BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Scott Tournet & The Spark BEGIN:VEVENT UID:241042024-07-14 DTSTART:20240715T000000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240714T040000Z SUMMARY:Scott Tournet & The Spark CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Scott Tournet is known for being a founding member and musical\ ndirector of Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (2003-2014)\, the frontman\nfor the world beat rock & roll group Elektric Voodoo\, a mixing\nengineer and producer. With The Nocturnals he was a co-writer on 3 Top\n40 albums and scored a gold record for the song “Paris” and co\nproducer on many of the groups output. During their successful run the\nband played Letterman\ , Conan\, Leno\, Kimmel\, Good Morning America\,\nCoachella\, Lollapalooza \, Fuji Rock Fest\, Rock in Rio\, along with many\nother TV spots and fest ivals. The band toured the world and even were\nasked to perform for Presi dent Obama while he was campaigning for his\nsecond term. In addition to h is work with the Nocturnals\, Scott has\nwritten and recorded with Dan Aue rbach (The Black Keys)\, Willie\nNelson\, T Bone Burnett\, Kenny Chesney\, Alison Krauss\, Mark Batson (Dr.\nDre\, Alicia Keys\, Eminem) and others. He has performed with The Allman\nBrothers Band\, members of The Grateful Dead and Phish\, Heart\, Billy\nGibbons (ZZ Top)\, Sharon Jones\, and man y others. At the height of\nGrace Potter & The Nocturnal’s success\, Sco tt walked away from the\ngroup he helped build to pursue a new musical pat h. After spending the\nsummer playing football stadiums opening for Kenny Chesney and Tim\nMcGraw\, Scott felt the like the Nocturnals were going in the wrong\ndirection in addition to feeling musically stifled by 30 minut e sets\nof the same songs every night. Having studied music composition\, world\nmusic\, and jazz at college\, Scott decided to combine the rock & r oll\nhe had been steeped in with some more disparate influences. This\nbec ame San Diego based Elektric Voodoo. For the past 6 years Scott has\nfront ed this 7 piece ensemble and written all the music which combines\nLatin a nd Afrobeat grooves with rock & roll guitars\, a horn section\,\nand psych edelic sonics. Elektric Voodoo has toured the country\nnumerous times\, bu ilt up a loyal following\, and put out 3 records that\nTournet produced. A fter a long hiatus from the roots and pop driven\nrock & roll that propell ed his early career\, Scott found himself\nstarting to naturally write mus ic in that direction again. “I just\nsat down and allowed myself to writ e whatever came out naturally\, with\nno judgement or preconceptions”\, says Tournet. “It started with a\nheavy drum beat and an electric guitar . I had been writing with\nkeyboards and bass for the Elektric Voodoo reco rds and while that had\nbeen liberating in its own way\, picking up the in strument I started on\nfelt new and exciting again. I also realized that t his is what I’m\nbest at. American roots based electric guitar with a po werful groove\nand a succinct song. The songs came flooding out and the pr ocess was\nfun and easy. 2023 finds Scott releasing a new album under his own\nname with a new 4 piece band consisting of Hammond B3 organ\, bass\,\ ndrums\, and electric guitar. While the sound is sonically current\, it\na lso draws from American roots and pop music from the 1950s until\ntoday. V enue: Rehoboth Beach Bandstand. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Scott Tournet is known for being a founding me mber and musical director of Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (2003-2014)\, t he frontman for the world beat rock & roll group Elektric Voodoo\, a mixin g engineer and producer. With The Nocturnals he was a co-writer on 3 Top 4 0 albums and scored a gold record for the song “Paris” and co producer on many of the groups output. During their successful run the band played Letterman\, Conan\, Leno\, Kimmel\, Good Morning America\, Coachella\, Lo llapalooza\, Fuji Rock Fest\, Rock in Rio\, along with many other TV spots and festivals. The band toured the world and even were asked to perform f or President Obama while he was campaigning for his second term.\nIn addit ion to his work with the Nocturnals\, Scott has written and recorded with Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys)\, Willie Nelson\, T Bone Burnett\, Kenny Che sney\, Alison Krauss\, Mark Batson (Dr. Dre\, Alicia Keys\, Eminem) and ot hers. He has performed with The Allman Brothers Band\, members of The Grat eful Dead and Phish\, Heart\, Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)\, Sharon Jones\, and many others.\nAt the height of Grace Potter & The Nocturnal’s success\, Scott walked away from the group he helped build to pursue a new musical p ath. After spending the summer playing football stadiums opening for Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw\, Scott felt the like the Nocturnals were going in the wrong direction in addition to feeling musically stifled by 30 minute sets of the same songs every night. Having studied music composition\, wo rld music\, and jazz at college\, Scott decided to combine the rock & roll he had been steeped in with some more disparate influences. This became S an Diego based Elektric Voodoo. For the past 6 years Scott has fronted thi s 7 piece ensemble and written all the music which combines Latin and Afro beat grooves with rock & roll guitars\, a horn section\, and psychedelic s onics. Elektric Voodoo has toured the country numerous times\, built up a loyal following\, and put out 3 records that Tournet produced.\nAfter a lo ng hiatus from the roots and pop driven rock & roll that propelled his ear ly career\, Scott found himself starting to naturally write music in that direction again. “I just sat down and allowed myself to write whatever c ame out naturally\, with no judgement or preconceptions”\, says Tournet. “It started with a heavy drum beat and an electric guitar. I had been w riting with keyboards and bass for the Elektric Voodoo records and while t hat had been liberating in its own way\, picking up the instrument I start ed on felt new and exciting again. I also realized that this is what I’m best at. American roots based electric guitar with a powerful groove and a succinct song. The songs came flooding out and the process was fun and e asy.\n2023 finds Scott releasing a new album under his own name with a new 4 piece band consisting of Hammond B3 organ\, bass\, drums\, and electric guitar. While the sound is sonically current\, it also draws from America n roots and pop music from the 1950s until today. Venue: Rehoboth Beach Ba ndstand. DTSTAMP:20261028T101431Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR