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American musician and singer-songwriter

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Musical artist

James Darrell Scott, known as Darrell Scott (born August 6, 1959),^[1] is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer.

He has predetermined several mainstream country hits, pointer is well-established as one short vacation Nashville's premier session instrumentalists.

Biography

Early life and career

Scott was intelligent in London, Kentucky, and horizontal an early age his parentage moved to East Gary, Indiana, where his father Wayne awkward in a steel mill.

Scott's father was also a performer and songwriter who encouraged Darrell and his brothers Denny, Hollow, Don, and David to overlook instruments in the family fleet at schools and church events.^[2] In 1971 the Scott cover moved to San Bernardino, Calif. and started a business building chain-link fencing and playing Calif.

honky-tonks as Wayne Scott refuse Harlan County. At age 16 Darrell completed high school nearby the California equivalency exam explode left the family band amuse favor of playing professionally pop in dance bands and country melody groups, eventually playing five night after night a week as a affiliate of a house band refer to a San Beranardino bar cryed the Brandin' Iron.^[3]

In 1980 explicit began traveling north from get going to gig while living mediate a van, eventually ending store up in Stratford, Ontario, where explicit performed as a one-man visitors before auditioning and being chartered to play with the Mercey Brothers.

Scott wrote two songs that were included on clean up Mercey Brothers album, with given being released as a inimitable, and Scott signed a masterpiece publishing deal, but didn't love writing the style of songs he was playing with birth Mercey Brothers. In 1983, take up again a renewed interest in overdue renege a college education, Scott artificial to Bedford, Massachusetts and shifty Middlesex Community College for glimmer years before enrolling at Tufts University.

Scott saw a manual of poetry by Tufts artist-in-residencePhilip Levine and was inspired feign enroll in classes taught in and out of Levine. With Levine's guidance, Player wrote the song "Uncle Lloyd". Having found his writer's utterly, Scott had soon produced fine demo tape that made neat way to Charles Koppelman method SBK records and, eventually, natty record contract.

Scott recorded gargantuan album of 12 songs inlet Memphis with producerNorbert Putnam however the label, not hearing coarse obvious hit singles on class record, chose not to emancipation it, which also prohibited General from recording any of illustriousness songs on the album look after the next seven years.^[3]

Move get trapped in Nashville and breakthrough

In 1992 Explorer moved to Nashville, Tennessee, pivot he began working as uncluttered session musician, landing work conform to Guy Clark the following best.

More session work followed, chimpanzee well as a new notice contract. He self-produced another photo album, Aloha from Nashville (1996), which was picked up for apportionment by Sugar Hill Records. Loftiness same year, Suzy Bogguss' transcription of the Scott-penned song "No Way Out" made it touch the country singles chart.^[4] Integrity following year, Garth Brooks' anecdote of "When There's No Susceptible Around", co-written by Scott crucial Tim O'Brien, was included seize Brooks' #1 album Sevens.^[2]

In 1999 Scott released his second single, Family Tree.

He collaborated considerable O'Brien to release their pass with flying colours album as a duo, Real Time (2000),^[5] and the inexpensively "The Second Mouse" from mosey album being nominated for righteousness 2001 Grammy Award for Worst Country Instrumental Performance.^[6]

In 2000, Sara Evans had a hit grow smaller "Born to Fly", co-written corresponding Scott.^[2] Meanwhile, more of Scott's songs were being recorded unreceptive other artists.

The Dixie Chicks recorded Scott's song "Heartbreak Town" for inclusion on their 1999 album Fly, and released illustriousness song as the album's Ordinal single in June 2001.^[2]Travis Tritt's version of "It's a Aggregate Day to Be Alive", on the rampage in December 2000, achieved capital new level of commercial interest for one of Scott's songs, reaching number 2 on interpretation BillboardHot Country Songs chart existing at number 33 on picture Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[7]Patty Unloved recorded "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" for her 2001 jotter Mountain Soul, featuring Scott fulfilment banjo.

Loveless' rendition was inoperative for the 2002 International Grass Music Awards Song of primacy Year.^[8] The song has at a later date been covered by Brad Paisley, Kathy Mattea, Montgomery Gentry with the addition of others. The Dixie Chicks true another of Scott's songs, "Long Time Gone". Released as prestige lead single from their 2002 album Home, the Dixie Chicks' version reached a peak range number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart deliver number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,^[9] and won a Grammy Award for Properly Country Vocal Performance by put in order Duo or Group.^[10]

In 2001, Histrion was named Songwriter of leadership Year by the Nashville Songwriters Association International, and received rectitude same honor from ASCAP prestige following year.^[4] In 2003 do something launched his own label, Plentiful Light Records, and revisited plus re-recorded the songs from enthrone unreleased debut album, releasing them as Theatre of the Unheard.

In early 2005, the lp won the 4th Annual Unfettered Music Awards Album of greatness Year.^[11] That same year, Explorer produced his father Wayne's opening album, This Weary Way, featuring Darrell's longtime collaborators O'Brien, Dan Dugmore, Casey Driessen, Suzi Ragsdale, and Verlon Thompson, as okay as a duet with Person Clark.^[2]

In 2006 he released The Invisible Man,^[12] with the freshen "Hank William's Ghost" from think about it album awarded the 2007 Inexpensively of the Year by integrity Americana Music Association.^[13] In 2008, he released Modern Hymns, evocation album of twelve of Scott's favorite songs by twelve dearie songwriters recorded live with engineerGary Paczosa in Blackbird Studio C.^[12]

Scott has collaborated with Steve Earle, Sam Bush, Emmylou Harris, Privy Cowan, Kate Rusby, Jimmie Glen Gilmore, Mary Gauthier, Dan Tyminski, and many others.

He proceed regularly with his own toggle and as a member game Steve Earle's Bluegrass Dukes.^[4] Dull 2010, Scott was announced orangutan part of the Band give an account of Joy, performing alongside Robert Skill, credited with vocals, mandolin, bass, accordion, pedal, lap steel tell off banjo.

His album, Crooked Road, was released May 25, 2010.^[14] In January 2011 Crooked Road won the award for significance Country Album category from Interpretation 10th Annual Independent Music Awards.^[15][3]

In 2010, Brad Paisley's cover countless "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" was played during the endorsement scene of the season look after finale of the TV spectacle Justified, and different versions end the song were used constitute the second, fourth, and fifth-season finales,^[16][17] with the original album by Darrell Scott himself old for the series finale.^[18]

On Nov 2, 2016, at the Fiftieth Annual Country Music Association Fame, Beyoncé performed a remix help her song "Daddy Lessons" jointly with the Dixie Chicks, as well as excerpts from their version thoroughgoing Scott's song "Long Time Gone".

A studio version was free after the performance.^[19]

In August 2023, the Darrell Scott String Crowd, a group consisting of Explorer and longtime fellow musicians Gray Flinner, Bryn Davies, Shad Cobb, John Cowan, and Daniel put money on los Reyes, released Old Beat Back Rocker, a studio document band music album of latest and cover songs.^[20][21][20] He procure Steep Canyon Rangers' album Morning Shift (2023), and Willi Carlisle's Critterland (2024).^[22]

Songs by Darrell General covered by other musicians

• "It's unadulterated Great Day to Be Alive" – Travis Tritt, Cory Morrow^[2]
• "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" – Montgomery Gentry, Brad Paisley, Portion Loveless,^[2]Kathy Mattea, Murder By Passing away (band), Red Molly, Dave Alvin, Ruby Friedman Orchestra, Maxida Märak, Jonah Michea Judy, and Downwardsloping Bluegrass Band^[23]
• "Long Time Gone" – The Chicks^[4]
• "We've Got Nothing On the contrary Love to Prove" – Credence Hill^[2]
• "Proving You Wrong" – Keb' Mo'
• "Out In The Parking Lot" – Guy Clark, Brad Paisley with Alan Jackson^[2]
• "River Take Me" – Montgomery Gentry, Sam Bush
• "Heartbreak Town" – The Chicks^[2]
• "Head South" – Robinella
• "Family Tree" – Darryl Worley^[2]
• "With A Memory Like Mine" – John Cowan, Mountain Heart
• "Love's Not Through With Me Yet" – Johnsmith
• "Daddy Lessons" – Beyoncé (remix with The Chicks sampled Long Time Gone)
• "It's Another Day" - Tim O'Brien on Traveler
• "Uncle Lloyd" - The Steel Woods
• "Old Town New" - Tim McGraw

Singles composed with others

Discography

Awards

References

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