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Scottie
One spring morning in 1964, Scottie was sitting in Mrs. Millets third grade class at Port Allen High School, when the music teacher entered, announcing that she was starting a ukulele class. Any participant would automatically get out of seventh hour study hall.
Scottie's hand went up as if yanked from above.
One day Janet Parker, a neighbor from down Calendula Street and a sixth grader (i.e., grown-up) brought a guitar to class. Scottie had already entertained the thought of moving up to the larger and more manly baritone uke, but this guitar, with its six shiny steel strings and imminently cool sunburst was just the cats ass, so to speak.
After a little pleading, bargaining, and wistful flipping through the Sears catalog , Scotties mom agreed to buy a twenty dollar Silvertone acoustic , provided that Scottie saved ten dollars toward it from his allowance. Within a month, Scottie was the proud owner of the guitar, as well as a copy of Mel Bays Fun with the Guitar.
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The late 1960s was the British Invasion era , and Scottie spent long summer days with a transistor radio, sitting in the sycamore tree outside his bedroom window, learning Beatles tunes , Rolling Stones, Paul Revere and the Raiders by ear, from the radio. Scottie soon discovered that girls loved it when Scottie would bring his guitar to school and serenade the playground. He was hooked.
As a teenager, Scottie was always easy to find. Just follow the garage band noise from across the neighborhood. Playing pool parties and talent shows built up his repertoire, and finally, upon entering college at ULL in 1975, he landed his first paying gig on the strip in Lafayette, for thirty dollars a night plus free beer. (He would have taken it for the free beer alone)And no, the fact that he was only seventeen at the time never really came up
While forging a career in the Mechanical Design field, Scottie has continued to play in bands, solo gigs, and helped other musicians in recording sessions and writing . Now all grown up (NOT) at 47, his favorite musical outlet is singing and writing with his lovely wife Tracey, who lends her expert ear, celestial vocals , and unfailing moral support.
Favorite Artist: Pat Metheny
Favorite Movie: Love and Death Woody Allen
Favorite Quote: I plan to live forever. So far, so good.
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