Scott Nygaard

Scott Nygaard is among bluegrass’ most eclectic guitarists. A former person in Laurie Lewis and Offer Street, Nygaard continues to be an essential person in Tim O’Brien’s O’Boys since 1991. Furthermore to periodic sideman gigs with stellar music artists as Tony Furtado, Todd Phillips, Peter Rowan, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Vassar Clements, Mike Marshall, Richard Greene, Kathy Kallick, and Norton Buffalo, Nygaard (pronounced: NYE-guard) provides produced two unforgettable solo albums offering his highly-melodic flatpicking. Although he spent his early youth in Athens, OH, Nygaard transferred to southern California, along with his dad and older sibling Steve, after his parents had been divorced in 1960. While he had taken piano lessons for just two years, starting at age seven, and cello lessons for six years, from age nine, Nygaard turned to your guitar after finding a six-stringed device for the 16th birthday present. After graduating from Millikan SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in Long Seaside, CA, and briefly participating in the Evergreen Condition University in Olympia, WA, Nygaard became a member of his first music group, the Sou’wester String Music group, in 1974. Shifting to Seattle in 1975, Nygaard proved helpful being a musician in various bands and electric guitar teacher while keeping part-time jobs being a baker, stockroom clerk, and reserve salesman. In 1977, Nygaard positioned first within a fiddle competition at the Celebration of Fiddle Music in Interface Townshend. Nygaard proved helpful within a duo with vocalist/songwriter Linda Waterfall from 1981 until 1984. Although these were wedded in 1983, Nygaard and Waterfall had been divorced six years afterwards. Pursuing their divorce, Nygaard disbanded the modern jazz trio that he previously produced in 1988 and transferred to SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA where he became a member of Laurie Lewis and Offer Street. He continued to be with the music group until 1991 when he registered with Tim O’Brien. No Rush, Nygaard’s debut single record, premiered in 1990. His second single record, Dreamer’s Waltz — released in 1996, was nominated for the NAIRD award in the Acoustic Instrumental category. In 1997, “Scotland” — Nygaard’s contribution towards the Expenses Monroe tribute recording, True Existence Blues — was nominated to get a Grammy in the instrumental nation category. Like a visitor artist, he distributed in the Grammy granted to the recording as Greatest Bluegrass Recording. The same yr, Nygaard became an associate editor of CLASSICAL GUITAR magazine. Nygaard wedded his second wife, Anne Hammersky, in 1994. Their boy, Josef, was created shortly afterwards.