Hilary Scott Band

Hilary's coming back into the area

2007-08-19T18:23:00.000-07:00

......well, here it is nearing the end of summer, hopefully nearing the end of a really high record temperatures, and the end of Hilary's absence from Columbia........she'll be returning in just a few weeks, for close to a month in the area.......there will be a few opportunities to catch her again while she's in the area.......I'm sure a few of you have said...hhhmmmm, was she gone?, ......actually, yes .....she has moved back to the Seattle area to further advance her audience and her career , and to take full advantage of some special opportunities......those of which you can find out about , thru the newsletter or the "my space" sites or the ".com" sight......
.....a few of us around here have missed seeing and playing with her, but we will soon get the chance again......on Sept. 1st . 8:00 @ The Martini Bar, will be an Acoustic evening with Hilary and Friends.(various band members and special guests will be sharing the stage)....Sept 5th, at The Central Methodist University Coffee House , from 8 - 9:30.......and then on Sept 8th, the full band will be on the Peace PArk Stage @ 12:30 during the RootsnBluesnBBQ Festival......along with numerous other fine acts, on the three stages for two whole days......you can check it out at http://www.rootsnbluesnbbq.com/ .......so you have several times to catch Hilary and the band....before she heads back west, and then to Italy for a small tour.........also watch for possible other gigs to pop up while she's here......so stay cool, watch out for the heat and hope to see you at one of the up coming gigs......till next time, keep listening to the discs or the DVD......
and don't forget to come up and say "hi"....thanks again for all your support.......B.A.

finally, the whole Rabbit story from Mike

2007-04-25T08:23:00.000-07:00

Rabbit's Story
Once there was a hare named Rabbit. He was lazy and vain and very much in a hurry not to do anything. He hopped about chewing on dandelions, a hop here, a hop there, everywhere he hopped about finding a bit to eat.
But of course, he was too lazy to go far, and it was not terribly safe to go too far from his hole, so soon there were no more dandelions to eat. he sat in the middle of the little clearing he had created and thought to himself, "There must be some way to get the other animals in the forest to bring me food. I know! I will announce a grand contest. Whoever brings me the best dandelions to eat will win a fine prize!"
So without moving, he began singing as loud as he could. His song was simple. It announced that whoever brought the tastiest morsels from the forest would be rewarded with a fine prize. He hinted that the prize would be something wonderful, something rare and unexpected, something quite impossible to get for oneself. But he did not name the prize.
All day the forest animals appeared and dropped tasty samples of the forest before the rabbit. Fresh clover, Queen Anne's Lace, varieties of lettuce, dandelions aplenty. Rabbit tasted and sampled and munched and snacked all day long without moving an inch and shoved what remained beneath him.
Finally, near the end of the day, Coyote appeared and dropped the finest morsel of all, something Rabbit had never tasted, something so much better than all the other morsels that all present acclaimed Coyote the winner of the contest. A fine, large carrot - long and orange with a huge tassel of fresh green on top, and wonderfully fresh and delicious!
Rabbit, reluctant to declare the contest over, hemmed and hawed and tapped his foot and looked about, but there was nothing for it - the contest was over and it was time to deliver the fine prize.
"Ah yes, then. I supposed that is the best I've ever had. Coyote, you have certainly taken the prize with your find. I congratulate you. I salute you! I ...."
But Coyote interrupted him. "The prize! Where is the prize?"
Rabbit knew the game was up. He took one giant leap into the air, surprising Coyote, who jumped up after him. But Rabbit came straight down and disappeared into a hole into which had quietly shoved all the food brought to him, and on top which he had been sitting. Coyote immediately began digging out the hole, determined to make Rabbit her grand prize.
Rabbit popped his head up a couple yards away from Coyote and shouted, "Coyote! Wait! If you'll stop digging I'll tell you a story!"
Coyote was frustrated and hungry, but nonetheless she stopped digging and said, "What kind of story?"
Rabbit said, "A story about you. A story you will enjoy. A story you will remember. A story you can tell your pups! That is the prize!! Will you stop and listen?"
Coyote, despite her hunger, pulled her paws out of the dirt, circled around a spot a few feet from Rabbit, and settled down quietly to listen. "It had better be a good story, Rabbit, or I will tear your lair apart with my teeth!"
And Rabbit began telling the story.
Coyote and Lion
Here then is Rabbit's story:
Coyote's cubs were starving. The summer was too dry, then a hard and wet winter. The mice disappeared first, then fewer squirrels, tit-mice and moles. Rabbits had moved on long ago, following fresh green as much as possible. Coyote should have followed them but she spent all her time hunting, trying to feed her pups, and hunting was easier on an empty stomach than making a den and moving pups. Coyote found herself desperate.
Coyote's friend Jackal said Lion and his consort had a den within a day's walk. Coyote had nothing to lose. She headed to the river and followed it upstream for a day and a night. The next morning she emerged in a clearing. Lying comfortably under the shade of a tree was Lion. His mates and cubs lounged and played nearby.
Coyote walked slowly to Lion in a straight line, slowing as she neared, and with head down. Lion appeared to pay no attention to Coyote until she was a few yards away, within speaking distance.
�”Why do you come to me, Coyote?”� said Lion without turning his head.
Coyote, who had great respect for Lion, the arbiter and final judge of life and death across the entire savanna, finally spoke. �”Lion, my lord, I come to you out of desperation. My cubs are starving to death. I cannot feed them because all prey has disappeared. I ask you.� I beg you.� Can you help us? Can you feed us?”� Coyote laid on her belly, her head between her paws. She was ready for anything. If Lion decided to take her, she would go willingly. Otherwise, she would persist in her efforts for her cubs and herself.
“Coyote! I will help you. But you must do something for me first.”
“I will do as you will, my lord,”� replied Coyote.
“There is a girl in a nearby village, a human child. That girl must come here. You must bring her here. After that, I will be able to get food for you and your cubs.” Lion turned his large wide eyes to Coyote. �”Bring me that human child unharmed no later than the next full moon.”
Coyote shuddered and blinked. She knew from experience how dangerous the humans could be. “But my lord, who? And where? How will I find her? How can I possibly make her come to you?”
“You will know. You will find the way. Go now, into the forest. You will find help, perhaps where you least expect it. Go.”
Coyote rose and turned and walked quietly away from Lion, her head spinning. No choice, she told herself, no choice. My cubs will only live a few more days. I must hurry.
There was a village, Coyote knew, farther up the river, perhaps another day. It would be that much longer before she could return to her pups, but because she had been able to feed them before she left, and because they were old enough to know not to leave their den, they would be safe for a few more days. She walked that day and night. Before morning, she smelled something familiar and dangerous: the trail of Naga, the jungle's great King Cobra. Naga was moving up river in the same direction as Coyote, so Coyote followed the great snake's trail toward the human's village.
II.
Jamalia was not happy about having to go to the well this late after dark. I have no choice, she told herself. Even the night creatures, even Naga the fanged one, always a silent danger at night, must not keep her from fetching fresh cold water that her mother, burning with fever, might be comforted and cooled. Their village had no shaman, so no one, even the old ones, knew how to expel the angry spirit that roiled in her mother's brow.
Besides, it was not that far, was it. Only a few minutes across the village and into the forest on the far side. Not far enough to make it worth while recruiting her friend Juma to accompany her. She donned her sandles and slung the empty gourds over her back and stepped into the warm humid night.
Jamalia hummed to herself as she walked, a short sweet tune taught her by her brother, who learned it in the city where he now lived, working, as he said, in the mines, but as Jamalia knew, rarely actually able to work, there being so many young men from so many villages all crowded together, all competing for the few real jobs and scrapping for odd work or food in between. She was happy not to have to go to such a place. Now her mother's only child in the village, now eight years old, it was up to her to be grown up enough and strong and brave enough to prepare food, spin and knit clothes, learn the songs, and even though her mother and the elders might not approve, she could hunt too, a little, a valuable skill she had secretly begun to learn from her brother before he had to leave.
But it was so dark! She tried to ignore the rustling sounds around her as she stepped onto the path from the village to the well clearing. The tall trees closed over her like a crushing wall, shutting off the faint light of stars and moon. They left only the dimmest glow surrounding her. But her eyes adjusted and she found she could still see the path and some of the great ferns on each side. But there were so many sounds. Most were familiar and even comforting – the distant chirping of the high tree monkeys as they settled into their nightly vigil, the cackling sounds of macaws, the settling buzz and hum of insects. She knew from stories that the sound which is most dangerous is the sudden silence when all of her jungle brothers and sisters smelled or heard the swishing tail and low guttural purr of the great cats – the jungle's most feared hunters. They could not help give warning. They were too large and too fierce to mask themselves from the sensitive ears and noses of other animals. And they rarely came near the village for fear of the villagers' spears but more importantly because they feared the great feet of their elephants, standing alert and fearless, tethered around the village border.
But Jamalia was now outside that border. As she neared the well clearing, she walked more slowly and listened carefully. There was no change in the sighing of the night and the quiet chatter of her jungle brothers and sisters. So no great cats tonight. She reached the well and put her gourds on the ground and raised water in the well bucket. She filled each gourd and when they were all full, pulled each one's rope over her shoulder until the heavy gourd nestled against her back and sides and each other as comfortably as possible. When she turned to return, she stopped – she had heard something, something she had not heard before, a curious kind of swishing on the ground before her. Her hair prickled suddenly and she found she could not move a muscle.
“My child, my child,” hissed Naga as it rose before her, to the height of her eyes and above. She could just make out its great hood and its tiny glowing eyes in front of her. “My child, my child.” It hissed and spoke to her quietly. “You are far too large a meal for me, but you will return to your village and bring me one of your youngest, an infant from its nest. If you fail me or bring the spear people, I will know and I will return to you in the night when you least expect me. I'm sure you know from your people that one bite from me and you will enter the underworld naked and alone and forever be preyed upon by the bitter animals of that place.”
“No!” she finally managed to squeeze out. “I cannot!”
“Then your family will find your rotting flesh in this place. They will build a pyre and place your body on it and you will be consumed in flames. But it will be too late – your soul will be mine and you will dwell in the dark place and you will not return.”
Jamalia was deathly afraid now. She had heard such stories and had hoped they were only old tales to scare children into obeying, and perhaps they were, but she did not want to find out. She was not ready to die.
As Naga spoke to Jamalia, his attention sharply focused on the girl, ready to strike at the slightest movement, Coyote stepped silently from the undergrowth beside the path behind him and very quietly moved toward the raised form of the snake's upper body.
“I cannot! But please don't kill me great one! I beg you!” she whispered, entranced by his eyes and swaying head.
“Then you are done, child,” Naga said and his body leaned far back to prepare for his strike. As he did so, Coyote suddenly leaped and, turning her head to the side and opening her strong jaws, clamped onto Naga's body just below his head. Coyote's jaws snapped shut and Naga's head flew into the air above them all, a surprised look in his eyes. Next only to the Lord Lion, Naga was king of this region and feared no animal. But this! A moment's carelessness, ah.
Coyote stepped aside as Naga's body thrashed its death dance and finally ceased to move. Jamalia, still paralyzed, stared with her mouth open at Coyote.
“Relax, child, I am not here to hurt you,” she said. “But I must ask you to do something for me.”
Jamalia forced herself to breath in and out, in and out, and watched Coyote, who was sitting relaxed before her. She could tell Coyote spoke the truth, down on all four legs on the ground, her paws before her almost as if in supplication, her eyes pleading.
“You saved my life,” said Jamalia. “What can I do for you, Coyote?”
“The lives of my pups depend on your help, young human. I need you to return with me to the den of the Lion Lord. He has promised me food if you come to him.”
“But I might as well have died from Naga's venom, if I were to go to Lion's den with you!” she replied. “Surely he will kill me to feed his pride.”
“Perhaps, but I think that will not happen. Whether he is hungry or not, Lion is not hunting now, I can tell this. And his wives and children will not hurt you unless Lion orders it. But he needs something, something only you can provide. Will you come?”
Jamalia thought hard. She must help Coyote, she knew. Coyote was not only her jungle sister, Coyote had risked her life so that Jamalia might live. The code of her people required this.
“I will come, but first I will take this water to my mother, who needs it, and I will ask my mother's friends to look after her when I leave. And then I will take my friend Juma with me to Lion.”
“Yes, yes, that will do, little human. I will wait here, near the path, until you return.”
III.
True to her word, Jamalia returned within the hour high on the back of an older, wise-looking elephant. “Coyote? Coyote? Come out!” she shouted. “I'm ready to go.” Coyote stepped out onto the path. “There you are,” she said. “You see, I am ready to go with you. Juma and I.”
“Ah. Juma is your elephant brother? Fine, but please ask Juma if I may also ride on his back. We will be able to go much faster, and I have little time left!” Jamalia had no fear of Coyote, and to Juma it was no trouble at all, so he reached down with his trunk and lifted Coyote to his back. Coyote led the way through the jungle, he and Jamalia protected from all on the jungle floor, and thanks to Juma's long stride, they were able to travel to Lion's clearing very quickly indeed.
It was near dusk when they entered Lion's clearing. Lion sat quietly where Coyote had left him, appearing to doze. The rest of his pride lay stretched out well behind him.
Without bothering to look at the approaching party, Lion gave a low grunt and got to his feet. As the party drew near, he turned and bowed his head. “Juma. Welcome my old friend. Please all of you, make yourself at ease.” He turned to Coyote. “You have done well, Coyote. You shall have the food you need for your pups.” Turning to Jamalia, he said, “Child, it is well that you came. Be assured I mean you no harm, and even if I did, our friend Juma would let no harm come to you. He is a great and honorable member of his tribe, and he has served us well for many years now. Juma, I am honored and pleased that you have come.”
“It is good to see you again, friend Lion,” trumpeted Juma. “Please, may we know why we have come?”
“Of course.” He held up his right front paw as high as he could to show them the pad. It was swollen and red. Deeply embedded in the center was the stub of a large thorn. Lion was in pain and had been unable to remove the thorn. “I need your help. I am not able to hunt. My pride grows restless with hunger. They too are hunters, but without my skills, they hunt badly and have been making do with small game only. Only you, girl, have fingers made to grasp such things. I need you to remove the thorn and pack my wound with healing herbs. Soon we will be able to hunt again. I promise you this: Coyote, you shall return immediately to your cubs with food, and when we hunt successfully again, my daughters will bring food to you every day, and they will protect your den while you hunt on your own.
“And for you, young human, you shall return to your village. Your mother will recover, as her illness was one created by Naga, who no longer endangers your people. You shall never again fear for yourself or your tribe. We will be your guardians in the night. I only ask that you release your friend Juma from his tether so he too may roam the perimeter and protect your community. Then once again he and I shall walk the paths of the garden together as we have done in the past.”
And so it was done. Jamalia was able to remove the thorn. She drew upon what she had learned of healing herbs to create a potion which quickly healed Lion's wound. Juma took Jamalia back to her village, where she told her story to an amazed and joyous community. Coyote returned to her cubs with enough food to last many days until Lion's hunting resumed. Word also spread across the jungle of Coyote's courageous quest and her bravery in killing Naga, and she found hunting easier than it had been. Soon she was able to move her den close to Lion's clearing, where she raised a fine pack of young coyotes, each of whom sang praises to Lion and her pride throughout each moonlit night.
Thus ended Rabbit's story.
Coyote, who had been listening carefully, though she appeared to be dozing, lifted her head. “Yes, Rabbit, that was a good story and a worthy prize. And you, it appears, have been well provided for. Now tell me, Rabbit, did you just make up this story for us? Is it true you offered a great prize when in fact you had none prepared?”
Rabbit merely grinned his Rabbit grin, licked his coat for a moment, savored the fine meals ahead of him, and replied, “You have your story, Coyote. As for the rest, it matters not at all, does it. If you wish another story in future, you know where I am and what I require in payment!” And he jumped straight up one more time and dropped out of site down his rabbit hole to his home now filled with many fine days of feasting.
The end.

hello again...

2007-04-25T07:30:00.000-07:00

....hello everyone, how have you been.......thanks to all that came out to the Martini Bar last saturday night (4/21/07)......it was good to see you, and the band did a couple of new songs, which will be added to the set list and we pulled some older ones out, that we haven't played in quite a few years.....and a big thanks to Byron for a superb job on running the F.O.H. sound for us again.......Mike ( Bass) has finish the rabbit and coyote story, thru a few of us ,constantly persuing him to finish it.....due to changes with the blogger site, he hasn't been able to post it, but we'll keep trying......once again, thanks to all who are coming out to the gigs....the next ones for the band, will be Art in the Park,( June 2 & 3) then the Fire in the Sky, 4th of July celebration in Farout Field....keep tuned in to the website or the my space sites for further details...till the next gig....see ya,and thanks again, ...we can't say it enough...... B.A.
(P.S.: if you haven't checked out the new DVD, it's worth it, excellent video coverage and superb sound....and good music....it's from the Oct.11th, 2006 Road To Hope CD Release Party)
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Happy Holidays

2006-12-21T10:52:00.000-08:00

.....well, here we are , nearing Christmas and all the various Holidays, which instead of reflecting on all thats happened this year, we just want to say.......have a very safe and happy Holidays, whatever it may be, and once again a big thank you to all of you out there, for without you, we'd still be in a garage or basement, playing to ourselves....without you the fans and friends, none of this would be happening.......so thank you once again .......hope to see you out there in the year to come......Happy Holidays again.........The Hilary Scott Band....

Road to Hope.....it's here....

2006-11-16T08:22:00.000-08:00

....first off, a big thanks to everyone who has helped, in any way, with the Road To Hope CD project.....you made it a sucess.....and a thanks to all who came out to the CD Release Party at the Martini Bar, it was a blast and I hope everyone had as much fun as the band did.....it was filmed, so we'll let you know the staus of the DVD........we also recorded it, and Byron, who was running sound, did a great job.....possibly a live disc of the show may become available....stay tuned for that.......once again, thanks to everyone...this has been a great year, and you guys helped make it one......we have a few gigs left , to finish out the year....we'll be in Topeka, Ks. at Uncle bo's this weekend (11/18), a Trio at the Grand Cru on Dec. 2nd, a few private Holiday gigs, then First Night on Dec 31st...we will be playing at Windsor Aud. on Stephens College Campus at 8:30 ...here's a link for the entire night... http://firstnight.missouri.org/schedule.html .....also check out the website for new pictures coming soon......once again, thanks for helping this year become one of the best for the band....till next post, see ya out there sometime....come up and say Hi.....B.A.

roadie party....

2006-10-08T15:37:00.000-07:00

here I sit ...finally....listening to the advanced copy of the new release, of the stuff Steve has gotten mixed so far.......I'm impressed....the material still needs to be sent to the mastering house, but they have an excellent product to work with.....I think you will be pleased and the wait worth it...... a few of these cuts, you've heard in concert over the last few years, and a few you haven't heard at all, and the bonus cut of Bob Dylans.."To Make you feel my love" from the CD "Million Dollar Bash, Missouri salutes Bob Dylan" on Home Tone Records.....a project I was priveledged to be a part of.....if you heard the Duo, Trio, Quartet and Sextet versions of the band, you may have heard it before.....but it's good to finally hear a few of these gems on Cd....as I said earlier "here I sit...finally", it's because all the gear is put away, all the lights are boxed up and ready to go to the appropiate neighbors, all the trash is bagged and waiting for trash day, and things in general are back in order......all due to the great sucess of the Roadie Party, that happened last night....a good time was had by all I talked to, the food was great, no one went for lack of refreshments, the Mu Football game was watched, a slide show presentation was given, the advanced playing of the pre mastered tunes on the disc, a pictorial display of the pages from the CD booklet that will be in Road to Hope,...just a great mingling of fans and now friends......the original location had to cancel at the last minute, ( I think thursday afternoon) and we were just about 48 hours from the preperation of setting up the party.......so, wondering what to do , etc at such late notice, it was decided we would hold the party at my house (B.A.'s), so the biggest hurdle now, would be getting in touch with the large amount of people, but with a few calls from the Label Head ( of Belltown Records), back to the home office on the west coast, we obtained the required phone list of all the Roadie's, and Hilary, with some help, was able to contact everyone by phone, giving them the change of plans....the caterer, the decorating committee, the band, the band staff (bookings, merchandize sales, sound crew, instrument techs, and other shady characters ) all converged at the new location at the appropiate times and pulled off a great party.....I know I didn't get to talk to everyone, or maybe I did,....who knows, but I had a great time.....the food was great, ( thanks to "On The Side Catering", Danielle and Josephus and their staff), I didn't get thirsty at all, with numerous choices to choose from, and the chocolate fountain was a great way to cap off the great food, along with all the great friendships that developed thru the night......it was a great way to expand the extended family of the Hilary Scott Band.......and there was talk of a Roadie Reunion next year, with the chance for more people to become "Roadies"..so if you were sitting on the fence this time, don't hesitate the next time......once again I'd like to thank the following people....some will remain nameless, cause you know who you are, and you know what your help meant......theses are not in any paticular order, just as they come to mind.......
first of all to Hilary for giving us the music and the chance to do the things we do ....
to Michael, for being her other half, her percussionist, and for being a part of all aspects of her life...Carol and Belltown Records for their generous support of Hilary and the Band, I know sometimes it can be like having 7 teenagers again to try to corral and convince it's for the best, thanks for having the patience with us all.........to the band for being friends, brothers and sisters, and for sharing your talent with all of us, and their families for sharing them with us...........to " formally Ray from Texas", now Maytag Ray, for coming down from Chicago and keeping me company for three days, and making sure I stayed on task at times , when I wanted to stray badly, and whose roadie help in all aspects was really appreciated ( all those years of hanging with Little Feat and Think Floyd has showed you've learned a lot about helping out musicians, and are in a true sense a real "groadie" ( gopher & roadie combined)........to Tam for all your help at various times with Security, it's good to know we can count on your support, ( and maybe just get the other" job" going, which you know I'll ask you everytime I see you,... if you're ready yet...) .....to Melissa, Mark & Jeanine for help with the merchandise at the various gigs, one aspect we know we don't have to worry about, with you guys there......to Pete, for letting Carol do the things she does, ( and I hope whose bucket is always full)......to Deb and Pam, extreme neighbors , who helped out at the last minute, thanks guys, it helped out a whole bunch........to Kevin, our own in house photographer and friend, who is recording a history of this fun trip and keeps me from going insane at times.....to Dee and Heather...missed you guys this time, but I'm saving the Cordials for November, be ready........to my family, past and present, for allowing me to live out this dream......to Steve G. for all his time and hard work, his expertise and his ears....we know you are getting paid, but at times you're going beyond and above the required amount, and thanks for the bull sessions, it's better than therapy.........to all the fans out there, who keep coming to the shows, buying the merch and bringing friends along each time...we wouldn't be doing this without you.....and to all the new "Roadies", it was a blast and we will do it all again and the door is always open, drop on by............see everyone , for sure, on November 11th at the Martini Bar for the "Road To Hope" CD Release Party and a few of the local gigs between now and then....thanks again to everyone...B.A.

.....Fall has arrived....

2006-09-30T06:26:00.000-07:00

......well, here we are at the beginning of Fall in Missouri....if you look closely, you can see some of the trees starting to change or drop their leaves.....it's getting cooler, the daylight is getting shorter....all the signs are in place......what a wonderful time of the year in the midwest....and along with that, is plenty of chances to see and hear the various groups of the Hilary Scott Band....last weekend you had 3 chances to see the group in various configurations.....hearing the songs in each of these settings offers a different take of the dynamics of the songs.....the first being last Sunday at the Fall Art Festival on the main stage at the courthouse square a very, uptempo energetic, quick show, total of 40 minutes, counting set up, playing and teardown...actually a very quick job by the Band ( consisting of Hilary, Michael, Rob, B.A. and Mike)....the next time was about 40 minutes later at The First National Bank Lobby for the displays there that were judged.......this set up was a trio, with Hilary, Michael and Rob, about a two hour show....then next that evening, it was the first group back at St. Andrews Luthern Chuches Block Party, once again, outdoors, on a stage , under lights, and this was a little over an hour show and the Band was joined by Carol Elliot on Cello, which once again added a different dynamics to the show.......the different settings, the different members, all add up to different takes on the familiar songs........from solo to full band, it's still the songs you love to hear, but at times they take on a new dimensions, in the different settings....whether full blown "electrified" versions or stripped down "acoustic" version, it is all good........if you've been lucky enough to have obtained some of the recorded shows from various venues, you known what I'm talking about....for an example, listen to Come In, Come In, Live, then watch the video of the Seattle show of just Hilary and Michael, and then tell me there is a difference, and it may be hard to decide which one you like the best...........tonight you'll get to hear another Trio setting, this time Hilary, Michael and B.A., with a Baby Grand Piano in the mix, at the Grand Cru Resturant.....in the up coming months, you get several chances to hear the Band in the different groups, trio's, quartets,sextets, etc....all giving you chance to hear the music you've come to love.......and if you're new, to experience things others have been all to priveledged to experience down thru the years.........just ask some of the long time fans, who have been around for a long time, and they may be hard pressed to tell you their favorite song, concert, version or configuration of the band....but what they all will say is.....it's all good...........so climb aboard this train we call the Hilary Scott Band and enjoy the ride........we really like providing the engine to move it along, with Hilary being the fuel, to keep it moving.....and thanks again,to you, the Fans, that keep it going down the tracks.........
.some up coming shows to mark on your calender and remember to bring a friend who has never heard the group, they'll thank you when it's done....

Sept 30th - Grand Cru Resturant ( 7:00 pm)
Oct !st - Half Marathon Post Race Party (Peace Park, 10:00 Am)
Oct. 7th - Private Road To Hope Roadie Party
Oct. 13th - Coopers Landing - (7:00-?)
Oct. 14th - Schlucklebiers Festival (5 - 6 pm) on the square in Fayette, great food and music)
Oct. 21st - Jonahs Oyster Bar, East Peoria, Il. (9-1)
Oct. 27th - Davey's Uptown, Kansas City ( early 40 min. slot)
Nov. 4th - Uncommon Ground Coffee House, Chicago, Il. (10:00 - 10:45)
NOV. 11TH - ROAD TO HOPE CD RELEASE PARTY, MARTINI BAR, COLUMBIA, MO.
Nov. 18th - Uncle Bo's, Topeka, Kansas - (9:00 - 1:00)
Dec. 2nd - Grand Cru Resturant, Columbia ( 7:30 - 10:30)
Dec. 16th - Private Christmas Party
Dec. 31st - First Night Celebration, Columbia, Mo. ( not sure where yet)
.....hope to see a few of you out there, come up and say Hi..........see ya......B.A.

summers almost gone........

2006-08-09T10:12:00.000-07:00

.....as we sit here and complain about the heat, humidity and no rain, just remember, it will all change soon enough, and we'll then be complaining about to much rain, how cool or cold it is, etc......thats whats so great about this area, you definately get all four seasons, and all of the extremes of each......but just last week, the band was in a different area with a totally different climate and it was wonderful......we were in Northern Idaho, Sandpoint to be exact. 80-90's during the day, but in the shade, much cooler, and then in the 40's-50's at night....as you might guess, this was in the mountains.....just google Sandpoint, Idaho and you'll see what we were around. ( check out the Photo Album page on the website, "Festival @ Sandoint ) We were there for a short vacation and to be the opening act at "The Festival at Sandpoint" last friday night, (Aug 4th). We were the opening act, with Tanya Tucker , being the main act.....it was a very nice Festival, and a very successful one for Hilary and the Band. Merchandize sales were at an all time high, plus we had quite a few folks manning the booth, which we want to thank again and again. Along on this trip, were Hilary, Michael, B.A., Griff and Jeff Mueller ( on electric guitar and bass) and Ruth Acuff on backing vocals and bass, and Melissa ( Mike , Rob and Loyd had other commitments, but were along in spirit.) Jeff was our co-producer & engineer on the Floating World CD and Ruth is an accomplished singer/songwriter from this area...their current group Rutherford has a new CD out, entitled " Mapping Out Chaos" and their website is at www.luxmusic.net ....plus Jeff has a nice post about the trip on there. Photo's from the trip and show are starting to appear on the website, in the photo section, so check it out.......on the way out we stopped in Fort Collins, Co. for a couple of days at Hilary's sisters house and where we set up our stuff and practiced, went site seeing, relaxed and even played at a Bar-B-Que in our honor....to Heather and DeDea, we thank you for your great hospitality......on our third day we headed up to Idaho, seeing many wonderful sites and scenery, traveling with the Rocky Mountains beside us or thru them. Having a limited time frame to get there and back, we did see a lot of turn offs to some great vacation spots, which would of been nice to see, given we had more time......after about 16 hours in the band van, we arrived at our place of residency (actually early the next morning (1:30 am)....not being able to see our surroundings, till we woke up a few hours later, we were in awe, and what a beautiful surrounding it was.......so for the next few days we relaxed, practiced, ate, swam, kayaked, sailed,went to several get togethers in our honor and just basically had a mini musicians vacation....... instruments were sitting around, available to play at any time, decks of cards were abound, plenty of food and refreshments were provided, for our enjoyment at any time, and I will say a good time was had by all. The on friday we loaded up the equipment and headed to the festival grounds, which was a very nice setting indeed....immediately we were treated as honored guest, and given the star treatment.....everyone invloved with the festival was very helpful and friendly, and you can see why it has been a sucessful event for quite a few years......the performance went well and the crowd was very appreciative in their applause and in the merchandize sales.......hopefully, we'll be back again next year, but only time will tell.....we would like to thank a numerous amount of people, and I will name a few here, but if I missed anyone, just know we know you by face, but maybe not by name........it was a whirlwind of a trip, and we will cherish it for a very long time......thanks to Hilary, the most, for providing us the oppurtunity to share in her talent and life and these numerous adventures of the band. And in no paticular order, other than when the names come to mind,....to Ron, Robin, Heather, Dedea, All the Grandma's & grandpa's; Rug, Red, Art, Carole, Pete, George, The Twins, Pam, Michael, Matt, Jeff, Ruth, Melissa, Tanya, and her band, Sandy, Anthony, Julie, and all the folks involved with the festival, that we didn't meet, but benefitted from their work and help, and once again to all the fans, new and old and everyone who bought tickets that night.....it was great to look out and see 3000 smiling faces.....till next blog, thanks to everyone out there, whose been involved in whatever way, over the last 6-1/2 years, without you, this wouldn't have become a reality....thanks again....B.A.

hello again......

2006-06-10T18:13:00.000-07:00

.....I hope everyone is beginning to enjoy the first few weeks of summer. I sit here on a saturday night, listening to some live James Taylor.....and just finished checking out the rainbow we had after the rain storm that just passed thru Columbia.......alot of people ask me what I do when we aren't playing on weekends.....for me just hanging out, listening to music, visiting with friends, etc. is a good thing.......when we have gigs on the weekends, some can take up to 12 hours of a saturday, depending on the travel time, load in, sound check, grabbing a bite to eat and then playing. Last weekend the band had three gigs over two days......unfortunately I couldn't play any of them , but I heard they went well......the first was friday, down out Coopers landing......so by the time you check your gear you'll need, pack it up if you've been using it thru the week, clean up, load up, drive down there, unload, set up, do a sound check, grab a bite to eat and then start playing, you've usually eaten up about 2-3 hours.......you play for three hours, then some mingle with the fans, some start tearing down and packing up the gear...so usually anywhere from an hour or two you're finally ready to head home, then a lot of times, you'll unload the gear and then about an hour or two later, you head to bed........so a normal gig, close to home can take about 6-8 hours total, then when you do it again the next day all over again, if you get to sleep a full eight hours, your weekend is usually used up and sunday is used just to sleep and try to relax or sunday is used to get the stuff done you couldn't do on saturday, or you're drining back on sunday........on the out of town gigs that we spend the night at, you have more free time, if you don't have to drive real far to the next town, but you're usually stuck at the venue for quite a few hours, or you visit places on the way if you have time......so you nap, visit, read, play, or what ever there is to occupy your time........there is a lot of hurry up and wait involved with gigs, considering the time to get there, load in, set up, sound check, etc. On the gigs when we've opened for some one...there is a specific time you need to be there, then you unload the gear, then you wait for the opening act to do their soundcheck, then they get the stage ready for you, you set up your gear, do a sound check, then you usually have an hour or two before you play, so you look for someplace to eat , if meals aren't provided, with a designated time to return to the venue, which is usually 30 minutes before you go on.....in that time you're occupying your time the best you can,....there are always interesting sound people, musicians. or road crew to visit with or the actual crowd outside, or you can be immersed in any pre-preperation you need to be ready to hit the stage when it's your time........with the wonderful bunch of folks around you, I don't think any of us have ever,.... never had anything to keep use intertained while we wait....there is always something or someone to keep your interest, or you can take a walk around the area, depending where its located...... the music business is full of really interesting characters, and a bunch are always full of road stories, jokes or love to talk gear, or sports or music. or whatever........it is really a very interesting community of folks, whether they are a player, singer, tech of some sort, runs lights, sells merch, takes tickets, a bartender, the caterer, etc....this is their "day" job and its an interesting one at that.....so with all of the "hurry up and wait syndrome" , you are usually occupied with something, or just watching the people, and all the dynamics involved, there is always something to do.....being from both sides of the fence, a normal "9 to 5" day job thru the week, then the life of a musician on weekends, you get to see and meet all kinds of people..... the interesting part with The Hilary Scott Band, is the weekend musicians life is starting to creep into the normal "9 to 5" job.....so hopefully this time next year, we'll be writing as only a musician, 7 days a week, with the "9 to 5" being replaced with the adventurous life on the road.......so with your help, hopefully Hilary will be on the road full time....it's not an easy job, it can be more tiring then the "9 to 5", .....you have to live off broken times of sleep, sleeping in a van going down the road late at night, but when you wake the next day, get to the venue, and step on that stage and start to play, it then all seems so much worth the time and trouble....and thats why we do this......the feeling of playing great music , giving you the fans, our best, night after night, is so rewarding, it's unbelievable......so thank you once again for supporting Hilary and the band...without you , we wouldn't be doing this...and this is such a wonderful thing to be doing......thank you again.....see you out there soon.....here's some places we'll be in the next few months and don't forget to check in to the website....and purchase your "Road to Hope Roadie Package".....that will be a great time and your name will be on the new CD "Road To Hope" due out this fall..........
June 24th - Knuckleheads, Kansas City, Mo.
June 28th - The Blue Note Streetfest, Columbia, Mo.
June 30th - The Coco Cafe, Nashville, Tenn.
July 9th - Shelter Gardens Concert Series, Columbia, Mo.
July 13th - Club Tavern, Middleton, Wisc. ( Madison area)
July 14th - somewhere in between here and there
July 15th - Aroma Coffehouse, Champaign, Ill.
Aug 4th - Sandpoint Music Festival, Sandpoint, Idaho ( opening f/Tanya Tucker)
Aug 25th - Dylan Tribute Cd Release Party, The Blue Note, Columbia, Mo.
Oct. 7th - Road To Hope Roadies show ( private, roadies package members only)
Nov. 4th - Uncommon Ground, Chicago, Ill.
...if you know anyone in any of these areas, please incourage them to come out to the shows, or
take a road trip yourselves, we'd welcome the familair faces in the crowd in a new venue...
......thanks again....B.A.

summers about upon us....

2006-05-21T08:54:00.000-07:00

with May coming close to an end and June about upon us, I figured it's about time to put in another blog.....hopefully you have kept up on Hilary's blogs, so you know alot of what has been happening.....it will be interesting to hear the publishing stuff she's been working on down in Nashville, and speaking of which some of the band will be playing at the Coco Cafe in Nashville on Friday June 30th.......if you need to get away for a few days, drive on down, form a caravan and be part of the crowd....we can use the attendence, so the club will book us back in there again.........it will be pretty neat playing in Nashville.....a very musical town, full of very good musicians, so many in fact, that your waiter or waitress may be the next Hendrix or SheeniaTwain....so you never know who you'll run into......but I will say, I'll put this band on stage , among any of them down there......with no problems of being bested.....when this band is "on", it can't be touched, something a lot of you know all ready......
.......there is a lot happening in the up coming months, so stick around and check the website....I'll post more later...thanks for being fans and see ya out there....come up and say hi.....B.A.

once again, another month has gone by....

2006-04-09T05:49:00.000-07:00

.....as I sit hear listening to Tony Barbas on his "Acoustic Sunrise" radio show on BXR, low and behold he plays a Hilary tune, "Daydreamer" from "Hypothermia"........what a difference the song sounds compared to the version the band is doing now. You can hear the maturity and intensity Hilary has gained in her delivery and performance of her songs.......it's been over 6 years since I first meet her in the studio's of KOPN 89.5, Columbia's Community RAdio Station. It was her second day in town and her and her future husband, Micheal were playing and doing an interview live on air. I heard the first song they played on my drive home and immediately turned around and headed up to the station. Something about the music and the sound just grabbed me and drew me to her......upon arriving I realized I knew who was playing percussion, not knowing Michael was the one, and it was a nice surprise.....after their interview , Micheal introduced me, and when we finally parted ,we had talked of getting together sometime to jam........sometime later,(the time line is a little foggy) I had invited them to play during a break, at Mojo's, where a band I was in was playing at....preceding their short set, she approached myself and Mike our bass player, and asked if we'd be on her record she was going to record, and that started the long fun road we have been traveling on ever since.......as we were working on learning the tunes she was going to do for the record, we were approached to play a gig at Mojo's, so with learning all of her tunes, we needed to learn a bunch more to fill up a 2-1/2 hour gig......so then it was confirmed, we were actually a true band backing Hilary.......besides us four, we had Jason on electric guitar and of coarse Griff on harmonica, (all of whom were on "The Floating World " cd ),.... a while later, Jason departed to continue his family life and Rob was asked to join on electric guitar , and then Loyd was asked to join up on drums, and this group was on "Come in, Come in Live". and this line up continues to this day. This is more than just a band, it's an extended family, considering the time spent traveling and playing gigs together, some more than others, but once we get loaded up in the van, the family is once again picking up where we left off last.......the great part of this entourage is, it can be a solo act with just Hilary, a duo , trio, quartet, any combination of any kind.....and for those of you that have had the chance to hear the many different combinations, you know each part is just as good as the whole, and each group has their own dynamics.........this is an amazing group of musicians and friends.........everyone has one purpose in mind, making Hilary and her music be the best it can be......and I hope you feel we do accomplish this.........a lot has been happening the past month or so, so I'll continue later with more......till then , thank you goes out to each of you who have included Hilary and her music to be a part of your life....without you, we would be just another nameless band going thru the motions, but becuase of you , we are who we are....and for that we all thank you very much....see you around....more later..B.A.

great show on saturday......

2006-03-13T06:16:00.000-08:00

....for all of you who made it out saturday to the KOPN/Luna Fair Performance, a big thank you
....it was a great intimate performance, sort of a private living room concert.....the sound was
great from where we were at.........Hilary and the boy's ( Michael, B.A., Mike and Rob) put on a great show, of all the guitar tunes and there was only two covers that were played, and People on a Train got back into the song list, and it had been a long time, since it was played last....here's the song list
Find Heaven, Gravity, Calls, My Friend, Like You Knew ME, Long Ride Home, Blind Me,
You Electrify Me, People on a Train, Jezebel, That Kind Of Woman, and Blessed........
.....Sam Griffin did sound for this one and once again, out did himself.......there was plenty of performers through out the day, with the band finishing up the Fair......thanks once again for all of you who made it out. Kevin (our in house photographer) should have some great pictures....
....thats all for now, see a bunch of you this weekend up in the Kansas City area and the rest of you the following week at the Martini Bar, with the full band......till then, spread the word, take care and keep calling those radio stations and requesting Hilary's tunes.....if they don't have anything, let us know.........B.A.

again, another month has just about gone by....

2006-02-24T17:01:00.000-08:00

hello everyone again...as we are closing in on the end of Feb., I thought I'd get you caught up on things around the Hilary Band Camp........last night(thursday 23rd) the Hilary Scott quintet played a fun gig at Mojo's, here in Columbia.......it was a Birthday Bash for Senator Chuck Graham, and it was well attended......Hilary, along with Michael, B.A., Rob and Griff played a great, 2 hour, straight thru set.......(Mike was out, from a surgery, which he is coming along fine and will be back with his bass in no time, and Loyd had other commitments) ....it was great to see some of our die hard fans and great to meet a bunch of new ones.....Joel did a great job on sound and the staff was once again very gracious......the really great part was being done by 9:00 on a week night.......the food was great , the crowd was large and a good time was had by all......yeah, thats right, you should have stopped by, it was open to the public and was no charge.......wow, to see Hilary and the boys FREE , what a treat.........
.....the sunday before on the 19th, Hilary , Michael and B.A. performed for the Missouri River Cultural Conservancy Video Filming, down at Coopers Landing on the Missouri River. there was a nice crowd there along with the filming crew and the gracious host, Mike Cooper........this was a very intimate, "in your living room" type of show. It was more of a "House Concert" type of affair. The crowd was only a few feet away and the floor was open for questions.......Hilary did a nice narration about the songs, their orgins and incidents that caused the writing of the tunes. There was even a few I hadn't heard before......after the show, the band was treated to a meal from Mr. Cooper......there was some new fans there, plus some of our regulars....a very nice afternoon by the river for sure.......there was also a really nice bonfire outside, if you wanted to venture out there........we did get to see some of the footage that has been filmed for the MRCC, and I must say I was really impressed...hopefully copies will be available for a donation, when we find out more we will let you know thru the website....be sure to head down to Coopers Landing as the weather permits, you can walk the Katy Trail, fish or just hang out and watch the River flow by....it is mezmorizing.......and tell them you heard about them from Hilary's website, and say hi to Mr.Cooper for us.....I'm sure Hilary will be playing down there again this spring or summer, so watch the website for more details.......we've got a bunch of gigs coming up in Columbia and around the state, so keep checking the website, we have a few that would make great weekend day trips........the next gig is the Luna Fair, on the 11th, there's a bunch of great talented performing for that, then on the 25th, the full band will be back at The Martini Bar....so stay warm, and watch for spring, it's right around the corner...the daylight is getting longer and the birds are singing, it won't be long now.......hope to see you out there at a gig, and don't be afraid to come up an introduce yourself...and maybe, since Our Mike is recouping, we can get him to write some more about the rabbit....see ya...B.A.

another month gone by......

2006-01-31T19:23:00.000-08:00

...well, here it is the end of January, and it hasn't been a bad month weather wise, which is kind of nice, being in January and it's way above freezing......a few saturdays ago one of the Hilary Scott Trios ( which consisted of Hilary , Michael and B.A.) loaded in at the Royal Theater in downtown Versailles, Mo., around 2:30 in the afternoon. We were immediately greeted by Elvin ( Martin) our soundman for the evening. This is a nice smaller theater, opening in 1932 , and still holds some of the original charm. The theater has really nice acoustics, especially from an artist point of view......it was a packed house and a very appreciative audiance. I'd say a fun time was had by all, and of coarse, Kevin Dingman, one of our band photographers was all over the place shooting pictures as usual.....and Jeanene, Melissa, and Mark drove down and helped with merchandise sales....and sales were brisk.....it was a good night all around.......
............last saturday most of the band was in the studio (Bridge Studio) out by Lupus and Jamestown, laying down the basic backing tracks ( bass, guitars, piano, and drums) with a scratch vocal (to be scratched from the project, and vocals to be done at a later date) to the new studio album from Hilary and the band. 4 songs were completed , but no titles will be released till later.........Hilary will be in Nashville for awhile, working on her publishing deal, with more news on that later, then later in the month (february) , we hope to be back in the studio, to do some more basic backing tracks for some more of the cuts on the new disc.........don't forget to check the website for up and coming gig news.........Duos, Trios, Quartets, Full band gigs are already being booked and we hope to see a lot of you out there at these,.......... some here in Columbia, several in Kansas City and some down in southern Missouri ....so if you need a reason for a road trip as the weather permits, head on out to one of the gigs........till next blog, watch for the newsletter and keep checking the website for current news.......and thanks again for all of your support.....later..B.A.

Happy New Year....

2006-01-01T09:17:00.000-08:00

.....first off, Happy New Year, and a big thank you to all the folks who came to the Missouri Theater last night, for First Night........it was hard to see beyond the 10th row, but the applause was thunderous, so we know there was a lot of you there......the Band would just like to say, thanks again for all your support........you're the reason we do this, ( it's fun also, but playing for you, the fans, is the main reason, plus the fact we love playing Hilary's tunes..........she is a pretty good boss........) I hope some of you caught all the acts at the Theater, they were all top notch......so we hope you had a great celebration, and thanks again to all of you and all the people envolved with First Night, which is starting to get National recognition for being one of the best First Night Celebrations in the country........enjoy the rest of your Holidays and we'll see you again in 2006. Keep checking the website for new bookings, they are starting to come in.......and again, something we can't say enough,........ thank you, each and everyone of you, wish we could do it on a one to one basis.........hhhmmmmm, maybe a big thank you concert and party with a meet and greet with the whole band is something to think about.....till next time, take care...B.A.

Martini Bar Holiday Show

2005-12-11T14:58:00.000-08:00

.....well, we're at it again....we played last night at one of our favorite venues, The Martini Bar.....first off let me thank all the fans that came out and to Doc and his staff, who have once again done a tremendous job........and to Henry for running sound (and Joel for stopping by) and Sam for hanging around and giving a hand......also to Kevin for the fine photos and Melissa for running the Merch Table.......and to Tim for booking the gig..."the checks in the mail, dude".........as I sit here listening to the tapes from last night, with the addition of Carol "The Cello" Elliot...these sound really good.....it was a beautiful addition, thanks Carol....maybe we'll get some put up on the websites for download.....considering the number of band members with colds, you couldn't tell it by the performances, especially from the "boss", who was questionable at soundcheck....., but "Doc" Griff came thru again with his batch of voodoo hoodoo health remedies and she ended up in fine form......a few of the Fans won drawings for Christmas Bow wrapped 4 Cd sets and T-Shirt packages....a wonderful idea.....and there was also a few drawings for single CD packages......which all just added to the holiday spirit.......the "train wreck" which we have loving called our Christmas portion of the show was not flawless, but a blast to do, to be able to just play with no inhibitions and flub up was fun.....and for those of you there, you got the treat of hearing "Griff" sing duets with Hilary....now it seems we'll have to get him on mic more often, without the harp between his lips and the mic.............so maybe the male choir backing Hilary on vocals will now finally come to full fruitation..........a good time was had by all, especially the band, you guys (the Fans) always make us feel good about what we do....thanks again.......coming up we have a few private parties and then we'll be @ The Missouri Theater on Dec. 31st at 8:30, so see ya then and from all of the Hilary Scott Band, have a great and Happy Holiday Season and Thanks again.....B.A.

whats been happening.....

2005-12-01T09:39:00.000-08:00

well, it has definately been awhile since anything was blogged either here or over there (whose blog would that be...hehehe)......so I'll just rattle away for a while......the band has been busy, with band stuff and everybody doing their family Thanksgiving things, which by the way I hope all of you had a good one, and felt plump and happy........at this time of year it's always good to stop and take a look around you and be thankful for what and who you have....as the Rolling Stones have always sung...."you can't always get what you want...but you'll always get what you need......"...which is words worth remembering....and I've not been fond of.."stop and smell the roses", cause if your roses are like mine right now, you won't be able to smell anything, probably just get a sticker in the nose......
..the band has been preparing for the upcoming gig next weekend (Dec.10th) at the Martini Bar here in Columbia. We will have a special surprise guest and musician, but you'll have to come to see who it is....and we do hope everyone will be able to make it out.....the only other public gig we have this month is Dec.31st at the Missouri Theater, @ 8:30 ,for first night.....but that will be a short show in a somewhat grand venue.......but the Martini Bar will be a 3 hour normal gig, and you know what fun was had by all last time we were there and the audiance participation that happened thru out the night........so hopefully you'll come out for that one..........in other news , we need to get Mike, our bass player to continue the tale of the rabbit.....we have waited long enough, we need the next part of the tale......
....the band's various members will be playing all month long, mostly at small private Christmas/Holiday office party type things.........so we are all staying extremly busy, as is everybody at this time of year.....and I hope it's not to early to say it, but have a good and safe Holiday season and stop by and say hi to us when we are on break, it's good to meet people who read the blogs and visit the website...and check out the December issue of Inside Columbia, Hilary is on the cover and there's a very nice article, too.....my hats off to L.G.Patterson for his excellant photos and check out the one on page 169.......and thanks to all those involved with the article from Tim, who started the ball, to the fashion , make up and jewerly folks.......as band members it does us proud to see our "boss" getting the kudos she deserves....Columbia is fortunate to be able to say she's from here, just another example of the talent that has spent some time right here in our fine hometown..........once again, hope to see a bunch of you on the 10th, and other than that , have a wonderful Holiday season..........B.A.

more on knuckleheads......

2005-10-19T05:12:00.000-07:00

.....yeah..Hilary posted.......great blog. So I'll just add some more comments in addition to her wonderful blog.......it was a great venue (Knuckleheads) and as Hilary stated, we were treated well, not just the food and drinks, but from all the staff involved.......it was an interesting club, part of it being a bike shop (Harley type) housed in one of the early train station of Kansas City.....it was down in the northwest bottoms, with rail lines running 12 feet from the back of the venue......it had two stages, one very large one outside, and a smaller one inside......we opted for the inside one, due to possible weather conditions, and also , becuase when we arrived,, there was a saturday afternnon Blues jam going on (usually from 1pm -8 pm) which several of our band members became a part of in the late afternoon........the Green room was up and away from everything, so you had a very private area (with a private bathroom) away from all the activity of the club.......as I was walking around the Green room, looking at all the signed photos of all the artist who have played Knuckleheads, I realized we were in very good company, and it was surprizing how many of these Blues artist, I have meet, interviewed or talked with on the phone, during my years working in Community Radio. Actually quite humbling......everyone on the staff there was very welcoming and friendly, and were very attentive to any of our needs.....as Hilary said, we want to thank Sam and Kevin from Columbia, and our good friends Bob and Marti from Kansas City for stopping by . It was also great to help Radar, celebrate his belated birthday, and thanks to Radar for giving us an idea, about Hilary's violin/fiddle, it seemed to sing more than it ever had before, and it sang beautifully.....as far as we know, there is no recording of this show, which is a shame, but maybe next time......and we want to give an extra thanks to Pete, for working so hard on the stage monitors sound....we know it's a hard job sometimes, and he tackled it like the pro he is.......all in all we had a great time, and it will be a memorable gig.....Hilary was also on the big screens/TV's spread around the venue....when the pictures hit the website, you will see examples....so if you're ever in Kansas City, and want to go someplace for a meal or drink, head out to Knuckleheads, and tell them the Hilary Scott Band sent you......you won't be dissappointed.....hope to see a bunch of you at the Martini Bar this coming saturday night....till next post.......see ya..B.A.

Hilary and Band rocks Fayette.....

2005-10-14T08:48:00.000-07:00

........last saturday (10/08) Hilary and The Band rocked out another group of folks on asphalt........the band was actually on a stage, with lights and even a big space heater, in downtown Fayette, on the east side of the square. They were playing for Emmets Kitchen and Tap, Schluklebier Festival.......there was great music, great food and a great crowd..........Soltice warmed up the crowd in the early afternoon, then came H.S.B. and then Chump Change, finished out the night. The crowd seemed to grow as the evening went on and as the temperatures dropped......the bands green room was constantly being refreshed with new food, drinks and an excellent chocolate cake, that was devoured quickly......all in all it was another wonderful time and we hope Emmett will continue this as a yearly affair...... it was a great way to spend a fall saturday here in the area......our next stop, this weekend at Knuckleheads, in Kansas City, another new venue for Hilary and the Band....so if you're in the area, stop on by, the Band plays from 9-1.....more news next week.......thanks again to all of the fans who come out to our gigs, you are the reason we are doing it.......and you make it so easy.........till next time....B.A.

hilary and band rock Streetsides Records lot...

2005-09-30T08:33:00.000-07:00

...last saturday, Hilary and the Band ( less Loyd/drums) rocked out the parking lot at Columbia's Streetsides Records....the crowd was great and very appreciative and were treated to a private concert in it's self.......here's the setlist, (not in order), Sacrifice; Sometimes Sun; Cannonball; Gravity; Daydreamer; You Electrify Me; Calls from Springfield; Jezebel; Last Day; Long Ride Home; That Kind Of Woman; Hallelujah; Blind Me; Blessed.... the weather was overcast and sunny at the same time, which made for a beautiful day......and many cars drove by and honked.......Sam Griffin and Steve (Radio Ranger) Donofrio ran the Front of House sound and did a superb job.....It's always comforting knowing you don't have to worry about your sound out front, thats it's in very capable hands.....and Kevin and all the staff at Streetsides were very gracious and helpful. It was a treat to work with them.....all in all , it was a great way to spend a saturday afternoon, and if you didn't make it, don't pass up the chance if it happens again......you won't regret it......thanks again to Sam and Steve, Kevin and his staff and to you, our fans, that make it all worth it....se ya at the next gig in your area.....B.A.

Hilary sings backup with Little Feat....

2005-08-18T17:46:00.000-07:00

Yep thats right, Hilary graced the stage with Little Feat, and sang backup with Feats own Shaun Murphey, and HSB friend/Feat friend Darcy Fangman, on the song "Dixie Chicken" and they were called the "Featettes"......Feat played last night (wed) at the Wildwood Springs Lodge in Steelville, Mo. It was a very intimate concert, with the fans being right in front of the band....about 150 or so....it was an exciting moment and soon we will have pictues up on the website.......the band was very gracious and we were greated by some Feat fans who have heard us both times we opened for the Feat, saying, wow, are you guys opening tonight......which we want to thank all those fans that were there, that took the time to visit......we were there, as were they, as fans and friends of Little Feat. So now Hilary not only has opened for them, but has now performed with them.......as a "Featette"..........Our first gig for the fall portion of the 2005 tour is approaching quickly, Thursday Sept. 1st @ the Twilight Festival...and we've just confirmed Saturday Oct. 15th @ Knucklegeads in Kansas City, it will be good to be back in K.C. playing again.....so let anyone you know to head on down there that weekend , or come down yourselves....they are interested in making it sort of a Kansas City homebase, so come on down and let them know she is well liked.....well, thats enough news for now, check out the gigs page at least once a week to check for newly added gigs and watch the photo albums pages for more pictures....take care and see everyone out there soon, and don't be afraid to come up and introduce yourselves....thanks for being fans.....B.A.

upcoming gigs are getting close......

2005-08-13T18:39:00.000-07:00

well, here we are about half way thru August.....and our up coming gigs are getting closer.......Hilary is returning from a much needed vacation, and I'm getting geared up to start playing again......check the website for dates on the "gigs" page and get ready for the new Hilary Scott Fans website......I have seen the prototype and it is nice, so all of you out there get ready for the official opening........also as some of you know, our July 10th gig at Shelter Gardens was recorded.....well that recording made it onto "bt.etree.org, a downloading site of bands that allow taping of their shows.......it was downloaded 159 times the last count I saw.......so there should be some new fans out there.........and for those that don't have access, we may consider offering up these live shows at gigs, for you to get.......we'll be working out the kinks and let you know later....so I'm getting real excited to be back out playing to the masses.......we've got a lot of gigs lined up and our promotions/bookings folks are hard at work to secure us more,.... so thats all for now, just keep checking the website everyday for new listings and special events.......see everyone Sept 1st, downtown for sure.......B.A.

another month gone by....

2005-08-05T05:56:00.000-07:00

Well here we are into August, and finally some rain.......hope everyone is having a good summer......Griff (our harmonica player and I (B.A.) traveled over to Springfield, Il. last saturday and caught up with our friends Little Feat.....the band was doing well, getting ready for a two week break......they asked how Hilary and the band was doing, and all of them had the look of satisfaction on their faces, knowing they would be home by the next evening......they put on another great night of music......they will be back in the area on Aug. 17th, down in Steelville , Mo. at the Wildwoods Springs lodge for a full band acoustic show, then the Cubby Bear in Chicago on the 20th, then the River Roots Live Festival in Davenport, Ia on the 21st. So if you get a chance, check them out and tell them you know The Hilary Scott Band also........our next gig will be Sept. 1st on the main courthouse stage for The Twilight Festival, hope to see a bunch of you there, plus mark your calenders for Oct. 22nd, for our return engagement at The Martini Bar here in Columbia.......more out of town dates are popping up, so be sure to check the gigs page on the website, hopefully we'll be in your area soon...if not, call your local venue and ask them about us and when we will be there, and call your local radio station and request Hilary's music.......with enough phone calls to places, you guys could be responsible for a huge ground swell of interest, where it would be tough for us to break in.....you as consumers, have a lot more power than you think.......so put it to good use.......Hilary has a good grassroots movement going on right now, and you can be part of that, simply by voicing your request......it really does work....so thanks again to all of you who have helped out, regardless in what way, or in what fashion.....every little thing helps, and contributes to the whole....so thanks again, and see you in Sept........hey Mike, how about another installment to the Rabbits Tale...........B.A.

where's the next part of the story...

2005-07-31T13:04:00.000-07:00

...well since we are waiting for Mikes next installment of the story, thought I'd write somemore. Tonight is the memorial gathering for Ken Sheppard, at the Missouri Theater, so it should be a who's who of Columbia Musicians and the surrounding areas musicians. Ken and his store were well known to a lot of people.....what can be said, except to enjoy the many lives Ken had touched. This will be the third time a lot of these folks are gathered together again, with Forrest Roses Memorial, Jerome Wheelers and now Kens....a sad, but joyous time.....
anyway, to move on to other things....for those of you who know how to download Bit torrents on the intenet, the Hilary Scott band now has a torrent up of our Blue Note Show, from when we opened for Little Feat......these are files you download, then turn to wave files, then burn them to CD.....and future shows will be put up....heres the link...http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=16676. If you have cable, DSL or higher net connections, it works well, if you have dial-up, it takes to long and ties up your service....so here is an oppertunity to get a live recording of a show you probably attended.....if you're interested in how to do it, you might check out http://bt.etree.org and

life is to short........

2005-07-26T05:10:00.000-07:00

....wow, here in Columbia, we just lost another friend and musician, Ken Sheppard...fellow musician and owner of Crazy Music.....any musician in Columbia that has been around awhile, has shopped at his store, or has seen him play. He was one of the many musicians who had performed at the Lee Ruth CD Release Party back in December, along with another musician we lost this spring, Jerome Wheeler.....luckily we got both of them recorded at that show......we've also lost Forrest Rose and Don Shipps, both bass players, this spring, too.......
I had bought my first Guild 6 string Acoustic guitar from Ken back in 75. (the dark red one seen in many of the early band pictures).....I have had Ken sit in before when I was playing a duo at a Twilight Festival many years ago, and he was an accomplished guitarist. The Band also played with Ken on a few songs as the finish to the Singer/Songwriter Symposium we played a few years ago.......Jerome I had seen and heard around Columbia many times in various bands of his, even including the Catnip Band .........Forrest I had meet at a gig in which the band Monkey Grip was playing and Forrest was tearing up the up-right bass and had read many of his columns in the Columbia Daily Tribune........Don I had met about 15 years ago, and he use to stop by the station (KOPN) and we'd do an impromptu radio interview......and he use to call whenever they were playing in town (in his band, Don Shipps and the Titanic Blues Band).......this is just sort of a wake up call to everyone.....life is to short, don't put off doing the things you'd want to.....the excuses we sometimes use are pretty lame....and don't forget to say what you want to say to the ones you love......as many times as you can.......cause you never know what tomorrow will bring....also along with the passing of these friends of the band, I saw a DVD of our Come In, Come In cd release party we did 2 or 3 years ago at the Ramada Inn here in Columbia.......yes it had it's imperfections, it was live, but now it's on DVD for eternity...it was a blast to see and hear us from back then. and to see Nikki sing with us.(whats she up to now).....whats great about these shows whether on video or audio, they are now a part of recorded history, and they are a good record of them , compared to now........there were many bands I was in , in the past, that there was no known recorded history, so it fades into a mental rememberance, whether right or wrong, its all I have.....but to actually to be able to hear it again, would be great.......and some of those people have long since passed on........I guess all I'm wanting to say is......dont forget to take the camera, or the tape recorder, or the video camera, because you will be recording a piece of history, not only for you ,but for those around you.....and don't forget to say I love you to those close to you, cause you never know what tomorrow may bring........and hopefully it will be a new day......thanks again to everyone who has touched this band and it's members, in any way at all, whether by a smile, and hand shake, or a nod of the head, or a conversation.......it all has meant something to us, regardless of the size of the action......and thanks for reading, I feel better now............see everyone in September....B.A.

Good to see ya

2005-07-12T05:18:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to say thanks to all who came to the show. Ba covered most of the big thanks and what-not, I just wanted to give a special thanks to all the folks I work with who made it out.

Griff

thanks to all who came......

2005-07-12T04:56:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to say thanks to all the fans ( old and new ) who came sunday to the Shelter Gardens show, you made it a great event...........we had folks there fromhere, plus Jeff City, Tibbets, Wes Plains, St. Louis, and even Fairbanks, Alaska..........saw a lot of new faces, along with all the familiar ones........it's really great to look out and see smiling faces that we know, and to see people singing along.......saw some folks who first heard us when we opened for Little Feat back in April, others from First Night, and even some from The Officer Down Benefit Concert, to all you repeat offenders, it's good to see you again and to all the new ones.....welcome aboard. We want to send a big thank you out to the folks with Shelter, they were very gracious and did surprize Hilary with the Birthday Cookie and song......they know how to treat the bands and also a big, big thank you to Nelson Audio......if some of you have noticed, they have been doing quite a few sound jobs for us, we are beginning to be really comfortable with each other, and we are all beginning to feel like a family. ...... we put a lot of trust in them, our sound that gets to you is totally in their control and they've been doing a surperb job........
As you may have noticed , we were missing Loyd, who was in Texas , with his drum students. It was just like in the beginning, before Loyd joined the band, but we did find ourselves, playing some of his parts in our heads as they came up.........each musical part is different, non dependent on the other, but when one is missing, we find ourselves hearing their parts in our head, as it should be.......as it is when we are all together.......so in closing, once again thank all of you for being there and for sharing Hilary's Birthday with her, it was probably the biggest Birthday party she ever had........and it was a joy to be a part of it......so spread the word and we'll see everyone in September.......B.A.

Coyote and Lion

2005-07-08T19:42:00.000-07:00

Here then is Rabbit's story:

Coyote’s cubs are starving. The summer: too dry. Then a hard and wet winter. The mice disappeared first, then fewer squirrels, tit-mice and moles. Rabbits had moved on long ago, following fresh green as much as possible. Coyote should have followed them but she spent all her time hunting, and hunting was easier on an empty stomach than making a den and moving pups. Coyote found herself desperate.

Coyote’s friend Jackal said Lion and his consort had a den within a day’s walk. Coyote had nothing to lose. She headed to the river and followed it upstream for a day and a night. The next morning she emerged in a clearing. Lying comfortably under the shade of a tree was Lion. His mates and cubs lounged and played nearby.

Coyote walked slowly to Lion in a straight line, slowing as she neared, and with head down. Lion appeared to pay no attention to Coyote until she was a few yards away, within speaking distance.

“Why do you come to me, Coyote?” said Lion without turning her head.

Coyote, who had great respect for Lion, the arbiter and final judge of life and death across the entire savannah, finally spoke. “Lion, my lord, I come to you out of desperation. My cubs are starving to death. I cannot feed them because all prey has disappeared. I ask you… I beg you … Can you help us? Can you feed us?” Coyote laid on her belly, her head between her paws. She was ready for anything. If Lion decided to take her, she would go willingly. Otherwise, she would persist in her efforts for her cubs and herself.

“Coyote! I will help you. But you must do something for me first.”

“I will do as you will, my lord,” replied Coyote.

“There is a girl in a nearby village, a human child. That girl must come here. You must bring her here. After that, I will be able to get food for you and your cubs." Lion turned her large wide eyes to Coyote and stared. “Bring me that human child unharmed and no later than the next full moon.”

Coyote shuddered and blinked. She knew from experience how dangerous the humans could be. “But my lord, who? And where? How will I find her?”

“You will know. Go now, into the forest. You will find help, perhaps when you least expect it. Go.”

Coyote rose and turned and walked quietly away from Lion, her head spinning. No choice, she told herself, no choice. My cubs will only live a few more days. I must hurry.

(... to be continued ...)

up coming gig.....

2005-07-08T06:15:00.000-07:00

just wanted to remind everyone in the Columbia area of the up coming Shelter Garden Concert Series gig on Sunday, July 10th at 6:30 pm.......we'll be playing inside the gazebo, with all of you sitting in lawn chairs, on blankets , on the ground or standing......it should be a nice evening .....be sure to have some bug spray, just in case.......also check out all the surrounding gardens, it's amazing what they have there......also if you see Mike, our bass player, ask him when the Rabbit will speak again.......he has definately had us wait quite a while.......don't forget to add comments if you like under the postings, I know there is one person who has......so feel free to post there......it was designed to get you , the fans reaction or comments, just remember this is a family site......and to the one posting comments, just remember, don't dance in the no dancing zone, you came close to it on monday.....hehehee.....see everyone sunday......B.A.

Jane!!! Stop this crazy thing!

2005-06-29T09:41:00.000-07:00

here's the second verse for whomever....

2005-06-28T07:56:00.000-07:00

The van took ground on the curb of this uncharted funky bar,
with Hilary, and Michael too,
the drummer, and the bassist,
the acoustic, the harpist and electric guitarist,
here on Hilary’s Tour.......

So this is the tale of our touring band,
they're here for a couple of hours.
They'll have to make the best of things,
it's an non paying job.
it's an non paying job.......
The first mate and her skipper too,
will do their very best,
to make the others comfortable,
in this dark and dingy mess..........

here's saying thanks, ......again

2005-06-25T09:13:00.000-07:00

B.A. here, ........just wanted to say once again, from all of us in the band (and Hilary) thank everyone of you for coming out to our gigs........we've definately seen a lot of new faces, since First Night.......and we want to thank you. It just seems we can't say it enough, cause without you, the fans, we wouldn't be able to do what we do......sure we could get together and play in a garage or someones living room and have fun, but the excitement and thrill, to look out and see you sitting there, whether tapping your foot, bobbing your head, dancing or just tapping your finger on your glass and smiling, means a lot more to us, than just having the band playing in a room.......knowing that Hilary's music has become a part of your life, is just a great feeling.....just being able to play her music is such an Honor and priveledge, and knowing the feeling we get as her backing band, at your responses to the music, I can just imagine what it's like, if it was your own music, your heart and soul, your ideas, stories all coming to fruitation and people reacting and connecting to it in some way........and to have the ability to write and compose music is an incredable talent.......I've known a lot of great musicians,who were superbly talented, but on top of that, the ability to be a great songwriter, also, is beyond the imagination.....so once again, we just want to say Thank You again for coming to the gigs, buying the CD's and being a part of this wonderful experience ........and a great big thank you to Hilary, the cause of it all.........
....well with that said....where's somemore of the Rabbit Tale......??????

down the gauntlet, yourself.....

2005-06-20T19:32:00.000-07:00

try this one till the Rabbits Tale shows itself again.......

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this topic port,
Aboard this tiny Ship.
The mate was a mighty sailin' man,
The Skipper blonde and tall,
Five band members set sail that day
For a three hour tour.
A three hour tour. [ sound of(snare drum) thunder: crack! ]
The weather started getting rough,
The tiny van was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew,
The Minivan would be lost.
The Minivan would be lost. .........
Ha, hows that, bet you can't wait for the next verse..........

the gauntlet is down

2005-06-20T10:45:00.000-07:00

So, you challenge me to a duel, do you, you slimy son of a she-wolf! Yes, i accept! You may wish y0u had not asked. I will write stories here. Very very short ones. Ha! See how you like that, you, you, i know not what you are, you who were suckled on curdled milk!!

Now, let us begin. I expect you will answer this with similar repartee: why not. Write your own stories here if you dare!

Once there was a hare named Rabbit. He was lazy and vain and very much in a hurry not to do anything. He hopped about chewing on dandelions, a hop here, a hop there, everywhere he hopped about finding a bit to eat.

But of course, he was too lazy to go far, so soon there were no more dandelions to eat. he sat in the middle of the little clearing he had created and thought to himself, "There must be some way to get the other animals in the forest to bring me food. I know! I will announce a grand contest. Whoever brings me the best dandelions to eat will win a fine prize!"

So without moving, he began singing as loud as he could. His song was simple. It announced that whoever brought the tastiest morsals from the forest would be rewarded with a fine prize. He hinted that the prize would be something wonderful, something rare and unexpected, something quite impossible to get for oneself. But he did not name the prize.

All day the forest animals appeared and dropped tasty samples of the forest before the rabbit. Fresh clover, Queen Anne's Lace, varieties of lettuce, dandelions aplenty. Rabbit tasted and sampled and munched and snacked all day long without moving an inch and shoved what remained beneath him.

Finally, near the end of the day, Coyote appeared and dropped the finest morsal of all, something Rabbit had never tasted, something so much better than all the other morsals that all present acclaimed Coyote the winner of the contest. A fine, large carrot - long and orange with a huge tassel of fresh green on top, and wonderfully fresh and delicious!

Rabbit, reluctant to declare the contest over, hemmed and hawwed and tapped his foot and looked about, but there was nothing for it - the contest was over and it was time to deliver the fine prize.

"Ah yes, then. I supposed that is the best I've ever had. You, sir, have certainly taken the prize with your find. I congratulate you. I salute you! I ...."

But Coyote interrupted him. "The prize! Where is the prize?"

Rabbit knew the game was up. He took one giant leap into the air, surprising Coyote, who jumped up after him. But Rabbit came straight down and disappeared into a hole into which had quietly shoved all the food brought to him, and on top which he had been sitting. Coyote immediately began digging out the hole, determined to make Rabbit his grand prize.

Rabbit popped his head up a couple yards away from Coyote and shouted, "Coyote! Wait! If you'll stop digging I'll tell you a story!"

Coyote was frustrated and hungry, but nonetheless he stopped digging and said, "What kind of story?"

Rabbit said, "A story about you. A story you will enjoy. A story you will remember. A story you can tell your pups! That is the prize!! Will you stop and listen?"

Coyote, despite his hunger, pulled his paws out of the dirt, circled around a spot a few feet from Rabbit, and settled down quietly to listen. "It had better be a good story, Rabbit, or I will tear your lair apart with my teeth!"

And Rabbit began telling the story. What was the story? Patience, mon ami. That is for next time!

2005-06-20T07:36:00.000-07:00

Well hello everyone, B.A. here, now the other band members have a blog page......we'll have to see if we can keep this nice, without any details that we need to be saving for the gossip magazines...... (can't wait to be in the check out line, and to look over and see Hilary's picture with an alein or some sort :) .......then we would definately know she's hit the big time....so hopefully, we the band members will keep you informed, or will be able to put a smile on your face and keep you wanting to come back for more.......maybe this is where Mike (Bass) should start to try out his first sci-fi adventure novels....maybe in short story form....(hint,hint).....anyway I hope we can keep you interested enough to keep checking back often.......till we get rolling, keep spreading the word....later.....B.A.

Welcome to the Hilary Scott Band Blog

2005-06-19T17:11:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Hilary Scott Band blog, where the Band members share their thoughts about playing in the band, tales from the road and other musings!