Yonrico Scott

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Yonrico Scott
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Years active1995–2019
LabelsLandslide Records, Legacy Recordings/Columbia Records, Sony Music, House of Blues
WebsiteYonricoscott.com

Yonrico Scott (October 6, 1955 – September 19, 2019) was an American drummer and percussionist.[1][2] He was a longtime member of the Grammy winning The Derek Trucks Band, became a bandleader of his own ensemble, the Yonrico Scott Band, and later worked with the Royal Southern Brotherhood, with Cyril Neville. Having developed his craft not only from years of session work, roadwork, and study, the Cape Cod Times proclaimed him "a standout in the band... whose strong beats powered songs such as 'I'll Find My Way' off the group's Songlines CD".[3]

Musical career

Early years

Yonrico Scott was raised in

R&B music in his teens. He later worked as a session musician for a large number of famous figures, including Stevie Wonder.[citation needed
]

After high school graduation, Scott attended the

Bachelor's Degree, in performance percussion.[4]
After college, Scott moved to Atlanta, Georgia. While in Atlanta, he recorded and performed with Atlanta jazz artists Joe Jennings and Howard Nicholson and their band Life Force, including on the 1981 album Fearless Warriors.

Career

Scott recording at Sit-N-Spin Recording Studios

Scott joined

52nd Grammy Awards, for their 2009 album, Already Free
.

At the close of 2009, Derek Trucks dissolved the band for at least a year. Trucks' wife, Susan Tedeschi dismissed her sidemen, and joined Derek in a new project, The Tedeschi Trucks Band. Scott recorded on Tedeschi's album, Wait for Me, in 2002. He performed with Earl Klugh, and played many gigs with The Yonrico Scott Band throughout 2010.

Scott was also the studio and touring drummer for the Royal Southern Brotherhood, which toured across 27 countries in 2012–13 (according to bassist Charlie Wooton) and released their first album in late 2012, on which Scott is credited with some songwriting. He and Charlie Wooten became the backbone of a "supergroup" with Devon Allman, Cyril Neville and Mike Zito that was lauded all over the globe.

In 2015, Scott guest drummed on Jeremiah Johnson's album, Grind.[6]

Artwork

Yonrico Scott is credited on the album

Aboriginal concept that the world had been sung into existence by "totemic" elder beings who wandered the Australian continent along invisible pathways, breathing and singing the names of everything in creation. Those "songlines" became important as everything had been brought to life, and order in such a fashion. Scott's ability to represent this concept arrived both on the album cover and backdrop of the stage at the venues during The Derek Trucks Band's tour to support the album.[7]

Equipment

Scott used Pearl Drums, Zildjian sticks and cymbals, Lp Percussions, Everyones Drumming.[4]

Later works and death

Scott recorded his second solo album at Sit-N-Spin Recording Studios in Greenville, South Carolina.[1] He died on September 19, 2019, at age 63.[8][9]

Discography

Solo

  • Be In My World[10] (2012)
  • Quest of the Big Drum[11] (2014)
  • Only A Smile[12] (2015)
  • Life of a Dreamer[13] (2016)

With The Derek Trucks Band

With Royal Southern Brotherhood

Other contributions

References

  1. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 19, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "The Derek Trucks Band". Answers.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
  3. ^ Holmes, Rich (August 8, 2009). "Guitar virtuoso wows 'em with bluesy world music". Cape Cod Times. Cape Cod Media Group, a division of Dow Jones Local Media Group. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c Brackett, Tammy. "Yonrico Scott Press Kit". Biography. Moonstruck Promotions and Media. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
  5. ^ [1] Archived February 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Jeremiah Johnson of The Jeremiah Johnson Band | National Blues Review – Blues Music Ezine". Nationalbluesreview.com. November 3, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  7. ^ Jurek, Thom (2010). "Songlines Review". AMG: R 818266. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
  8. ^ "Obituary for Mr. Yonrico Scott". articobits.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  9. ^ "Yonrico Scott, Former Derek Trucks Band Drummer, Has Passed Away". Liveforlivemusic.com. September 20, 2019.
  10. ^ "Blue Canoe Record News". Blue Canoe Records. July 17, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  11. ^ "Blue Canoe Record News". Blue Canoe Records. January 21, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  12. ^ "Yonrico Scott's Only A Smile". Blue Canoe Records. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  13. ^ "Yonrico Scott's Life of a Dreamer". Blue Canoe Records. November 10, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2023.

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