Scot Crandal
A lawn mower is sitting in the middle of a big back yard, engine screaming. The mom arrives from around the corner of the house and upon seeing the abandoned mower, stops and loudly shouts, "Scot?"
Scot is inside with grubby shorts, no shirt, sitting on the piano bench, dangling 12-year-old green-and-dirtbrown-stained-feet, pounding out a melody never heard before with the exception of four minutes prior when that melody made its first appearance in his head.
This still happens today although he has a push mower with no engine, so nobody notices.
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Favorites to perform:
ROCK & BLUES
Alison (Elvis Costello)
Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden)
Closing Time (Semisonic)
Creep (Radiohead)
Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)
Dumb (Nirvana)
Fire and Rain (James Taylor)
It's the End of the World (R.E.M.)
Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)
Oh Darlin' (The Beatles)
Santeria (Sublime)
Shining Star (The Manhattans)
The Sensitive Kind (Santana & Alex Ligertwood)
The Sky Is Crying (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
SOLO ORATORIO REPERTOIRE
Bach: B Minor Mass
Bach: Magnificat
Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Handel: Messiah
Mendellsohn: Elijah
Mendellsohn: St. Paul
OPERA ARIAS
Bizet - Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) - Je crois entendre encore
Donizetti - L'Elisir D'Amore (The Elixir of Love) - Una furtiva lagrima & Quanto è bella
Donizetti - Don Pasquale - Com'e gentil
Massenet - Manon - En fermant les yeux
Massenet - Werther - Pourquoi me réveiller
Mozart - Don Giovanni - Il Mio Tesoro & Dalla sua pace
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) - Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön
Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) - Ecco ridente in cielo
Weill - Street Scene - Lonely House
JAZZ
All Of Me
Autumn Leaves
Body and Soul
Bye Bye Blackbird
The Days of Wine and Roses
Fly Me To the Moon
Have You Met Miss Jones
Mack the Knife
Our Love Is Here to Stay
Over the Rainbow
Teach Me Tonight
They Can't Take That Away From Me
The Very Thought of You
Unforgettable
Well, You Needn't
ART SONGS
Brahms: Ach, wende diesen Blick
Brahms: O liebliche Wangen
Brahms: Wiegenlied
Donaudy: O del mio amato ben
Fauré: Après un Rêve
Fauré: Clair de lune
Fauré: Mandoline
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Scot's favorite artists: Luciano Pavorotti, Fritz Wunderlich, Gene Harris, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Cole Porter, Mel Torme, Harry Connick, Jr., Daniel Barenboim, Glenn Gould, Led Zepplin, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Incubus, Third Eye Blind, Tool, Death Cab for Cutie, Prince, Alanis Morissette and Sarah McLachlan