The Scuffers

The thescuffers.co.uk domain name seems to have propagated itself way across the web and is now pointing at our spanking new website, so with a wimper rather than a bang we are now live. I guess I better say hello and welcome!

As with most things I do, it’s not quite finished (nearly there). If you do come across any problems I’m very sorry and please give us a shout at zeropointnine [at] gmail [dot] com.

Also if anyone want’s to link to us on their website please get in touch and I’ll make sure and return the favour.

Ta very much.

‘Country music…three chords and the truth’-Harlan Howard

The Scuffers understand that Country music has its roots in the musical styles brought over to the Appalachian mountains by the first European settlers. These songs were based upon the Anglo-Celtic folk ballads, which was basically a story telling tradition that allowed history to be recorded when few people were able to read and write.

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Originally an idea from the crazy and sometimes dark mind of Gavin Wallace, the Scuffers, as a concept, was created in 2003. Gavin has been writing songs in one way or another for as long as he can remember but didn’t take the idea of writing songs seriously (does he ever?) until he moved to Glasgow in the year 2000.

It was Gavin’s love of country music in all it’s guises that finally made him decide to take some action and start writing songs in earnest. Taking Country as a base, he started to create music which also draws upon influences from Rock n Roll, folk, gospel, punk, blues and anything else which really takes his fancy and moulding it into his rural contemporary sound. There is nothing new in this idea, as the likes of Gram Parsons, Uncle Tupelo and Ryan Adams (whiskey town) have all done this before. It is Gavin’s unique outlook in life and writing style which helps stop his work sounding like just another pastiche.

This is the undeniable sound of The Scuffers!

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