Bar Scott

Bar Scott has inspired listeners with the strength of her voice and the immediacy of her songs for over twenty-five years. When she sings, she digs deep and then carries her audience along with her. On stage, it’s clear that there’s no other place in the world she’d rather be. Comfortable alone at the piano, guitar or singing a capella in a great hall, Bar also loves to perform with background vocalists, a bassist or other accompaniment. With seven CDs of original songs, and four of covers in her repertoire, Bar moves comfortably from one style to the next.

In the studio, she’s worked with, among others, bassist Tony Levin, drummer Jerry Marotta, classical guitarist Fred Hand, arranger and keyboardist David Sancious and the string quartet known as Ethel. More recently she has been working with her friends Peter Tomlinson, Lou Pappas, and Dave Cook, who have become family.

She has performed live with many musicians including Annie Haslam, Ian Anderson, Phoebe Snow, Beth Nielsen-Chapman, Mindy Jostyn, Amy Helm, Levon Helm, Tom Chapin, Terry Blaine, Happy and Artie Traum, John Sebastian, Baird Hersey and Prana, and the Refugees. She has been an ASCAP Special Awards recipient 13 times.

Bar owns Lucy Max Productions which came to life in Philadelphia in the ’80s. She moved to Woodstock, NY in the’90s, left for Westcliffe, Colorado in 2011, and now lives in Corvallis, Oregon. In the studio she wears many hats including writer, producer, singer, and meal-provider. She arranges and performs the harmony vocals on her studio recordings which have become a trademark of her sound.

Beneficiaries of concerts she’s done include Ronald MacDonald House, Hope’s Fund, Kodi’s Kids, AHA – Artists Helping Artists, Paca Peace Ranch, Pennypack Trust, Woodstock Land Conservancy, and many other local, environmental and social agencies that support the environment or help those in need.

Bar has received many outstanding notations including Performing Songwriter’s DIY Top 5 CDs of the Year for Parachute in 2007; one of Top 5 CDs chosen by Chuck Eliot of WXPN Radio Philadelphia for Parachute.