Darrell Scott Unveils The Invisible Man June 27th, 2006

Nashville, Tenn. (By Kissy Black/ Lotos Nile Media) - Darrell Scott celebrates the release of his sixth record, The Invisible Man, today, June 27th on Full Light Records. It's a career record for this Nashville Renaissance man. Scott is the ultimate outsider with an inside track to some of today's most successful acts, who call on him for his prodigious skills as a musician and as a songwriter. He fervently remains an iconoclast as an artist, yet is an active member of Steve Earle's Bluegrass Dukes, and has written many songs which have been recorded by others including The Dixie Chicks, Keb Mo and Guy Clark, for whom he has co-produced two records. He's got one foot planted in the arena of big time radio hits and the other in the world of the essential poet. The Invisible Man is the perfect blending of his untamed artistic integrity with his innate commercial sensibility.

The new disc finds him following his muse into uncharted and sometimes polarizing territory. Songs like 'I'm Nobody' and 'Goodle, USA' (on Faith Hill's new Fireflies CD) find Scott songwriting his way into the political ring. 'There were times when I got up on a soapbox on this record,' he says. 'But I think we're living in the weirdest time of my lifetime, and I'm going to say something about it."

Scott, a two-time Grammy Award nominee, brought in some of the best musicians in the world to perform on The Invisible Man. The fact that they were friends made the recording process just that much sweeter. His supporting cast includes bassist Danny Thompson (Richard Thompson, Rod Stewart) and legendary drummer Kenny Malone (JJ Cale, John Prine). Also on board are guitarist Richard Bennett (Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler), guitar & steel wizard Dan Dugmore, John Cowan & Sam Bush from the New Grass Revival, keyboardist Gabe Dixon (Paul McCartney), and Minton Sparks, a Nashville-based spoken word artist.

Scott's recent live performances include some of the finest venues - from the Kennedy Center to Peter Gabriel's WOMAD Festival, and this year he will play the prestigious Newport Folk Festival. Reaction to Scott's new material is tremendous. The Invisible Man was pre-sold at MerleFest 2006 and topped the prestigious festivals' all-time sales history records with Scott racking up 913 units sold.

On The Invisible Man sessions which were produced by Scott and mixed by multiple Grammy-winning engineer Gary Paczosa (Alison Krauss, John Prine), Scott says it was an intense but productive process. 'We're not making music to be music later. It's going to be music right now. This song is going to be pulled off right now.'

The songs recorded during those sessions have an immediacy and emotional impact that's undeniable. One of the standout tracks and the album's only cover is the harrowing 'Shattered Cross.' It was written by Scott's friend, Stuart Adamson, the late founder of hit Scottish band, Big Country. Scott recorded the song within a month of Adamson's death.
Elsewhere Scott explores the philosophical underbelly of living in these chaotic modern times. There's the resolute hopefulness of 'Do It Or Die Trying' and the look-in-the-mirror saga of 'And The River Is Me.'
Scott looks into both the heart of darkness and the bright light of redemption with unblinking eyes. The truth he finds is unveiled in The Invisible Man.