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For other people with similar names, see <a href="/wiki/Michael_Scott_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Michael Scott (disambiguation)">Michael Scott</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard plainlist"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="fn">Mike Scott</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Waterboys_-_Festival_du_Bout_du_Monde_2012_-_004.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Scott performing at a concert in 2012"><img alt="Scott performing at a concert in 2012" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/The_Waterboys_-_Festival_du_Bout_du_Monde_2012_-_004.jpg/220px-The_Waterboys_-_Festival_du_Bout_du_Monde_2012_-_004.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/The_Waterboys_-_Festival_du_Bout_du_Monde_2012_-_004.jpg/330px-The_Waterboys_-_Festival_du_Bout_du_Monde_2012_-_004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/The_Waterboys_-_Festival_du_Bout_du_Monde_2012_-_004.jpg/440px-The_Waterboys_-_Festival_du_Bout_du_Monde_2012_-_004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3168" data-file-height="4752" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Scott performing at a concert in 2012</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Michael Scott</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1958-12-14</span>) </span>14 December 1958<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 65)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scottish</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vocals" class="mw-redirect" title="Vocals">Vocals</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar">guitar</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Drum_kit" title="Drum kit">drums</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hammond_organ" title="Hammond organ">Hammond organ</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bouzouki" title="Bouzouki">bouzouki</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1978–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chrysalis_Records" title="Chrysalis Records">Chrysalis</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Michael Scott</b> (born 14 December 1958) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the founding member, <a href="/wiki/Lead_singer" class="mw-redirect" title="Lead singer">lead singer</a>, guitarist and <a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">songwriter</a> of rock band <a href="/wiki/The_Waterboys" title="The Waterboys">The Waterboys</a>. He has also produced two solo albums, <i><a href="/wiki/Bring_%27Em_All_In" title="Bring 'Em All In">Bring 'Em All In</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Still_Burning" title="Still Burning">Still Burning</a></i>. Scott is a <a href="/wiki/Singing" title="Singing">vocalist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guitarist" title="Guitarist">guitarist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pianist" title="Pianist">pianist</a>, and has played a large range of other instruments, including the <a href="/wiki/Bouzouki" title="Bouzouki">bouzouki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drum_kit" title="Drum kit">drums</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hammond_organ" title="Hammond organ">Hammond organ</a> on his albums. Scott is also a published writer, having released his autobiography, <i>Adventures of a Waterboy</i>, in 2012. </p><p>Having begun a musical career in the 1970s, Scott has been making music professionally since the 1980s<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is well known for his radical changes in <a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">music genres</a> throughout what he refers to as his "allegedly unorthodox" career.<sup id="cite_ref-Downloaded_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Downloaded-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scott lives in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Scott_(Scottish_musician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Scott_with_book_in_Antwerp_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Mike_Scott_with_book_in_Antwerp_2004.jpg/220px-Mike_Scott_with_book_in_Antwerp_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Mike_Scott_with_book_in_Antwerp_2004.jpg/330px-Mike_Scott_with_book_in_Antwerp_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Mike_Scott_with_book_in_Antwerp_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Mike Scott reads aloud at a concert in <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a> in 2004.</figcaption></figure> <p>Scott was born and raised in Edinburgh, the son of Allan and Anne Scott. His father left the family when Mike was ten years old, but the two were reunited in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scott's mother was an English teacher, exposing him to the greats of English literature from a young age. </p><p>Scott was interested in music from an early age. At age 12, after the family had moved to <a href="/wiki/Ayr" title="Ayr">Ayr</a>, he began a serious interest in learning <a href="/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar">guitar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rc_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scott remembers that, "from the minute [he] bought" <i>Last Night in Soho</i> by <a href="/wiki/Dave_Dee,_Dozy,_Beaky,_Mick_%26_Tich" title="Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich">Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich</a> in 1968 "knew [he] had to be in music", and mentions listening to <a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a> as a "life-changing" experience.<sup id="cite_ref-pap_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pap-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next year, Scott was playing in school bands and formed the band Karma, named after <a href="/wiki/Karma" title="Karma">the tenet in Hinduism</a>, with a friend named John Caldwell. Karma's sound was inspired by <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rc_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1977 Scott entered the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a>, studying <a href="/wiki/English_literature" title="English literature">English literature</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a>. Scott would later arrange <a href="/wiki/Poetry" title="Poetry">poetry</a> from <a href="/wiki/William_Butler_Yeats" class="mw-redirect" title="William Butler Yeats">William Butler Yeats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Burns" title="Robert Burns">Robert Burns</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-poets_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poets-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/George_MacDonald" title="George MacDonald">George MacDonald</a> for The Waterboys recordings. Other literary influences on Scott's career include <a href="/wiki/C._S._Lewis" title="C. S. Lewis">C. S. Lewis</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Muravin" title="Viktor Muravin">The Diary of Vikenty Angarov</a></i>. Scott left the University of Edinburgh after his first year. </p><p>Scott became interested in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Punk_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Punk music">punk music</a> scene, and began writing for <a href="/wiki/Fanzine" title="Fanzine">fanzines</a>, eventually starting his own, <i>Jungleland</i>. Scott was especially interested in the music of <a href="/wiki/The_Clash" title="The Clash">The Clash</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patti_Smith" title="Patti Smith">Patti Smith</a>, a tribute to whom, "<a href="/wiki/A_Girl_Called_Johnny" title="A Girl Called Johnny">A Girl Called Johnny</a>", would become the first Waterboys <a href="/wiki/Music_single" class="mw-redirect" title="Music single">single</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pre-Waterboys_musical_career">Pre-Waterboys musical career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Scott_(Scottish_musician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pre-Waterboys musical career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scott and a guitarist named Allan McConnell formed a band, The Bootlegs, which gave way to Another Pretty Face in 1978 when Caldwell and two other friends joined. The friends created their own <a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">record label</a>, named New Pleasures, "obtained financial backing from the enigmatically named Z"<sup id="cite_ref-rc_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and began releasing Another Pretty Face's singles. The band achieved some success with their first single "All the Boys Love Carrie" / "That's Not Enough" when <i><a href="/wiki/New_Musical_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="New Musical Express">New Musical Express</a></i> named it "Single of the Week". The band signed a contract with <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Records" title="Virgin Records">Virgin Records</a>, was featured on the cover of <i>Sounds</i> magazine, and toured with <a href="/wiki/Stiff_Little_Fingers" title="Stiff Little Fingers">Stiff Little Fingers</a>. Virgin, after receiving a demo tape from Another Pretty Face, released the band four months after the signing. <a href="/wiki/Nikki_Sudden" title="Nikki Sudden">Nikki Sudden</a>, who had interviewed Another Pretty Face in Edinburgh for <i>ZigZag</i> magazine, asserts that "the APF stuff is still some of Mike Scott’s best work".<sup id="cite_ref-sudden_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sudden-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1980 through 1982 Scott, amongst other projects, worked occasionally with Sudden. Another Pretty Face continued to release music and recorded a <a href="/wiki/Peel_Session" class="mw-redirect" title="Peel Session">Peel Session</a> on 18 February 1981. The band eventually came to the attention of Nigel Grainge, founder of <a href="/wiki/Ensign_Records" title="Ensign Records">Ensign Records</a>. Grainge signed Another Pretty Face to the label, and the band moved to London, changing its name to Funhouse (taken from the name of <a href="/wiki/The_Stooges" title="The Stooges">The Stooges</a>' album <i><a href="/wiki/Fun_House_(The_Stooges_album)" title="Fun House (The Stooges album)">Fun House</a></i>). Scott had become dissatisfied with the band. He later described Funhouse's sound as "similar to a jumbo jet flying on one engine".<sup id="cite_ref-rc_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scott began working on solo songs and recordings, a decision that led to the creation of The Waterboys. A December 1981 session at Redshop Studios formed the beginnings of The Waterboys' first album, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Waterboys_(album)" title="The Waterboys (album)">The Waterboys</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Waterboys">The Waterboys</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Scott_(Scottish_musician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Waterboys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/The_Waterboys" title="The Waterboys">The Waterboys</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Waterboys_discography" title="The Waterboys discography">The Waterboys discography</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Waterboys_Kongsberg_Jazzfestival_2017_(193753).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/The_Waterboys_Kongsberg_Jazzfestival_2017_%28193753%29.jpg/220px-The_Waterboys_Kongsberg_Jazzfestival_2017_%28193753%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/The_Waterboys_Kongsberg_Jazzfestival_2017_%28193753%29.jpg/330px-The_Waterboys_Kongsberg_Jazzfestival_2017_%28193753%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/The_Waterboys_Kongsberg_Jazzfestival_2017_%28193753%29.jpg/440px-The_Waterboys_Kongsberg_Jazzfestival_2017_%28193753%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="810" /></a><figcaption>Scott performing with <a href="/wiki/The_Waterboys" title="The Waterboys">The Waterboys</a> in 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>The Waterboys' membership has changed a great deal throughout the group's existence. <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Thistlethwaite" title="Anthony Thistlethwaite">Anthony Thistlethwaite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karl_Wallinger" title="Karl Wallinger">Karl Wallinger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Wilkinson" title="Kevin Wilkinson">Kevin Wilkinson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Wickham" title="Steve Wickham">Steve Wickham</a> all made major contributions, but Scott describes the band as his project. "[T]o me there's no difference between Mike Scott and the Waterboys; they both mean the same thing. They mean myself and whoever are my current travelling musical companions."<sup id="cite_ref-amgweary_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amgweary-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Waterboys' first release was a single of "A Girl Called Johnny" in March 1983. The first album came out that June. Along with <i>The Waterboys</i>, the next two albums, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Pagan_Place" title="A Pagan Place">A Pagan Place</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_the_Sea" title="This Is the Sea">This Is the Sea</a></i>, released in 1984 and 1985, contained songs mostly written by Scott, and together formed the band's "Big Music" period. After the official addition of fiddler <a href="/wiki/Steve_Wickham" title="Steve Wickham">Steve Wickham</a> and a move to <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, the next two albums <i><a href="/wiki/Fisherman%27s_Blues" title="Fisherman's Blues">Fisherman's Blues</a></i> (1988) and <i><a href="/wiki/Room_to_Roam" title="Room to Roam">Room to Roam</a></i> (1990) were instead <a href="/wiki/Celtic_music" title="Celtic music">Celtic music</a>-inspired <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk music</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-fb_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fb-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a sound similar to that of We Free Kings, a band that Scott and Wickham performed with in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-a1986_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a1986-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scott's musical style changed again to a more guitar based sound when he, under the name The Waterboys but without any other members, recorded <i><a href="/wiki/Dream_Harder" title="Dream Harder">Dream Harder</a></i>, in 1993. It was a return to the "Big Music" sound but the last album to come out under the band's name until 2000. The band had dissolved over personnel issues and Wickham's desire to remain with a folk-rock, or purely <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk music</a>, sound.<sup id="cite_ref-faq_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-faq-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After two Mike Scott solo albums, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Rock_in_the_Weary_Land" title="A Rock in the Weary Land">A Rock in the Weary Land</a></i> was released under The Waterboys name, demonstrating yet another musical style, which Scott called "Sonic rock".<sup id="cite_ref-amgweary_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amgweary-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2002's <i><a href="/wiki/Universal_Hall" title="Universal Hall">Universal Hall</a></i> was a return to a <a href="/wiki/Folk-rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Folk-rock">folk-rock</a> sound. It was followed by <i><a href="/wiki/Karma_to_Burn_(The_Waterboys_album)" title="Karma to Burn (The Waterboys album)">Karma to Burn</a></i>, released in 2005, which was the group's first official live album, <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Lightning" title="Book of Lightning">Book of Lightning</a></i>, released in 2007, and <i><a href="/wiki/An_Appointment_With_Mr_Yeats" class="mw-redirect" title="An Appointment With Mr Yeats">An Appointment With Mr Yeats</a></i>, released in 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Solo_albums">Solo albums</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Scott_(Scottish_musician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Solo albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the albums he released with The Waterboys, Scott released two solo albums in the 1990s. The first <i>Bring 'Em All In</i> (1995), was recorded at the <a href="/wiki/Findhorn_Foundation" title="Findhorn Foundation">Findhorn Foundation</a> in north Scotland, with Mike Scott playing all instruments himself. Musician and author <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Levitin" title="Daniel Levitin">Daniel Levitin</a> ends his 2009 book <i>The World in Six Songs</i> with an extended discussion of the song "<a href="/wiki/Bring_%27Em_All_In_(song)" title="Bring 'Em All In (song)">Bring 'Em All In</a>", calling it "one of the greatest love songs ever written." </p><p>For his second solo album, <i><a href="/wiki/Still_Burning" title="Still Burning">Still Burning</a></i> (1997), Scott assembled a group of session musicians including <a href="/wiki/Pino_Palladino" title="Pino Palladino">Pino Palladino</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Keltner" title="Jim Keltner">Jim Keltner</a>. Guesting on the album was former <a href="/wiki/Icicle_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="Icicle Works">Icicle Works</a> frontman <a href="/wiki/Ian_McNabb" title="Ian McNabb">Ian McNabb</a>. Songs from the two albums appeared on 1998's <a href="/wiki/Compilation_album" title="Compilation album">compilation album</a> <i>The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys</i> along with songs from The Waterboys. </p><p>Scott's solo albums were positively received by critics but sales were significantly down from Waterboys releases. Following the commercial failure of <i>Still Burning</i> in 1997 Scott was dropped by <a href="/wiki/Chrysalis_Records" title="Chrysalis Records">Chrysalis Records</a> and decided to revive the Waterboys name to achieve wider marketplace exposure, a process described in detail in his autobiography. </p><p>Scott created his own record label in 2003, Puck Records, which released The Waterboys' <i><a href="/wiki/Universal_Hall" title="Universal Hall">Universal Hall</a></i>. In 2005, <i><a href="/wiki/Karma_to_Burn_(The_Waterboys_album)" title="Karma to Burn (The Waterboys album)">Karma to Burn</a></i> was released, also by Puck Records, and included tracks from Scott's solo career played by The Waterboys line-up at the time. </p><p>After years in the making, Scott produced his show <i>An Appointment with Mr. Yeats</i>, which debuted in Dublin, in Yeats' own <a href="/wiki/Abbey_Theatre" title="Abbey Theatre">Abbey Theatre</a>. In the show, Scott is accompanied by Steve Wickham and other musicians, and the poetry of <a href="/wiki/W._B._Yeats" title="W. B. Yeats">W. B. Yeats</a> is put to music by Scott. The show ran from 15 to 20 March 2010. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Scott_(Scottish_musician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Solo">Solo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Scott_(Scottish_musician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Solo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Albums </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bring_%27Em_All_In" title="Bring 'Em All In">Bring 'Em All In</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i>Lion of Love</i> (fan club only release.)</li> <li><i>Sunflowers</i> (fan club only release.)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Still_Burning" title="Still Burning">Still Burning</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Whole_of_the_Moon:_The_Music_of_Mike_Scott_and_the_Waterboys" title="The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys">The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys</a></i> (1998) (best-of collection)</li></ul> <p>Singles </p> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Bring_%27Em_All_In_(song)" title="Bring 'Em All In (song)">Bring 'Em All In</a>" (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Building_the_City_of_Light" title="Building the City of Light">Building the City of Light</a>" (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Anyway" title="Love Anyway">Love Anyway</a>" (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rare,_Precious_and_Gone" title="Rare, Precious and Gone">Rare, Precious and Gone</a>" (1998)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_contributions">Other contributions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Scott_(Scottish_musician)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other contributions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>107.1 KGSR Radio Austin - Broadcasts Vol.10</i> (2002) - "Bring 'Em All In"</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Another_Pretty_Face">Another Pretty Face</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Scott_(Scottish_musician)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Another Pretty Face"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Albums </p> <ul><li><i>I'm Sorry That I Beat You, I'm Sorry That I Screamed, But for a Moment There I Really Lost Control</i> (1981) (cassette)</li></ul> <p>Singles </p> <ul><li>"All the Boys Love Carrie" b/w "That's Not Enough" (1979) (7"; the first run of 1,000 copies with green printing, the second run of 5,000 copies with red printing)</li> <li>"Whatever Happened to the West?" b/w "Goodbye 1970s" (1980) (7")</li> <li>"Heaven Gets Closer Everyday" b/w "Only Heroes Live Forever" (1980) (7")</li> <li>"Soul to Soul" (1981) b/w "A Woman's Place" and "God on the Screen" (7")</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DNV">DNV</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Scott_(Scottish_musician)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: DNV"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Death in Venice" b/w "Mafia" and the intro to "Goodbye 1970s" (1979) (7")</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Funhouse">Funhouse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Scott_(Scottish_musician)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Funhouse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Out of Control" (1981) b/w "This Could Be Hell" (12"; rarer 7")</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Waterboys_2">The Waterboys</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Scott_(Scottish_musician)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: The Waterboys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Scott_in_Antwerp_2003_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Mike_Scott_in_Antwerp_2003_1.jpg/220px-Mike_Scott_in_Antwerp_2003_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Mike_Scott_in_Antwerp_2003_1.jpg/330px-Mike_Scott_in_Antwerp_2003_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Mike_Scott_in_Antwerp_2003_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Mike Scott performs as the lead singer of The Waterboys at a concert in Antwerp 2003.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/The_Waterboys" title="The Waterboys">The Waterboys</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Waterboys_discography" title="The Waterboys discography">The Waterboys discography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Scott_(Scottish_musician)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scott's first wife was Irene Keogh.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was married to his second wife Janet for 17 years.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was in a relationship with singer-actress <a href="/wiki/Camille_O%27Sullivan" title="Camille O'Sullivan">Camille O'Sullivan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Echo_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echo-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with whom he has a daughter born in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stimes_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stimes-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Glide_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glide-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2016, Scott married Japanese artist <a href="/wiki/Megumi_Igarashi" title="Megumi Igarashi">Megumi Igarashi</a>, who calls herself Rokudenashiko. Their son was born on 2 February 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2020, Scott resides in Dublin.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Inpdent_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inpdent-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IrishIndent_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IrishIndent-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Scott_(Scottish_musician)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCurtis2011" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Curtis" title="Richard Curtis">Curtis, Richard</a> (6 September 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/sep/06/mike-scott-waterboys-richard-curtis">"Why Mike Scott is Richard Curtis's idol"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Room_to_Roam" title="Room to Roam">Room to Roam</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dream_Harder" title="Dream Harder">Dream Harder</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Rock_in_the_Weary_Land" title="A Rock in the Weary Land">A Rock in the Weary Land</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Universal_Hall" title="Universal Hall">Universal Hall</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Lightning" title="Book of Lightning">Book of Lightning</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Appointment_with_Mr_Yeats" title="An Appointment with Mr Yeats">An Appointment with Mr Yeats</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Modern_Blues" title="Modern Blues">Modern Blues</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Out_of_All_This_Blue" title="Out of All This Blue">Out of All This Blue</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Where_the_Action_Is_(The_Waterboys_album)" title="Where the Action Is (The Waterboys album)">Where the Action Is</a></i> (2019)</li> 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class="mw-redirect" title="The Best of the Waterboys 81–90">The Best of the Waterboys 81–90</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_the_Waterboys_81%E2%80%9385" title="The Secret Life of the Waterboys 81–85">The Secret Life of the Waterboys 81–85</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Whole_of_the_Moon:_The_Music_of_Mike_Scott_and_the_Waterboys" title="The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys">The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Too_Close_to_Heaven" title="Too Close to Heaven">Too Close to Heaven</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_a_Special_Place_%E2%80%93_The_Piano_Demos_for_This_Is_the_Sea" title="In a Special Place – The Piano Demos for This Is the Sea">In a Special Place – The Piano Demos for This Is the Sea</a></i> (2011)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Girl_Called_Johnny" title="A Girl Called Johnny">A Girl Called Johnny</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/December_(The_Waterboys_song)" title="December (The Waterboys song)">December</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Big_Music" title="The Big Music">The Big Music</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Whole_of_the_Moon" title="The Whole of the Moon">The Whole of the Moon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Bang_the_Drum" title="Don't Bang the Drum">Don't Bang the Drum</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fisherman%27s_Blues_(song)" title="Fisherman's Blues (song)">Fisherman's Blues</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/And_a_Bang_on_the_Ear" title="And a Bang on the Ear">And a Bang on the Ear</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/How_Long_Will_I_Love_You%3F" title="How Long Will I Love You?">How Long Will I Love You?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Pan" title="The Return of Pan">The Return of 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