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Biography Jack Scott

The reason why his songs have seldom been revived may be due, in part, to the continuing confusion over his catalogue, which has meant that Scott tracks have rarely appeared on rock'n'roll compilation albums. Add to this the fact that he has never had much enthusiasm for touring and it becomes more understandable why an artist whom many regard as among the very best should be something of a well kept secret. It was his ballads that marked Jack Scott's unique contribution to rock'n'roll. They were the slowest, heaviest, gutsiest ballads ever recorded. They were also beautifully simple. His reverberating voice was reinforced by a male backing chorus as he plodded over the most basic of chord progressions - sometimes the same four-chord 'climbing' sequence repeated over and over again. On his records the acoustic guitar had a presence that made it sound as though your ear was pressed close to the body of the instrument itself. The rockers displayed another characteristic element of Scott's style - his tongue-in-cheek humour. On the song 'Geraldine' (1958) he conveyed his lustful designs by repeating the girl's name 94 times - and the backing vocalists chipped in with a few more while he paused for breath. There wasn't much time left on the record for a more detailed analysis of his feelings, but the point had been made. He used the same technique to amusing effect on 'Found A Woman' (1960); repeating the title was considered sufficient to indicate the idea he wished to convey, and he rounded off each verse with a line like: "Well, I told ma, ma told pa, pa said mmmm.' His sly delivery was worthy of the Coasters.
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