Occupation:

Professional Musician, Artist, Producer & Songwriter

Company Name:

Creative Encounters

About Me:

Mike Scott • Born: May 14, 1962, Johnson City, Tennessee • Home Place: Watauga, Tennessee Musician (banjo, guitar, mandolin,), Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Publisher • Performing Professionally Since Age 10 • Wood working The Bands • Ronnie Reno & The Reno Tradition (Oct 2001- Present) • Mike Scott (Feb 2000- Present) Select Tour dates • Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass (regular guest appearances, 1998-2006) • Mike Scott & The All-American Band (Feb 1986 - Feb 2000) • Jim & Jesse and The Virginia Boys (Feb 1983 - Jan 1986) • Carl Story & The Rambling Mountaineers (Nov 1980 - Jan 1983) • The Cumberland Mountain Boys (1978 - 1979) • The Tennessee Bluegrass Four (1974 - 1977) • The Rocky Mountain Boys (1972 - 1973) Touring • Extensive Tours throughout U.S., Canada, Europe, including the Wembley tours (England, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden), South Africa (Zambia, Lesotho, Malawi) Israel Tour May 2007 also ....a second tour 5/13-21/2008(Jerusalem,Nazereth,The Sea of Galallee, Tiberious, Capernum , The Jacobs Ladder Festval Television & Radio • Frequent featured artist appearences on Reno's Old Time Music Festival (Into over 50 million households) on BlueHighways TV network as part of Ronnie Reno & The Reno Tradition. • More than four hundred appearances on The Grand Ole Opry (1983-Present)and Grand Ole Opry Live including the Grand Ole Opry 60th Anniversary Tribute (CBS TV, Jan 1986). 18ft photo mural of entire cast, including Mike, on display in Country Music Hall Of Fame. • Nashville Now (with Ralph Emery), The Nashville Network • New Country, The Nashville Network • Fire On The Mountain, The Nashville Network • Austin City Limits (PBS TV) The Legends Of Bluegrass (featuring Bill Monroe, Jim & Jesse and The Virginia Boys, Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys and Mac Wiseman) • The Cas Walker Show, WNOX, Knoxville, Tn • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) TV in Europe & South Africa • Voice Of America (worldwide radio), Washington, D.C. Other Venues • The General Jackson Show Boat • Fan Fair, Nashville, TN • Country Music Hall Of Fame • Great American Music Hall, San Fransisco • Ernest Tubb Record Shop • WWVA Jamboree, Wheeling, WV • Grand Ole Opry, Early Bird Bluegrass Show • 1982 World’s Fair, Knoxville, TN • Renfro Valley Barndance, KY • A.P. Carter Family Fold, Hiltons, VA • The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA • The World Famous Station Inn, Nashville, TN • The Gibson Bluegrass Showcase, Nashville, TN Honors • Mike and his band was th first Acoustic Bluegrass Band to receive a full lifetime sponsorship from Gibson Instruments, USA, in 1986. • Acoustic band of the year, Metro Music Awards, Nashville, Tennessee (Jun 1990) • International Who’s Who In Music, Volume 2, - Popular Music, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England (Oct 1996) Memberships & Organizations • American Federation Of Musicians (AFofM), since 1980 • International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), since 1987 • Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) Aff
Mike Scott
Creative Encounters
PO Box 575
Hendersonville, TN 37077
615-230-6699
Fax 615-230-0207
e-mail: mikescottmusic@bellsouth.net
website: www.mikescottmusic.com
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Website:

http://www.mikescottmusic.com

Number of years working in Nashville area:

Since coming to the Grand Ole Opry in 1983 (27 years)

Number of years in the music business:

38 years