Finger-style guitar was the final, enduring approach Akron, Ohio’s M. Scott Horn embraced in songwriting and performance as a solo artist. Taking a pass on Jorma Kaukonen’s (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) “Fur Peace Ranch” guitar camp its first year would have prevented a subversive but unique encounter. Six days of Roy Bookbinder intoxicating the students out on the deck, through sheer force of personality as much as through guitar technique, was more like an awakening than instruction.

Writing off his performance at a bar in town as mediocre added an element of surprise one evening for Scott. At a distance from the others, Jorma stressed the enviable luck of having a unique singing voice, strongly suggesting it reason enough for Scott to pursue music seriously. Both encounters shoved Scott’s attention towards forging an identity based on performance. He made haste in the direction of his teachers’ influences: Robert Johnson, Robert Pete Williams, Reverend Gary Davis, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller and others. Learning their technique undeniably deepened the ability to draw out the best in other influences: Townes Van Zandt, Nick Drake, Guy Clark, Bob Dylan, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, Dirty Linen and others.

Scott released Fake as the Blue (2006) a few years later, his first effort. All tracks are Scott on vocal and guitar(s), with Akron’s Jim Ballard doing keyboard work on two. The cd is currently featured for promotion from May 2006 - May 2007 in Relix and No Depression music fan magazines.

Recent performances have included an appearance at the Cornelia Street Café in Manhattan, the Night and Day Restaurant in Brooklyn, NY, and the High Noon Saloon in Madison, Wisconsin, the latter as a battle-of-the-bands contestant in Loyal Family Productions’ nationwide “Battlerusa.” Scott will be performing in venues in Cleveland and submitting to those in Columbus, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Toledo, Ann Arbor, Chicago, and others.