If your tastes in rock music and AOR are
likened to Bon Jovi, Rick Springfield, Michael Morales ,Carl
Dixon and Bryan Adams then Memphis based singer/songwriter Scott
Sudbury may be worth you checking out. Scott started to play
music at the age of fifteen "I found an old guitar and amp
that my grandfather had given to us. My interest in music grew,
and my interest in sports didn't. I learned a few chords and at
15 played a Motley Crue song at a local talent show."
explains Scott.Scott's first memories of music were with the family "My family was always into all kinds of music. I can remember on many Saturday mornings my brothers and me running to the TV to watch cartoons. I was always the first to get bored with that. My dad used to hang out in the room where the stereo was and he would be playing different records and stuff. I would usually end up listing to the music with him. In those days there were a lot of outdoor music festivals in Memphis, and we would always make a family picnic out of them. I saw all the Blues greats, from Muddy Waters to Willie Dixon, Albert King, Rufus Thomas, you name it. My dad would point and say 'You guys are watching history." At the age of 10, we attended a fair where in the span of one day, I saw Billy Squier, Ted Nugent, Molly Hatchet, Cheap Trick and Aerosmith. I was hooked."
Scott never took any musical lessons " I used to ride my bike to some older kids in the neighborhood and watch them play. Then I would ride my bike home as fast as I could and try to remember what they were doing. On most weekends, I would stay at home with a jam box or with my face glued to MTV and try to listen and watch what these guitar players were doing, and figure out why it worked the way it did."
Scott then joined a garage band "Our singer quit before one our shows, so I was forced to become a singer as well. By the time I graduated High School, I knew that music was what I wanted to do. I had started copying my favorite Bon Jovi songs and that's where I first learned the craft of song writing."
After a few years Scott eventually got to the stage where he was playing music full time " I worked from the small clubs to playing the hot spots on Beale Street, finally to sharing the stage with international artists."
Scott is inspired by the response to his music "I think the response that I have been receiving from not only the US, but all over the world, from younger people to older people is what is keeping me inspired to continue. I didn't know how people would react to this CD,or if they would react at all. The response has started off as an underground whisper that just keeps growing and growing. 'Static on My Radio' has sold into 38 states in the US, and into 19 foreign countries. A lot of local radio stations would not play us for long time, because they didn't think there was a market for my kind of music. I was getting airplay in Europe before my hometown of Memphis was playing anything off the CD.
So knowing that people still want to hear melodic, fun, yet aggressive Rock and Roll keeps me excited about playing." Scott explains about the songs on "Static On My Radio", "I think the title track sums up the whole direction of the record. It had gotten to the point where every time I was in my car I would end up constantly flipping the radio trying to find something to listen to. 'I can't get no satisfaction, no Blue Suede Shoes, I said hey hey moma, do you feel like I do?' Those were references to The Stones, Elvis, Led Zeppelin, and Peter Frampton. My car radio broke and for a period of about 3 months, I didn't even bother to get it repaired. Every thing I heard all sounded the same... It was all 'Static' to me. These songs were written out of a yearning for the kind of music I remember falling in love with as a kid.Nothing I had heard in years had given me the same
feeling that I had gotten and still get when I hear the late '70's and early '80's bands. I tried to write songs with that fun, reckless vibe that sound like a live Rock and Roll band. I recorded it in the same fashion, with no more that 2 or 3 takes on each song."
For the furure Scott's main objective is to keep building up his reputation "I want to build a big enough following so I can come and play. They say that Europe always catches on to things before anyone else does, and I'm getting a lot of interest from your part of the world. I hope this is a sign of good things to come. Thank goodness for the wonderful Europeans and your interest in Rock and Roll."
Be sure to check out Scott's website at http://www.scottsudbury.com
or e-mail him at scott@scottsudbury.com Scott Sudbury has a great knack for writing addictive choruses with really strong melodies, like the pure AOR sounding "Tonight" through to deep and sensitive ballads like "Long Way Home". So if your fan of the afforementioned bands, I recommend that you check out Scott Sudbury right away.