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About Mike…

• Born: May 14, 1962, Johnson City, Tennessee
• Home Place: Watauga, Tennessee Musician (banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass), Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Publisher
• Performing Professionally Since Age 10
• Off Time: Family, Good Church, Hunting, Fishing, Custom Wood working

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The Bands
• Mike Scott (Feb 1986- Present)
• Ronnie Reno & The Reno Tradition (Oct 2001- Present)
• Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass (regular guest appearances, 1998-2004)
• Mike Scott & The All-American Band (Feb 1986 – Feb 2000)
• Jim & Jesse and The Virginia Boys (Feb 1983 – Jan 1986)
• Carl Story & The Rambling Mountaineers (Nov 1980 – Jan 1983)
• The Cumberland Mountain Boys (1978 – 1979)
• The Tennessee Bluegrass Four (1974 – 1977)
• The Rocky Mountain Boys (1972 – 1973)

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Touring
• Extensive Tours throughout U.S., Canada, Europe, including the Wembley tours (England, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden), South Africa (Zambia,Lesotho, Malawi)
• Tours to Israel in 2007… 2008…& 2012

.Tour of Europe: July 8-23, 2012….. Germany, Norway, The Netherlands, Holland, & Scotland.

Television & Radio
• Frequent featured artist appearences on Reno’s Old Time Music Festival (Into over 25 million households) on BlueHighways TV network as part of Ronnie Reno & The Reno Tradition.
• More than one hundred fifty appearances on The Grand Ole Opry and Grand Ole Opry Live including the Grand Ole Opry 60th Anniversary Tribute (CBS TV, Jan 1986). 18ft photo mural of entire cast, including Mike, on display in Country Music Hall Of Fame.
• Nashville Now (with Ralph Emery), The Nashville Network
• New Country, The Nashville Network
• Fire On The Mountain, The Nashville Network
• Austin City Limits (PBS TV) The Legends Of Bluegrass (featuring Bill Monroe, Jim & Jesse and The Virginia Boys, Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys and Mac
Wiseman)
• The Cas Walker Show, WNOX, Knoxville, Tn
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) TV in Europe & South Africa
• Voice Of America (worldwide radio), Washington, D.C.

.February 15th, 2012 RFD Television Show, A Live Audience Performance with David Frizzell ”Family & Friends Show” Ernest Tubb Record Shop Music Valley Drive Nashville, TN Mike will be performing as a Featured Artist on David Frizzell’s ”Family & Friends Show” (This show is scheduled to be aired on RFD TV on Thursday March 29th,2011)

Other Venues
• The General Jackson Show Boat
• Fan Fair, Nashville, TN
• Country Music Hall Of Fame
• Great American Music Hall, San Fransisco
• Ernest Tubb Record Shop
• WWVA Jamboree, Wheeling, WV
• Grand Ole Opry, Early Bird Bluegrass Show
• 1982 World’s Fair, Knoxville, TN
• Renfro Valley Barndance, KY
• A.P. Carter Family Fold, Hiltons, VA
• The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA
• The World Famous Station Inn, Nashville, TN
• The Gibson Bluegrass Showcase, Nashville, TN

.The National Quartet Convention September 2011

Honors
• First band to receive a full lifetime sponsorship from Gibson Instruments, USA, in 1986. Mike continues to endorse Gibson banjos, guitars, mandolins and strings today.
• “Acoustic Band of The Year”…from the Metro Music Awards, Nashville, Tennessee (Jun 1990)
• International Who’s Who In Music, Volume 2, – Popular Music, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England (Oct 1996)

.Mike was nominated for “New Artist of The Year” by “The Singing News Magazine” at “The National Quartet Convention” September 2011in Louisville, Ky

.Mike’s first #1 song “Since I Laid My Burdens Down” on POWER SOURCE for two months in a row July & August 2011…from Mike’s “Take Me Lord & Use Me” project on Rural Rhythm Christian.

.Mike’s Projects on Rural Rhythm “Blue Moon of Kentucky-A Tribute to Bill Monroe” & Rural Rhythm Christian…“Take Me Lord & Use Me” were submitted for one Grammy each from NARIS / The Grammy’s in 2012 but did not make nominations. Thanks to all of you who voted.

.Mike’s Project on Rural Rhythm Christian…“Take Me Lord & Use Me” was submitted for two GMA/DOVE Awards “Song of The Year” & Project of The Year” from the Gospel Music Association in 2012 but did not make nominations. Thanks to all of you who voted.

Memberships & Organizations
American Federation Of Musicians (AFofM), since 1980
• International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), since 1987
• Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) Affiliated writer & publisher
• Performance & Session Guide Magazine – Top Nashville listing of professional musicians, since 1996
• Mike was an accepted member in the “Nashville Music Pros” in Jan 2010.

. Mike is a member of NARIS / The Grammys

.Mike is a member of The Gospel Music Awards / The GMA The DOVES

Sponsors / Endorsements

Mike is proudly endorsed by the following:

Rural Rhythm Records http://ruralrhythm.com

Rural Rhythm Christian Records http://www.ruralrhythmchristian.com/

First Quality Music http://www.firstqualitymusic.com/

Sullivan Banjos (Mike Scott Signature Artist Model Banjo) http://www.sullivanbanjo.com/

American Made Banjo Strings / Thomas Mirasola (Mike Scott Signature Series Banjo Strings) http://www.americanmadebanjo.com/product_info.php?cPath=28_31&products_id=60

Blue Chip Picks / Matthew Goins http://bluechippick.net/

Elliott/McKinney Capos http://elliottcapos.com

Peterson Tuners http://www.petersontuners.com