13 Facts About EC Scott

EC Scott attended the Skyline High School in Oakland and is listed in the 'Class of 1970'.

EC Scott sang at the local St John Missionary Baptist Church.

EC Scott later turned her attention to soul music after listening to her sisters' radio.

EC Scott began singing in nightclubs at the age of 16, and she was performing professionally two years later.

Marriage and raising three children led EC Scott to put her music career to one side, before resurrecting it when her children grew older.

EC Scott performed around San Francisco, including a spell as the house band at a nightclub called Slim's.

EC Scott released her debut single in 1988 and built up a local fan base.

EC Scott appeared at a number of blues festivals, and performed at Grand Openings for the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Ballet, and the San Francisco Opera, before signing a recording contract with Blind Pig Records in 1994.

EC Scott must be ranked among the best of the promising female blues singers in recent years.

EC Scott received a nomination for a Blues Music Award in 1999 for 'Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year'.

EC Scott performed at both the San Francisco Blues Festival, and Briggs Farm Blues Festival in 1999, and the Sarasota Blues Fest in 2000.

EC Scott's self-released album, The Other Side of Me, included more of her self-penned numbers, and had a guest vocal appearance by Little Milton on two of the tracks, "Just One of Those Days" and "If I Can Borrow Some of Your Love".

However, EC Scott discovered that, without a single blues video television program in the United States, she was left with only her own website and YouTube to air the promotional tool.