The Band

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=456 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I><IMG SRC="78648af0.jpg" border=0 width="328" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="789ce520.jpg" border=0 width="718" height="338" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>     </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B>Combining grungy bluegrass with hints of rock, country, and jazz influences, The Scott Anderson Band sounds unlike any other band you've heard before.  With acoustic instruments they produce excitingly original music that's not afraid to take chances.</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>     In March of 2001 </B><B>Scott Anderson</B><B> recorded his first solo project </B><B>"Rivers"</B><B> featuring some of his original tunes and some of the finest acoustic musicians on the planet: </B><B>Wayne Benson, John Cowan, Shelton Feazell, Aubrey Haynie, Jim Hurst, Rob Ickes, Missy Raines, Gabe Valla, Scott Vestal</B><B> and </B><B>Darren Wainright</B><B>.   Soon after seeing this project come to fruition, he formed </B><B>The Scott Anderson Band </B><B>to bring the songs to life on stage. </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="77eff560.jpg" border=0 width="511" height="342" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Scott Anderson</B></div> <div> <B>Scott Anderson has been playing on the Southeastern bluegrass and gospel circuit for over two decades. He began with the contemporary and Southern gospel of </B><B>First Light</B><B>, then played the traditional bluegrass sound of the </B><B>Bluegrass Parlor Band</B><B>, followed by the driving grungegrass of </B><B>Endless Highway</B><B> and the sweet gospel of </B><B>Gentle River. </B><B>Now he's melded these and other influences into the powerful acoustic sound of </B><B>The Scott Anderson Band</B><B>.  </B><B>He has also performed or recorded with The Jim Hurst Band, Claire Lynch, </B><B>Vassar Clements, Larry Rice, Chubby Wise, Allen Shadd, Bill Grant and Delia Bell, Blue Angel, Chief Jim Billie, George Custer, Sno Rogers</B><B> and the </B><B>Naples Philharmonic Orchestra</B><B> (yes, with a banjo!) among others, has started his own Mato record label, and has been featured in Banjo Newsletter.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>A native Floridian, Scott was born in Palatka, Florida on January 26, 1965. A self-taught multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter, he is also a clinical pharmacist, a photographer, and a mediocre surfer.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="78092a80.jpg" border=0 width="402" height="424" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Amanda Anderson</B></div> <div> <B>     Amanda Anderson was born May 19, 1993, in Tampa, Florida and began singing at age 2.  After several years of piano and vocal lessons, followed by three years of playing flute in her middle school band, she decided to begin learning the fiddle.  Amanda made her fiddle debut in her </B><A HREF="amanda_and_scott_anderson.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Amanda and Scott"><U><B>duo with dad Scott</B></U></A><B>.  Soon thereafter she</B><B> played her first show with The Scott Anderson Band at the Withlacoochee Bluegrass Jamboree in March of 2008 after playing fiddle for only 7 months.  Her beautiful lead and harmony vocals are also a featured part of every show.   Amanda has also performed the All County (Alachua) Youth Orchestra (on flute) and the Grace Praise Band.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="77aea500.jpg" border=0 width="490" height="336" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Darren Wainright</B></div> <div> <B>          Darren Wainright</B><B> was born in Jacksonville, Florida on December 10, 1967. An outstanding multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter, Darren plays guitar and sings lead and baritone vocals.  Darren started playing banjo and guitar at age 13 and in only 2 years was playing banjo for </B><B>Hubert Cox and the Southern Grass</B><B>. He later spent 3 years with the Army before returning home to Jacksonville to earn a degree in political science from the University of North Florida. He has performed with several well-known bands in North Florida including National Flatpicking Champion </B><B>Allen Shadd, Chubby Wise, Endless Highway, Gentle River, String Fever</B><B>, and </B><B>Oak Grove Bluegrass</B><B> in addition to periodic gigs at Disney World and Universal Studios in Orlando. He has written some great bluegrass and gospel songs, including “Surrounded by the Blues” which he sang on </B><B>Shadd's</B><B> solo recording and "Satilla, So Deep" which he sang on </B><B>Scott Anderson's "Rivers</B><B>".</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="78c52ca0.jpg" border=0 width="338" height="458" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Bruce Sheridan</B></div> <div> <B>          Bruce Sheridan</B><B> was born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 10, 1949. As a military brat, he spent most of his childhood traveling around the United States, Europe and the Middle East. When Bruce was in high school, his parents gave him an acoustic 6-string guitar which he soon converted to a bass guitar by removing the top two strings. His early bass influences included Paul McCartney, Jack Bruce (Cream), and John Entwhistle (the Who).  Bruce has been playing the bass off and on since then, doing everything from rock covers to Christian music at the churches he attended. He first encountered bluegrass in 1998 when a good friend dragged him off to a festival at the Twin Oaks Music Park at Hoboken, Georgia. Bluegrass lit a fire under him and caused him to become serious about his playing.  Soon after he became acquainted the </B><B>Gentle River</B><B>, first substituting on bass for </B><B>Jane Royal</B><B> and then becoming a full member of that band in 2000.  He has also appearedwith </B><B>Sno Rogers</B><B>.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="7848b7f0.jpg" border=0 width="395" height="383" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Danny Smith</B></div> <div> <B>     </B><B>Danny Smith was born in Atlanta, Georgia on June 17th, 1970 then moved to Baxley, in Southeast Georgia at age 4. Danny enjoys listening to and playing all styles of music. His musical experiences have ranged from playing with local Southern Rock bands in his teenage years to Country Music and Southern Gospel in his early twenties. In the mid-90s, while playing lead guitar for the Southern Gospel group 'Gospel Sunshine', Danny stumbled on a bluegrass gospel recording by Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. Everything changed from that point forward. For the past 13 years, Danny has found a home in bluegrass and New Acoustic music. Danny joinedThe Scott Anderson Band on mandolin in 2007 and continues to play guitar in churches around South Georgia. Danny is a Gulf War veteran and is finishing up his MBA at Auburn University. To help keep the bills paid, Danny is a computer analyst at a nuclear power plant.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>          Scott muses, </B><B>“The thing that I love most about this band is that we're just out to make the best music we can make.  We all also enjoy many types of music - not just bluegrass - and when some different sound pops into our heads we're likely to use it. But we're also very likely to rip through a very traditional version of a Jimmy Martin tune.  And we have really started out from the very beginning with a wealth of our own original material.  That's the biggest thing that makes it fun for us and also gives us our own sound.  Hopefully we're not going to sound like any other band.”</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>          "I've been very fortunate to become friends with this bunch of guys.  They're great players, singers, and writers, and they're also just plain good guys.  I think we all really enjoy being around each other and that makes it even more fun for us.  And when a band is really having fun on stage, the crowd can sense that and they have fun too.”</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>If you're even a slightly adventurous bluegrass fan, come and see a show with The Scott Anderson Band.  It's obvious that these guys are enjoying themselves - and you will too.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="old_sab.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History of SAB"><U><B>The H</B></U></A><A HREF="old_sab.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History of SAB"><U><B>istory of SAB</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=24 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="who_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Who?"><U><B>Who?</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="latest_cd_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CD!"><U><B>CD!</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="listen_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Listen!"><U><B>Listen!</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="buy_something__.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Buy! 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