Lesh & Friends, Darol Anger, String Cheese Incident, Melvin Seals, Railroad Earth and many others. Scott’s alternately chiming and grinding melodic concept bears favorable comparison with everyone from the early Telecaster masters to Stevie Ray Vaughan to Jerry Garcia, creating a style that bears his unique stamp yet freely ranges over the entire history of rock, jazz and bluegrass guitar. Scott sings timeless songs that connect easily with listeners, propelled by his rare rhythmic concision and deep groove.

Law has just released a new solo album, "Living Room" in February 2009 and debuted a second studio release, “Love & Repair” with Strings For Industry during summer. Scott collaborates frequently with pioneering violin master Darol Anger (who plays electric 5-string fiddle in S4i) and whose adventurous musicality is universally admired. Law released an album with String Cheese Incident's Bill Nershi and his wife, Jilian eponymously titled "Honkytonk Homeslice" in 2005 and worked with Jerry Garcia Band's B-3 organ legend, Melvin Seals from 2001 to 2003. Law was also a member of the award winning Seattle instrumental world-music group, Hanuman who put out two recordings between 1999 and 2001 and sold over 8000 copies independently.

Law has scored and performed music for film and television, including an original song for the CBS primetime feature "Viva Laughlin" in 2007 and scores for 2 full-length documentaries by The Columbia Land Trust and Tom's Of Maine. He is a dedicated and experienced music educator, having taught at various workshops, schools, festivals and private sessions throughout his career.

As a young child, Scott grew up hearing the likes of Louis Armstrong, Chet Atkins, Django Reinhardt, Johnny Cash, Big Mama Thornton, the gospel of Mahalia Jackson  and many others from his father's vast collection of LP's. Despite being enamored with the guitar from his earliest memory, Scott found his way first as a drummer playing along with Beatles records in fourth grade and "jamming" with friends. He came around to the six-string as a teenager (age of 15) and then settled in for the music-making long haul, trying styles of all stripes in a host of groups, many with horrible names. Two years of music theory study at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle and an increasingly active gig schedule began to open up a career that has led to him touring and performing all over the world and working with many legendary artists for nearly three decades while steadily developing his own original repertoire. 



 

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