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Yonrico Scott (October 6, 1955 – September 19, 2019) was an American drummer and percussionist. He was a longtime member of the Grammy winning
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, became a bandleader of his own ensemble, the Yonrico Scott Band, and later worked with the Royal Southern Brotherhood, with Cyril Neville. Having developed his craft not only from years of session work, roadwork, and study, the ''
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'' proclaimed him "a standout in the band... whose strong beats powered songs such as 'I'll Find My Way' off the group's ''
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'' CD".


Musical career


Early years

Yonrico Scott was raised in
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,
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with a keen interest in music, encouraged by his family. He first showed interest in playing the drums, receiving lessons at age seven. For a period of time, while learning and practicing the drums, Scott moved on to playing
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, and at age fourteen had mastered all that was available in the metropolitan city the previous year, earning him a reputation as the best performer in that
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. Scott moved on and became a student Motown drummer George Hamilton, with a growing interest in R&B music in his teens. He later worked as a
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for a large number of famous figures, including
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. After high school graduation, Scott attended the
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, where he graduated in 1978 with a
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, in performance percussion. After college, Scott moved to Atlanta, Georgia. While in Atlanta, he recorded and performed with Atlanta jazz artists Joe Jennings and Howard Nicholson and their band Life Force, including on the 1981 album Fearless Warriors.


Career

Scott joined
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in 1995. Scott was the second permanent member (after bassist Todd Smallie) of the
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band, which toured extensively. During the band's formative years, Trucks added two other musicians, but was unsatisfied with their contributions, but Scott remained, through a metamorphosis of both personnel and musical direction while Trucks was assembling the band's final lineup, which was complete in 2002 with the addition of
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as vocalist,
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(keyboards, flute and backing vocals), and occasional appearances by percussionist Count M'Butu, as well as Trucks himself. By 2010, Scott had contributed to the songwriting and performed on every one of the band's six studio albums and both of their live albums. In 2010, accepted the
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for both himself and for all the other members of
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at the
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, for their 2009 album, ''
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''. At the close of 2009, Derek Trucks dissolved the band for at least a year. Trucks' wife,
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dismissed her
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, and joined Derek in a new project, The
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. Scott recorded on Tedeschi's album, '' Wait for Me'', in 2002. He performed with Earl Klugh, and played many gigs with The Yonrico Scott Band throughout 2010. Scott was also the studio and touring drummer for the
Royal Southern Brotherhood Royal Southern Brotherhood is an American blues and blues rock supergroup, consisting of singer and percussionist Cyril Neville, vocalist and guitarist Devon Allman, vocalist and guitarist Mike Zito, drummer Yonrico Scott, and bassist Charlie Wo ...
, which toured across 27 countries in 2012–13 (according to bassist Charlie Wooton) and released their first album in late 2012, on which Scott is credited with some songwriting. He and Charlie Wooten became the backbone of a "supergroup" with Devon Allman, Cyril Neville and Mike Zito that was lauded all over the globe. In 2015, Scott guest drummed on Jeremiah Johnson's album, ''Grind''.


Artwork

Yonrico Scott is credited on the album ''
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'' for the
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illustration. The album gained its name from an Aboriginal concept that the world had been sung into existence by "
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ic" elder beings who wandered the Australian continent along invisible pathways, breathing and singing the names of everything in creation. Those "songlines" became important as everything had been brought to life, and order in such a fashion. Scott's ability to represent this concept arrived both on the album cover and backdrop of the stage at the venues during The Derek Trucks Band's tour to support the album.


Equipment

Scott used
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,
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sticks and cymbals, Lp Percussions, Everyones Drumming.


Later works and death

Scott recorded his second solo album at Sit-N-Spin Recording Studios in
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. He died on September 19, 2019, at age 63.


Discography


Solo

* ''Be In My World'' (2012) * ''Quest of the Big Drum'' (2014) * ''Only A Smile'' (2015) * ''Life of a Dreamer'' (2016)


With The Derek Trucks Band

* ''
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'' (1997) * '' Out of the Madness'' (1998) * '' Joyful Noise'' (2002) * '' Soul Serenade'' (2003) * '' Live at Georgia Theatre'' (2004) * ''
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'' (2006) * ''
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'' (2006, DVD) * ''
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'' (2009) * '' Roadsongs'' (2010)


With Royal Southern Brotherhood

* ''
Royal Southern Brotherhood Royal Southern Brotherhood is an American blues and blues rock supergroup, consisting of singer and percussionist Cyril Neville, vocalist and guitarist Devon Allman, vocalist and guitarist Mike Zito, drummer Yonrico Scott, and bassist Charlie Wo ...
'' (2012) * ''Heartsoulblood'' (2014)


Other contributions

* ''
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'' (1986) (
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) * ''A Woman's Intuition'' (1987) ( Dardanelle) * ''Half Past the Blues'' (1997) (Vernon Garrett) * '' Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends'' (1998) (
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) * '' Wait for Me'' (2002) (
Susan Tedeschi Susan Tedeschi (; born November 9, 1970) is an American singer and guitarist. A multiple Grammy Award nominee, she is a member of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, a conglomeration of her band, her husband Derek Trucks’ and other musicians. Early li ...
) * ''Character Farm and Other Short Stories'' (2011) ( Jonathan Scales) * ''Some 1 I Used To Be'' (2014) (Sam Wheelock) * ''Grind'' (2015) ( Jeremiah Johnson) * ''Strategy: Our Tribute to Philadelphia'' (2016) (
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) * ''Bad Penny'' (2018) (Vanja Sky)


References


External links


Record label website The Derek Trucks Band official websiteYonrico Scott website 2010 Benefit -Yonrico Scott2006 Article
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Yonrico 1955 births 2019 deaths African-American drummers American rock drummers Blues rock musicians Columbia Records artists Contemporary blues musicians Grammy Award winners Musicians from Detroit The Derek Trucks Band members University of Kentucky alumni 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people