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Interview w/Scott Trotter of Lowboy
written by: Jacob Robison

Scott Trotter has spent the past four and a half years of his life screaming, cussing, stomping around, growling...basically not being a very nice guy. But you know what? That’s okay. He has a reason to be that way. He’s the twenty-five year old vocalist for local favorite Lowboy, and he’s damn good at what he does. His onstage persona and demeanor has earned him a reputation for being very intimidating. I recently had the chance to sit down with him after the band’s last show at The Next Generation in Nashville for a quick interview (in case you haven’t heard by now, Lowboy is moving out to California in a few months). We touched on everything from his vocal ability to the new album to the upcoming move out west.

Scott Trotter

You have a tremendous vocal range that meshes very well with the rest of the band. What did you do to develop your voice and style into what it is today?
ST: Lots of practice. Singing a lot. Played and sang acoustic, just to develop a sense of singing. And then, I dunno, after four years if it doesn’t start coming you might as well pack it up (chuckles to himself).

How soon will the new album be out, and will it be available to people in and around Middle Tennessee?
ST: We’ll all be in California no later than the end of August. I’m gonna get to California in August, book some studio time, and get it knocked out. It’s probably going to take about two weeks to finish it off. And then another couple of weeks to master it, so...I’m gonna say, early winter of next year maybe it will be distributed hopefully in stores.

What prompted the move to California?
ST: We decided, you know, don’t want to wait. To truly know if it’s going to work is to just go out there. You know, grow some balls and go out there and do it. If you don’t, then you’re never going to know. People don’t come to Nashville, they don’t come to Clarksville to scout talent. You have to go where the scene is.

I know it’s gotta suck knowing that B.W. (Brian Williams, guitarist) won’t be making the move out to California. What will his absence do to the band, and what will you look for in a replacment?

ST: Well, pretty much it’s gonna...it’s gonna level us out as far as song-writing and creativity. Because he did help write a good seventy-five to eighty percent of the songs. You know, he wrote most of them. We’re going to have to find someone with good song-writing skills and someone that meshes. B.W.’s personality is...he’s just a great guy, and I love him. It’s going to be hard to make it without him.

Lowboy has been around for four and a half years now. Will it be hard for you to go out to California and basically start all over again (in terms of establishing a fan-base)?
ST: No. Fan-base, yes. Songs, no. We can find someone that can play the songs we already have. We have a strong enough set I feel that we can start playing the scene once we get someone adapted. But fan-base, it’s just going to rely on us. You know, how well people are going to like our music.

What do you look forward to the most about moving out to California?
ST: Answers. If we’re really going to make it. I need to answer some questions in my life right now...I put my life on hold for four years for the band, and if I go out there and it works, great. That’s my dream. My dream came true. If I go out there and it doesn’t work, at least I’ll fuckin’ know and I can get on with my life.

Your final show is set for April 14 at the 328 Performance Hall in Nashville as part of the Stomp Club line-up. What does it mean to the band for their final show in Tennessee to be at perhaps the premiere musical venue in Nashville?
ST: It’s awesome that it ended up that way. 328’s an awesome club to play, we’re playing with good bands. Just hope that there’s a big crowd out there. We’re looking forward to it. Way to go out with a bang.

What words of wisdom do you have for the fans who have been such a big part of Lowboy over the course of the last four and a half years?
ST: Without the fans, we wouldn’t be shit. They make up the crowd that’s out there cheering. If people don’t think we’re cool, then they won’t come to our shows. They’re out there supporting us, and that means the world to us.

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