Scott Biram

Scott H. Biram sings with the soul and conviction of a real hillbilly bluesman. Seasoned beyond his years, the 29 year old recreates the sounds and songs of the depression era (i.e. Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Son House, Mance Lipscomb, Big Joe Williams, Bill Monroe) while blending his own background of punk rock, rough edged country blues, and raunchy bluegrass. His music can be compared to other one-man band acts such as Bob Log III and Hasil Adkins. Scott's distinctive sound comes by way of a collection of beat-up amps and CB microphones accompanied by an overdriven footstomp board and a white trash yodel.

In January 2003 he was voted into Austin's Top 5 Best New Acts of 2002 by the Austin American Statesman. Biram's first release, This is Kingsbury? (2000), introduced him as a talented multi-instrumentalist who precariously balances traditional blues and raucous punk rock. Recently his original song "Truckdriver" from his second release Preachin' and Hollerin'(2002) was picked up by none other than Hank Williams III, and is scheduled to appear on Williams' next album. His third record, Lo-fi Mojo, was released in February 2003.

Biram frequently tours both the East and West coasts, the Midwest, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, Tennesee, Kentucky, and has become a local legend in Louisiana and Texas. He's scheduled to appear on television programs on FOX and ABC, as well as a nationally syndicated commercial for Jack Daniels Hard Cola in early 2003. Los Angeles based production company, Gallos Diablos (credits include The Sundance Film Festival), have begun filming a documentary about life on the road with Scott H. Biram. The working title is "Lost Case of Being Found" taken from the Biram original song, and is scheduled to be released in 2004.

Apparently Scott H. Biram will not die. On March 25th, 2003 he was involved in a horrific head-on collision with an eighteen wheeler, in which he suffered compound fractures in multiple limbs and severe internal damage. After a month in the hospital, 12 surgeries, and 4 months in a wheelchair, "Bounce Back" Biram has picked up where he left off--Preachin' and Hollerin'. In his first show back he played from a wheelchair, I.V. still dangling from his arm!

Biram holds his own while playing on bills including Hank Williams III, Fat Possum recording artists Cedell Davis and T-model Ford, The Gourds, Del McCoury, Peter Rowan, Wayne "The Train" Hancock, Toni Price, The Derailers, Dale Watson, Ian Moore, Daniel Johnston and The Bad Livers. Catch this rural Texas resident's unique shotgun approach to keeping dying old-time musical genres alive.