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Michael 'Mike' Scott (born 14 December 1958) is the founding member, lead singer and the lead songwriter of rock band The Waterboys. He has also produced two solo albums, ''Bring 'em All In'' and ''Still Burning''. Scott is a vocalist, guitarist and pianist, and has played a large range of other instruments, including the bouzouki, drums, and Hammond organ on his albums. Scott is also a published writer, having released his autobiography, ''Adventures of a Waterboy'', in 2012. Having begun a musical career in the 1970s that has continued to this day, Scott has been making "extraordinary music" since the 1980s〔 〕 and is well known for his radical changes in music genres throughout what he refers to as his "allegedly unorthodox" career.〔Scott, Mike. "(The day I downloaded myself )". ''The Guardian''. 23 March 2007.〕 Scott currently lives in Dublin, Ireland. ==Early life and education== Scott was born and raised in Edinburgh. His father, Allan Scott, left the family when Mike was ten years old, but the two were reunited in 2007. Scott was interested in music from an early age. At age twelve, after the family had moved to Ayr, he began a serious interest in learning guitar. Scott remembers that, "from the minute () bought" ''Last Night in Soho'' by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich in 1968 "knew () had to be in music", and mentions listening to Hank Williams as a "life-changing" experience. The next year, Scott was playing in school bands and formed the band Karma, named after the tenet in Hinduism, with a friend named John Caldwell. Karma's sound was inspired by David Bowie, The Beatles and Bob Dylan.〔 In 1977 Scott entered the University of Edinburgh, studying English literature and philosophy. Scott would later arrange poetry from William Butler Yeats, Robert Burns,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5815 )〕 and George MacDonald for The Waterboys recordings. Other literary influences on Scott's career include C. S. Lewis and ''The Diary of Vikenty Angorov''. Scott left Edinburgh University after his first year. Scott became interested in the United Kingdom punk music scene, and began writing for fanzines, eventually starting his own, ''Jungleland''. Scott was especially interested in the music of The Clash and Patti Smith, a tribute to whom, "A Girl Called Johnny", would become the first Waterboys' single. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mike Scott (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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