Born in Texarkana, Texas, United States, he settled in Houston, Texas, by about 1950, becoming established as the principal bandleader, A&R man and arranger at Don Robey's Duke and Peacock Records. He wrote and arranged songs for Johnny Ace, Big Mama Thornton, Bobby Bland, and Junior Parker, as well as leading their touring bands.[3] Among the songs that Scott wrote – although in most cases Robey claimed a co-writing credit with him, or in some cases sole credit (unassumingly) – were Bobby Bland's "Lead Me On", "Turn On Your Love Light" and "Ain't Nothing You Can Do"; Larry Davis' "Texas Flood"; Johnny Ace's "Never Let Me Go"; and Junior Parker's "Annie Get Your Yo-Yo".[4][5]
Scott's arrangements featured extensive use of brass instruments, and "typified the Duke sound".[1] According to Melvin Jackson, who also played in Bland's band, "Joe Scott was the man who created the big horn sound for blues bands."[6]
He moved back to Los Angeles, California in the 1970s with his wife and children where he was originally raised after Texas. Scott died in Culver City, California, in March 1979, aged 54.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abcEagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 299. ISBN978-0313344237.
^Edward Komara; Peter Lee, eds. (2004). The Blues Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 866–867. ISBN9781135958329. John Sinclair writing about Joe Scott
^"Joe Scott • Top Songs as Writer". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
^Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press. 2013. pp. 308–309. ISBN9780810882966. Steve Sullivan writing about "Lead Me On"
scott, musician, joseph, wade, scott, december, 1924, march, 1979, american, trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, record, producer, best, known, work, duke, peacock, records, 1950s, 1960s, notably, with, bobby, blue, bland, biography, editborn, texarka. Joseph Wade Scott December 2 1924 March 6 1979 1 was an American R amp B trumpeter bandleader songwriter arranger record producer and A amp R man best known for his work at Duke and Peacock Records in the 1950s and 1960s notably with Bobby Blue Bland 2 Biography editBorn in Texarkana Texas United States he settled in Houston Texas by about 1950 becoming established as the principal bandleader A amp R man and arranger at Don Robey s Duke and Peacock Records He wrote and arranged songs for Johnny Ace Big Mama Thornton Bobby Bland and Junior Parker as well as leading their touring bands 3 Among the songs that Scott wrote although in most cases Robey claimed a co writing credit with him or in some cases sole credit unassumingly were Bobby Bland s Lead Me On Turn On Your Love Light and Ain t Nothing You Can Do Larry Davis Texas Flood Johnny Ace s Never Let Me Go and Junior Parker s Annie Get Your Yo Yo 4 5 Scott s arrangements featured extensive use of brass instruments and typified the Duke sound 1 According to Melvin Jackson who also played in Bland s band Joe Scott was the man who created the big horn sound for blues bands 6 He moved back to Los Angeles California in the 1970s with his wife and children where he was originally raised after Texas Scott died in Culver City California in March 1979 aged 54 1 References edit a b c Eagle Bob LeBlanc Eric S 2013 Blues A Regional Experience Santa Barbara Praeger Publishers p 299 ISBN 978 0313344237 Robert Palmer 1981 Deep Blues Penguin Books p 250 ISBN 978 0 14 006223 6 Edward Komara Peter Lee eds 2004 The Blues Encyclopedia Routledge pp 866 867 ISBN 9781135958329 John Sinclair writing about Joe Scott Joe Scott Top Songs as Writer Musicvf com Retrieved 26 January 2019 Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volume 1 Scarecrow Press 2013 pp 308 309 ISBN 9780810882966 Steve Sullivan writing about Lead Me On Andy Bradley Roger Wood 2010 House of Hits The Story of Houston s Gold Star SugarHill Recording Studios University of Texas Press p 106 ISBN 9780292783249 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joe Scott musician amp oldid 1181236296, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
