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  • Genre: Americana / Bluegrass / Jazz

    Location Virginia, Un

    Profile Views: 23642

    Last Login: 5/6/2012

    Member Since 8/15/2006

    Record Label ..Indie..

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. ....The Hillbilly.... ..Hot Club.... .. ....is Scott Fore, Steve Hunt, and Bob Casey, The Hillbilly Hot club draws its inspiration from the swing music of Django Reinhardt and the modern day Gypsy Jazz Trios such as the Rosenberg Trio. In addition to drawing from the Gypsy Jazz catalogue, Scott Fore & His Hillbilly Hot Club also draw from the catalogue of traditional American folk, bluegrass, western swing and country. .... .... ......Scott Fore........Scott is an internationally recognized guitarist having won the National Flatpicking Championships held in Winfield Kansas each year. He is also the Doc Watson guitar champion and the Wayne Henderson Champion of Champions. Honors and titles include: ...... ......2002 National Flatpicking Champion.. 2002 Doc Watson Flatpicking Champion.. Wayne C. Henderson Champion of Champions winner.. Old Galax Fiddlers Convention Best All Around Performer.. South Carolina State Flatpicking Champion.. 2010 New England Flatpicking Chamption Recognized by Virginia Folklife and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities as a Virginia Master Folk Artist...... ....Scott also has a book "Flatpicking Solos" published by Cherry Lane Music and distributed by the Hal Leonard Corporation. "Flatpicking Solos" contains the arrangements that Scott has used in the many flatpicking contests he has won. This book/CD package is available where ever music books are sold. Scott is currently in the process of writing his second book..... May/June 2010 Cover of Flatpick Guitar Magazine ....Scott's selected discography includes:.... ..........Hot Licks and Cool Tunes.. - ......Independent Release available from Scott...... .. ........Hot and Spicy........ ..on FGM records.. ......Songs for Sophie...... on FGM records.. ......Broken Grass...... on DOM discs - Recorded in France in 1979 now out of print.. .. ......Scott is currently recording two new CDs: A solo CD for the Crooked Road music series, and a CD with award winning guitarist David Doucet from the band BeauSoleil. Look for these CDs to be released later this year....... ....Scott's Recent Performances Include:.... ........The Smithsonian Folklife Festival........ ........The Kennedy Center for the Perfoming Arts........ ........The National Folk Festival........ ........The Ferrum Folklife Festival........ ........The Oak Grove Folk Festival.... ........The Fairgrove Music Stage.... ........Nesselrod on the New..........Scott proudly plays and is endorsed by the following ..Bourgeois Guitars, Dell' Arte Guitars,Dean Markley,Elixir, Schertler pickups , Ultrasound Amplifiers, DPA Microphones, Pegasus Cases, and Shubb Capos and accessories......... ........Steve Hunt ..- ......Steve Hunt plays bass in the Hillbilly Hot Club. Steve spent many years touring the world as a bass player with blues legend Bob Margolin. Steve has also recorded with Bob Margolin, Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells, and many others..... .. ........Bob Casey.. - ......Bob plays guitar in the Hillbilly Hot Club. Bob has spent many years playing in various groups and as a solo artist....... ......

  • Members

    ....Scott Fore.. - Guitar and Vocals.. ....Steve (Slash) Hunt.. - Bass.. ....Bob Casey.. - Guitar.. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

  • Influences

    ..Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Norman Blake, Wayne Henderson, Django Reinhardt, Stochelo Rosenberg, Jimmy Rosenberg, Raphael Fays, Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, Bob Wills, Merle Haggard, Tommy Emmanuel, Jimi Hendrix, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Danny Gatton, Dan Crary, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Earl Scruggs, Carson Cooper, Bela Fleck, Bill Keith, Brent Mason, Buddy Emmons, Paul Franklin, Jerry Reed, Leon Rhodes .. .. ..

  • Sounds Like

    ..Gypsy Jazz...., Bluegrass, ......Folk......, ..Oldtime.., ..Jazz.., Honky Tonk, ..Western Swing... ..Blues.., ..Latin .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. ..

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Bio:

.. The Hillbilly Hot Club is Scott Fore, Steve Hunt, and Bob Casey, The Hillbilly Hot club draws its inspiration from the swing music of Django Reinhardt and the modern day Gypsy Jazz Trios such as the Rosenberg Trio. In addition to drawing from the Gypsy Jazz catalogue, Scott Fore & His Hillbilly Hot Club also draw from the catalogue of traditional American folk, bluegrass, western swing and country.


Scott ForeScott is an internationally recognized guitarist having won the National Flatpicking Championships held in Winfield Kansas each year. He is also the Doc Watson guitar champion and the Wayne Henderson Champion of Champions. Honors and titles include:

2002 National Flatpicking Champion
2002 Doc Watson Flatpicking Champion
Wayne C. Henderson Champion of Champions winner
Old Galax Fiddlers Convention Best All Around Performer
South Carolina State Flatpicking Champion
Recognized by Virginia Folklife and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities as a Virginia Master Folk Artist

Scott also has a book "Flatpicking Solos" published by Cherry Lane Music and distributed by the Hal Leonard Corporation. "Flatpicking Solos" contains the arrangements that Scott has used in the many flatpicking contests he has won. This book/CD package is available where ever music books are sold. Scott is currently in the process of writing his second book.

Scott's selected discography includes:

Hot Licks and Cool Tunes - Independent Release available from Scott

Hot and Spicy on FGM records
Songs for Sophie on FGM records
Broken Grass on DOM discs - Recorded in France in 1979 now out of print

Scott is currently recording two new CDs: A solo CD for the Crooked Road music series, and a CD with award winning guitarist David Doucet from the band BeauSoleil. Look for these CDs to be released later this year.

Scott's Recent Performances Include:

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival

The Kennedy Center for the Perfoming Arts

The National Folk Festival

The Ferrum Folklife Festival

The Oak Grove Folk Festival

The Fairgrove Music Stage

Nesselrod on the New

Scott proudly plays and is endorsed by the following Bourgeois Guitars, Dell' Arte Guitars,Dean Markley,Elixir, Schertler pickups , Ultrasound Amplifiers, DPA Microphones, Pegasus Cases, and Shubb Capos and accessories.

Steve Hunt - Steve Hunt plays bass in the Hillbilly Hot Club. Steve spent many years touring the world as a bass player with blues legend Bob Margolin. Steve has also recorded with Bob Margolin, Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells, and many others.

Bob Casey - Bob plays guitar in the Hillbilly Hot Club. Bob has spent many years playing in various groups and as a solo artist.

Member Since:

August 15, 2006

Members:

Scott Fore - Guitar and Vocals

Steve (Slash) Hunt - Bass

Bob Casey - Guitar

Influences:

Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Norman Blake, Wayne Henderson, Django Reinhardt, Stochelo Rosenberg, Jimmy Rosenberg, Raphael Fays, Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, Bob Wills, Merle Haggard, Tommy Emmanuel, Jimi Hendrix, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Danny Gatton, Dan Crary, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Earl Scruggs, Carson Cooper, Bela Fleck, Bill Keith, Brent Mason, Buddy Emmons, Paul Franklin, Jerry Reed, Leon Rhodes
..

Sounds Like:

Gypsy Jazz, Bluegrass, Folk, Oldtime, Jazz, Honky Tonk, Western Swing. Blues, Latin

..

Record Label:

Indie

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