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
..
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.
Scott Fore & His Hillbilly Hot Club's Friend Space (Top 22)
Scott Fore & His Hillbilly Hot Club has 381 friends.
Tune into The Listening Room this evening on WVRU 89.9 FM in Radford where Scott Fore will be the guest! If you can't tune it in over the airwaves, listen online! http://www.wvru.org/listen.html
Scott, Thanks for the add. I waited to watch you perform at the Folklife. But your performance was stopped due to the lightning storms. Hopefully I will be able to catch you live again. Nate
