Scott learned to play guitar in the sixth grade on Miss Davis’ nylon string. Before that he played French horn in the school band and orchestra. Before that he sang boy soprano solos at church. In the summer of 1969 he heard Crosby, Stills, & Nash for the first time and was immediately swept away.  That fall Scott met his friend Dan Peckham, and the two began to play guitar together.

Since that time there has been a long string of teachers, students, classes, styles, ensembles, performances, and a few transcendent moments when everything faded away and there was just…Music.

What motivates him is the possibility of another of those moments. These days the expression is mostly in jazz- but you will probably hear any number of influences during the course of a performance.

Scott uses Elixer strings and Dunlop Tortex picks and can be a bit superstitious about where he sits or stands onstage.

Dan, "My first memory of an interest in music was when I was four and my mom played a recording of, Peter and The Wolf. In the third grade our class learned to play the song flute: those little black flutes with raised finger pads. In the 4th grade I started to learn the drums. I became discouraged when the school band director yelled at me for not keeping a steady beat.

My grandfather's tenor banjo hangs on the wall in my music room and, though I never heard him play, it gave me the idea that I came from a musical background. The Beatles and Bob Dylan were big influences, provided the background soundscape of my youth.

When I met Scott he was already playing guitar.  When my birthday arrived, I asked my parents for a guitar. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, there were many opportunities for musical interaction: music schools, classes, friends and teachers. I obtained a music degree and was fortunate enough to have studied with George Barnes before he died. These days, the day gig is teaching middle school band and guitar.  Hopefully, I can inspire the next generation."