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Scott Perry : Hero Worship
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Over an hour of toe tappin', glass tiltin' recycled blues by some of Scott's favorite players. Scott sings with conviction while powering his National steel-bodied guitar with imagination and skill.
Genre: Blues: Acoustic Blues
Release Date: 2003
Hero Worship Record Label: Oh Papa Music
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
I Will Turn Your Money Green 3:16 $0.99
Going to Germany 4:25 $0.99
One Way Gal 3:08 $0.99
Back Door Man 3:51 $0.99
Rattlesnakin' Daddy 3:23 $0.99
See See Rider 6:05 $0.99
Hey, Hey Daddy Blues 4:02 $0.99
Spanish Fandango 3:33 $0.99
Jitter Jump 3:15 $0.99
France Blues 4:49 $0.99
Monday Morning Blues 4:17 $0.99
Hard Time Killin' Floor 6:36 $0.99
Stop Breakin' Down 4:52 $0.99
Ragtime Millionaire 2:40 $0.99
I's Be Troubled 3:34 $0.99
Oh Papa 3:03 $0.99
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Album Notes

Scott Perry
Bona Fide Acoustic Blues & Roots Music

The Total Package ...
Genuine traditional and original acoustic blues and roots music resound from Scott Perry's National Reso-phonic guitar. Scott's performances celebrate the enduring vitality of American music before World War II. Scott's songbook draws from traditional blues, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, old time, jazz and mountain guitar, along with original songs in these traditions. An old-school sound that resonates today, Scott captivates audiences with instrumental mastery, soulful singing, thoughtful insights and humorous anecdotes. Engaging and entertaining, Scott Perry is the real deal!

Roots & Routes ...
A performer with a 25 year career, Scott began his musical journey in college. He earned a degree, despite hours spent trying to recreate the music of Mississippi John Hurt, Robert Johnson and Reverend Gary Davis. After a brief teaching career, Scott moved to Chicago and worked with David "Honeyboy" Edwards, "Big Smokey" Smothers, Jimmy Walker, Carl Weathersby and Billy Branch. While living in Georgia, Scott hung out with Neal Pattman and Frank Edwards, and in South Carolina met Drink Small and Richard "Big Boy" Henry. Since settling in Virginia, Scott has spent time with Nat Reese and the late John Jackson and many traditional and old-time players. Scott maintains a healthy performance schedule while homeschooling his sons and working a small farm in southwestern Virginia with his wife. Scott also owns a music store, the Pickin' Porch, that features acoustic musical instruments and supplies. His three critically acclaimed CDs receive international airplay and have been well received by the press, his musical peers and fans.

Testifyin' ...
Scott's mission is to inspire an appreciation of traditional American music by respecting the music's roots and its traditions of innovation, fusion and self-expression. Through Blues Pathways, Scott designs and teaches music programs and workshops and is listed on the Virginia Commission for the Arts Artist Roster. His interviews with other blues musicians, part of the Blues Pathways "Interview Project," have been published in several on-line publications. Through Oh Papa Music, Scott sponsors the "Masters of Acoustic Blues Concert Series."

Shameless Name Dropping ...
Scott's performance reputation and recording history has earned invitations to open for and share the stage with many blues legends. These acts include Paul Rishel & Annie Raines, Corey Harris, Otis Taylor, Roy Bookbinder, Ann Rabson, Paul Geremia , Catfish Keith, Cephas & Wiggins, John Hammond, Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets, and Deborah Coleman.

Brought to You By ...
Scott National Reso-phonic Guitars, John Pearse Strings, Washburn Guitars and Peavey Electronics for their endorsement.

Been There, Done That ...
In addition to club appearances, Scott has performed at the Chicago Blues Festival, Portsmouth Blues Festival, Charleston SC Blues Bash, Taste of the Blue Ridge Blues and Jazz Festival, Delaware Folk Festival, Chateau Morrisette Our Dog Blues Festival, Floyd World Music Festival & Herndon Blues Festival.

For booking information and workshops contact
Scott Perry, BBM, Oh Papa Music, LLC. P.O. Box 351, Floyd, VA 24091
website: www.ohpapa.com email: ohpapa@floydva.net phone: (540) 745-6745

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REVIEWS

Genuine passionate music holding to the true traditions of blues.
author: Diane Folz
Scott Perry has reproduced the artistic flavor of the great blues players. His style is distinctive, but he remains true to the greats! It's a great listen!
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Hero Worship is an outstanding collection of music.
author: Mara
In Hero Worship, Scott Perry manages to sucessfully blend roots blues with other styles of traditional music. It is an outstanding piece of work, one that should appeal to a wide range of audiences. It's been in my cd player since the release, and everyone who I've passed a copy along to has agreed that not only is Scott one of the most talented blues musicians on the scene today, his interpretations of old classics bring a whole new feel to some really great familiar tunes. I highly recommend it to fans of blues music, and those just getting their feet wet; it is very accessible music, even if you are new to the blues. Buy two- you're sure to find a friend who wants a copy!
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Hero Worship is an outstanding collection of music.
author: Mara
In Hero Worship, Scott Perry manages to sucessfully blend roots blues with other styles of traditional music. It is an outstanding piece of work, one that should appeal to a wide range of audiences. It's been in my cd player since the release, and everyone who I've passed a copy along to has agreed that not only is Scott one of the most talented blues musicians on the scene today, his interpretations of old classics bring a whole new feel to some really great familiar tunes. I highly recommend it to fans of blues music, and those just getting their feet wet; it is very accessible music, even if you are new to the blues. Buy two- you're sure to find a friend who wants a copy!
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A marvelous, self-produced tribute project. Your toes will be tappin'.
author: Sing Out!
Resophonic steel guitarist, vocalist and ace arranger Scott Perry has been captivating audiences with his distinctive mix of self-penned and traditional country blues for over twenty years. Recently settled in in Floyd County, Virginia, he spent his formative years traveling up and down the East Coast and into the Midwest, including a pivotal period in Chicago where he was mentored by blues veterans like Smokey Smothers, David "Honeyboy" Edwards and Carl Weathersby. Three earlier releases focused largely on his original material, while this disc is devoted to the songs and performers that initially insprired him to pick up the guitar. From William Moore ("One Way Gal" and a swaggering "Ragtime Millionaire"), Blind Boy Fuller and Mississippi John Hurt to Skip James (a brooding "Hard Time Killing Floor"), Furry Lewis, Blind Blake and Tampa Red's lively "Jitter Jump," Perry visits the music of his mentors. Perry's relaxed, unkempt vocals are especially effective on a pair of jug band revivals ("Going to Germany" and "France Blues") with Rick Manson on harmonica and Scott Baldwin's jug added to the proceedings while his arrangement of traditional songs like "See See Rider" and "Oh Papa" along with the instrumental "Spanish Fandango" uncover an easy-rolling, acoustic finger-picking style that expansively burnishes chords, melodies and rhythms. Covers of Robert Johnson's angular "Stop Breaking Down" and Muddy Waters' reverberating "I's Be Troubled" catch the ear as well. Perry is also an active promoter of the blues with his Blues Pathways Foundation, frequent Blues in the Schools and guitar workshops throughout the country. This marvelous, self-produced tribute project was recorded locally, with no compression, at Mark Hodge's intimate Mountain Fever Studio in Willis, Virginia. Your toes will be tappin'. Gvon T, "Sing Out!" (Summer 2004, Vol. 48 #2)
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