Hey guys, something a little different for you today on The Lean to the Left Podcast.
We’re with an old buddy of mine, Scott Ramminger, a brilliant songwriter and blues musician based in Nashville, who’s coming out Feb. 4 with a new album, “Live from Third & Lindsley Nashville.”
It’s his sixth record since 2011, and the third since he relocated from the Washington DC area to Nashville in 2017. And therein lies a part of the story.
For years, Scott worked for trade associations – business lobbying organizations – in Washington, DC, and that’s where we met. He once willed me a cushy job when he took an even cushier one.
But Scott got sick of the DC rat race and headed for Nashville…and now he’s a happy man, focused on writing music and performing. He wrote all of the songs on his album, does the vocals, and is a hell of a sax player. You’ll hear a couple samples during the show.
There's a lot of funny stuff too, talk about where he comes up with his ideas for his songs (could that be from his love life, I ask?), and a lot more. Here are some of the questions I asked Scott in the interview:
You moved to Nashville about five years ago and started digging in on your music, what’s the difference that the change of location has mean’t?
Which do you enjoy more, making records or playing live?
Tell me about this record that’s coming out on Feb. 4.
The last track, “Come Valentines Day” is a studio track you cut in Muscle Shoals. Talk about that a bit.
What’s your favorite song on the album?
What have you experienced and observed as the effect of COVID on musicians and the music business?
What about the impact of the digital age on you and other musicians?
What have you got in the pipeline behind this record?
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