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Buddy Scott • Bad Avenue

Biography

Chicago guitarist Kenneth "Buddy" Scott hailed from an extended musical brood, to put it mildly. His brothers, singer Howard and guitarist Walter, are mainstays on the local scene; his son, guitarist Kenneth "Hollywood" Scott, leads Tyrone Davis' Platinum Band, and even his grandmother Ida knew her way around a guitar -- she played on the South Side with the likes of Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson back in the 1950s. Buddy Scott left Mississippi for Chicago at age seven. Both his mom and local legend Reggie Boyd tutored him as a guitarist. Like several of his brothers, Buddy was a member of a local doo wop vocal group, the Masqueraders, during the early '60s, and recorded a few singles with his siblings as the Scott Brothers later in the decade. He was best known as leader of Scotty & the Rib Tips, who were staples of the South Side and West Side blues circuit; they were featured on Alligator's second batch of Living Chicago Blues anthologies in 1980. By the time Scott caught his big major-label break with Verve in 1993 with his debut domestic album, Bad Avenue, it was too late for him to capitalize on his belated good fortune; he died from stomach cancer shortly after the album's release.

by Bill Dahl

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/buddy-scott-mn0001241701

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Biografía

El guitarrista de Chicago Kenneth "Buddy" Scott provenía de una larga tradición musical, por decirlo suavemente. Sus hermanos, el cantante Howard y el guitarrista Walter, son los pilares de la escena local; su hijo, el guitarrista Kenneth "Hollywood" Scott, lidera la Banda de Platino de Tyrone Davis, e incluso su abuela Ida sabía tocar la guitarra... tocó en el South Side con gente como Little Walter y Sonny Boy Williamson en los años 50. Buddy Scott dejó Mississippi para ir a Chicago a los siete años. Tanto su madre como la leyenda local Reggie Boyd le enseñaron a tocar la guitarra. Como varios de sus hermanos, Buddy fue miembro de un grupo vocal de doo wop local, los Masqueraders, a principios de los 60, y grabó unos cuantos singles con sus hermanos como los Scott Brothers más tarde en la década. Era más conocido como líder de Scotty & the Rib Tips, que eran básicos en el circuito de blues del South Side y el West Side; aparecieron en la segunda tanda de antologías de Living Chicago Blues de Alligator en 1980. Para cuando Scott se dio cuenta de su gran ruptura con Verve en 1993 con su álbum nacional de debut, Bad Avenue, ya era demasiado tarde para capitalizar su tardía buena suerte; murió de cáncer de estómago poco después del lanzamiento del álbum.

por Bill Dahl

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/buddy-scott-mn0001241701

Tracklist:
1 - My Babe
2 - Big Fat Woman
3 - Big Bad Feeling
4 - Big Boss Man
5 - Rock Me Baby
6 - Wake Me Up Baby
7 - Today I Started Loving You Again
8 - Mother Fur Ya
9 - Blues With A Feeling
10 - Bring It On Home To Me
11 - Welfare Blues
12 - Bad Avenue

Credits:
    Arranged By, Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Buddy Scott
    Art Direction – Patrice Beauséjour
    Backing Vocals – Darryl C. Thompson, Frederick L. Johnson, Julius McDonald
    Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Jim Hoke
    Bass – Dexter Hardy
    Coordinator – Chris Maguire, Nate Herr
    Drums – Edmond Earl Farr
    Engineer – Jay Newland, Joe Lopes, Suzy Fink
    Engineer [Assistant] – Doug McBride
    Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Joe Moss
    Harmonica – Billy Branch
    Keyboards – Benny Brown
    Liner Notes – Billy Altman
    Photography By – Carol Friedman
    Piano – Terry Adams
    Rhythm Guitar – Danny Draher, David Jackson, Kenneth Scott
    Trombone – Donn Adams