Scott

Hall

 

Singer Songwriter, Scott Hall was born in Fort Worth, Texas with a deep rooted Texas history.  His maternal grandmother was born in the back of a covered mule freight wagon somewhere in Eastland County, Texas in 1904, and could remember when Dallas had dirt streets.  His Uncle was a rodeo performer and bull rider turned Cutting Horse trainer, who became World Champion in 1965 after winning the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show competition.  David Lynn Jones and Waylon Jennings recorded a song written about his Uncle in 1988 called High Ridin' Heroes on Polygram Records, with a subsequent music video showing him doing his cuttin' horse thing.

Growing up in the shadow of the Fort Worth Stockyards, Scott naturally developed a love of country music, and has become a real storyteller in the purest sense in the songs which are so uniquely his own.  One of Scott's first summer jobs was swimming pool installation and maintenance.  He kept the crew entertained with his singing which was influenced in part by his mother's love of Rock and Blues music and his paternal grandfather's passion for country music.  It was through the expression of grief over the loss of his grandfather that inspired Granddad's Song, one of his earliest songs which is included on his album A Matter of Time.  Scott has gone on to tell the stories of his life, in songs like Know What You Stand to Lose, True Hearts (written about his Mom and Dad), Paradise TX, I Can't Lie to Myself, The Rodeo (inspired by a bullrider friend of his) A Matter of Time (the heartbreaking story of one of his best friends) and in possibly his most recognizable song Two Loves Too Late which has been a favorite of Stockyard's DJs, and DJ requests at clubs such as The Horseman where the song has been in the top 3 all-time requested.

Scott's first band was called Panther City , which is the nickname for Fort Worth and goes back to the 1880s.  The band was an incredible bunch of guys who were together from 1997 until the end of 2001.  During this time, Scott cut his second album titled Panther City.  Not able to get radio airplay, which was a problem impacting many of the great Texas Bands of the day, the album was put on MP3.com where one of the songs was #9 in plays for the year 1999 in the Country Music genre.  This was out of thousands of songs uploaded to the site, not just the 100 or so that make it to the air waves on traditional radio.  The album was very well received and in demand, but the independent label who produced it went out of business and soon it was not available to buy so it died a premature death.  Because of the demand for Scott's original songs, a few from Panther City were recut on his next album A Matter of Time with a new twist which reflects the changes in his life and expression of his music. Due to the many requests from his fans, Desert Sky Records obtained a license to redistribute the album from the originating Label and has made it available to purchase.

When the new Gilley's Dallas 90,000 sq. ft. Public Entertainment Facility was built in 2003, a talent search throughout Texas was conducted for Gilley's spotlight vocalist and house band.  Scott was selected and lead the band from August 2003 to September 2004. Kelly Walker (Lead Guitar/vocals), Josh Rodgers (Drums), and Colin Alexander (Bass, Lead Backup Vocals) were part of that talent search and continued on as The Scott Hall Band, performing along with Rick Hinton and Mark Gheen (from the Panther City Band) on Scott's fourth album Scott Hall - LIVE at The Horseman Club, released in September 2006.  In March 2007, Scott's new band The Benders was formed.  Paul Baker, longtime member of Cooder Graw joined Scott on Bass, with Nate Coon replacing Josh Rodgers on Drums.

Scott's live shows, which are energy charged and upbeat, never fail to please and surprise his audiences when he does all his originals and his versions of a few classics with a Scott Hall & The Benders twist. Scott's last album "Live At The Horseman Club" is available on iTunes