About Scott Froseth My life...The Fifty Cent Tour: I was born in Bottineau ND, the 7th of 8 children my mother would bear. We lived near Kramer ND farmed and raised cattle and quarter horses and the other miscellaneous dirt scratchers and hole diggers you find running around a working farm/ranch operation. My father also was a rural mail carrier for over 30 years and served in the Navy, while Mother taught school and held Kindergarten classes in our basement. Guess that counts for a bit of “home-schoolin’.” I started performing rather young. I’d have to say it was mostly my Mothers Fathers fault. He would have the biggest smile on his face whenever he would sit at a piano and play for whoever would listen, I think that happiness he exuded was what fascinated me most. I performed my first original song alone with my guitar at a High School Concert. Several women cried, including Mother, I was convinced it was a terrible song and refused to perform any original music in public for years as a result. Had I known at that time that moving a woman to tears with the emotion of your music was one of the results an artist hopes to achieve, I may have made several different decisions at a much earlier agesome even concerning women. I got to sing in some good groups In School and at Festivals growing up, the sort you had to audition for...then I got to drinkin’ and smokin’ and life changed my voice and I learned some rock and roll and it all went to hell from there. I’ve played with some good bands throughout the years, and some incredible musicians. You’ll hear some pretty good pickin’ on the cd, guys that could be playing with about any major act out there, (if they don’t happen to be playing for one already.) My musical journey has been a good ride for the most partI’ve gotten to share the stage with some people I admire and some I thought I did until I got to share their stage. I got to back up Ray Price, Charlie Pride, Don Williams & Charlie Rich at shows my parents were able to attend and as they adored all four of them it was a great experience to be able to get them back stage to shake hands. I’ve been fortunate to do several shows with Howard & David Bellamy and their awesome band and crew. David was kind enough to allow me to record “You Ain’t Just Whistlin’ Dixie” on my cd. They are great professionals and damn good people. Eddie and T-roy are good folk and make ya feel welcome around their stage and such, so does Blake Shelton. I’ve played at WE Fest in MN several times and always enjoyed that experience. I’d ramble on but then it would get to sound like bragging and I already hate writing about myself as it is. There’s some that weren’t so fun to open for, or be aroundbut Mother wouldn’t take kindly to me talkin’ about them in a negative manner so we’ll leave them alone, (for now.) I’m the black sheep of my family, the gypsy child that couldn’t sit still. I’m an opinionated s.o.b. and I speak my mind with a devil may care attitude that annoys the hell out of some people, (mostly those closest to me.) I’m generally right and can admit when I’m wrong but don’t much care to. I also don’t much care for those who confuse religion with spirituality and I don’t have too much affection for people who run down our Country and the people that make serving our Country their lives work. I had a friend call me brilliant once, but that’s not why he’s my friend. I’m lucky at cards and I hate to lose at anything. I’d talk about being born with an inoperable heart defect, that led to other problems throughout my life. I’d talk about seizures, and strokes and heart attacks and other things that knock ya down and take ya out of the game, but I’d rather talk about reasons to get back up. I would and still do write mainly when the urge strikes menot a big believer in “forced creativity”probably why I never took that staff writers job that one kinda famous guy offered me once. Seems when you hear writers talk about some of their best songs that you hear a lot of “I wrote that in about 20 minutes, on a napkin” or some other crazy”it just flowed out of me” kind of story. So in some way shape or form I hope you take something enjoyable from the stories that flowed out of me and turned into my music. Scott