Blues-Rock Guitarist and Guitar Center's King of the Blues Randy Scott to Play Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA on Thursday, December 8th, 2011

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Nov 30, 2011, 01:11 ET

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Up-and-coming blues-rock guitarist and vocalist Randy Scott will be filling the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA with his fiery style and virtuosic playing on Thursday, December 8th. The show, slated to begin at 7:00pm, will also feature legendary guitarist Walter Trout who was a member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers as well as John Lee Hooker's band. The Canyon Club is located at 28912 Roadside Drive, Agoura Hills, CA 91301-3304. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at http://randyscott.net/.

Born and raised in Detroit, MI, Randy Scott drew early inspiration from his father's vinyl collection, which included B.B. King, Ray Charles, and Big Momma Thornton. After learning guitar chords from a relative at age 11, Scott went on to graduate from the Guitar Institute. After a few years of struggling and frustration with the music business, Scott stopped playing completely and sold every guitar he had. "When I stopped playing music, all I knew was that I wanted to get far away from it. I cut my hair, worked for a computer company and turned all my radio stations to AM talk radio. I felt that the music world had let me down, so I wanted to distance myself from it."

Nine years later Scott wandered into a Guitar Center where a store manager heard him playing and suggested he enter their annual King of the Blues competition, the nationwide search for the next great undiscovered blues guitar player. He entered and went on to be crowned Guitar Center's 4th Annual King of The Blues.

Now, Scott has stormed back to the music scene, evolving from his status as the new guitar gunslinger from out of nowhere to being featured on the pages of Guitar World, who called his playing "extremely tasteful." Scott's debut album Out Of The Blue, due out early 2012, marks his triumphant return to his first love and passion: music. On Out Of The Blue, Scott is backed by Gary Novak (drums), Travis Carlton (bass) from Robben Ford's band, and Jeff Babko (keys) from Larry Carlton's band. Also featured on the album is guitar legend Albert Lee who called Scott "one of the best blues guitarists I've heard come along in a long time." Out Of The Blue is produced by two-time Grammy-winner Pete Anderson.