Scott Peter Murawski (born October 21, 1956 in

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, United States) is an American

multi-instrumentalist A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays two or more musical instruments at a professional level of proficiency. Also known as doubling, the practice allows greater ensemble flexibility and more efficient employment of musicians, where ...

, specializing on the

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. He has achieved fame primarily on guitar with the American rock band

Max Creek Max Creek is an American rock band that was formed by Dave Reed, John Rider and Bob Gosselin in 1971. Max Creek has a loyal following, and put on an annual music festival at Indian Lookout Country Club in upstate New York, dubbed Camp Creek, and w ...

. He is also a proficient pianist, bassist and drummer.

Biography

was formed in 1971. In 1972, founding member Dave Reed invited one of his music students, 15-year-old Scott Murawski, to sit in with the band. Scott's early original association with the band ended abruptly when he was banned from a club that the band played at regularly for drinking a beer. Months later, Mark Mercier was added to the lineup on keyboards and Scott was invited back to play guitar. Eventually, Dave left the band to pursue country rock and acoustic ragtime music, cementing Murawski as the band's permanent lead guitarist. Murawski is a long-time collaborator and member of Phish bassist

Mike Gordon Michael Eliot Gordon (born June 3, 1965) is an American bass guitarist and vocalist most recognized as a founding member of the band Phish. In addition to bass, Gordon is an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano and guitar. He ...

's solo band, and

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, a trio led by

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drummer

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. On February 25, 2014,

's album ''

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'' was released on ATO Records (all 11 tracks on the album were co-written by Murawski).

Discography

*'' The Egg'' (April 30, 2013, recorded live in 2011) *''

'' (February 25, 2014)

Official live releases

*''August 29, 2008 – Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO'' (Released a
LivePhish.com
*''October 3, 2009 – Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY'' (Released a

*''November 26, 2010 – Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME'' (Released March 4, 2011 a

*''November 16, 2010 – The Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, MN'' (Released March 4, 2011 a

*''The Egg" – Recorded Live December 11, 2011 at The Egg, Albany, NY'' (Released April 30, 2013 a

*''Vancouver" – Recorded Live March 22, 2014 at The Rio Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada'' (Released December 4, 2014 a
LivePhish.com

References

External links

Scott Murawski official websiteMax Creek official website
1956 births Living people American male guitarists American rock guitarists People from Agawam, Massachusetts BK3 members 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians {{US-guitarist-stub