Scotty McCreery performs Solo in California (VIDEO)

By On 01/30/2012 · 70 Comments · In American Idol, Scotty McCreery

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Scotty McCreery performed his first solo concert tour in Lancaster Calif. to a crowd of 1600 plus. Check Scotty’s cover of “Man Of Constant Sorrow” by the Foggy Bottom Boys below.

Scotty’s album Clear as Day recently went platinum, and his single “The Trouble with Girls” just entered the Top 20 on the country chart.

Set List

Water Tower Town
You Make That
Love You This Big
Write My Number
Old King James
Yes Or No
Back On the Grownd
Out of Summertime
Dirty Dishes
Man of Sorrow
Better Than That
Clear as Day
Trouble with Girls
That’s Alright Mama
Trouble
Walk in the Country

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  • Anonymous

    Soggy Bottom Boys are Dan Kiminski and members of Union Station, the band that records and tours with Alison Krauss. The song is from the movie “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?” George Clooney lip-synched because, he may be a great actor, director and screenwriter (he’s an Oscar winner and nominee if you don’t believe me), but singing he can’t. Surprised Scotty would know this song. The album won 6 Grammys and sold 6 million albums with virtually no radio airplay. Maybe a band member suggested it. Or maybe he knows more about country music than he lets on? More, more, more!

  • casper

    Scotty’s mother said in an interview that when the movie came out, Scotty was obsessed with this soundtrack.  He would spend hours trying to learn the guitar chords to the Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack.  He was quite young then.  Here is a much better HD recording of it from last night.  The quality is much better and he sounds great.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr0Brs_w4ak&feature=player_embedded#! 

  • Anonymous

    A touching story…so happy for the young girl and kudos to Scotty for making her so happy.

  • larc

    ScottyMcCreery
    Scotty McCreery

    Playing a little ball on the bus tonight.. pic.twitter.com/JhUScxMb

    2 hours ago

    What is Scotty doing on the bus?  I thought he would probably head back home after the Lancaster show.  He doesn’t have another tour show with Brad until Feb 9 in Spokane.

  • Anonymous

    I didn’t know he ever indicated he didn’t know much about country music. He has said he basically listens only to country music and Alison Krauss’s music is country, blue-grass but still country. So I’m really surprised you thought that.

  • BonnieDee

    I don’t usually comment on Scotty stuff, but Man of Constant Sorrow is lacking the wonderful bluegrass sound that Alison Krauss and Union Station give to it.  It sounds like a generic country pop song here.  I’m only commenting because MOCS and Union Station are long time favorites.  Dan Tyminski from Union Station is the one that sang this song in the movie Oh Brother Where Art Thou, (and won a Grammy for it), and I just don’t think anyone can take out the bluegrass and sound good on this song. The bluegrass sound is too important to just abandon it.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALcdFAAojt4  At the link is the right sound for that song.

  • hoa_teca

    First of all, the version that Scotty sang, as pointed out in an article from Tasteofcountry, ” is well-rehearsed, down to the theatrical introduction (those who’ve seen the movie will recognize what he’s trying to do). The nearly four-minute long clip includes a banjo, guitar and bass solo”.

    it’s just a one-off event and while it may not sound bluegrass enough for you, bluegrass isn’t the only right sound for this song – singers can change it up if they want to. And Scotty has his own interpretation of the song.

    I never pay attention to this song until Scotty sang it  The last thing people can expect from Scotty is changing up a bluegrass song into a generic pop country song. I find no pop element in Scotty’s version. It’s very country to me.  But you find it country-pop, so then fine, cos that your opinion and I knew from the start that we have very different taste in music.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AGWO435FL6UN2ICRVTFLWRJZSA Lexie

    I’m coming to think he knows quite a bit.  See the above comment about him  and the movie, plus when you voted for the ACM awards, he was asked about his favorite ACM memory and he had a very specific one about Brad–knows all Brad’s songs, owns all his albums, researched Randy Jackson’s production of Travis Tritt before he auditioned for Idol…

    I agree–more, more, more!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AGWO435FL6UN2ICRVTFLWRJZSA Lexie

    I’m curious, too–also, last week when they went to Disney–it doesn’t take being there from Sunday to Tuesday for a Tuesday night show?  Hmmm…hope something interesting is in the works:))

  • Anonymous

    Being that he is in CA, perhaps the filming for his cameo appearance on “Hart of Dixie” is in the area. Just a thought!

  • mchcat

    When I heard he was singing this I hoped he would take the bluegrass sound out – much as I love country music I cannot stand the bluegrass sound -   I liked this version much better – it is still country no pop sound at all

  • Anonymous

    Bonnie I actually think there is a little blue grass sound to this interpertation.
    There have been three performanceson on this blog recently Kelly C doing Heart, Lauren doing Kelly C and now Scotty doing Union Station.  We fall in love with a great original performance and then its is hard for anyone to measure up,  I felt in all three cases that these three young adults did really nice jobs and gave enjoyable performances that also showed their own voice not just a straight cover.  In Lauren and Scotty case I think because they are still so new it is brave to take these things on and open yourself up to comparision, I dont think Kelly has to worry about that at this point in her career.  So as I said about Lauren and Kelly nice job Scotty.

  • BonnieDee

    I get what you are saying.  I’m not criticizing Scotty’s singing at all.  I’m just not fond of the arrangement and the move away from Bluegrass in the song.  

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AGWO435FL6UN2ICRVTFLWRJZSA Lexie

    Hart of Dixie is filmed in Bluebell, Alabama…no kidding…so don’t think that’s it:)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AGWO435FL6UN2ICRVTFLWRJZSA Lexie

    Okay, maybe I was wrong…CW just tweeted that they’re interviewing Scotty today on set…mystery solved?

  • Anonymous

    Just the fact that it’s not mainstream country and his age. He would have been younger than his teens when that movie and soundtrack came out.

  • http://twitter.com/CanadianLady2 CanadianLady

    Scotty was also dressing as Elvis when he was about 5. Not typical.

    I think there’s a lot more musical depth there than many people realize. Plus he’s also very intelligent.

  • Anonymous

    Scotty said his friends grew up listening to Backstreet Boys & N’SYNC while he listened to Elvis, Conway Twitty, Hank Williams, etc. So Scotty always knew his country music. Actually, I think he knows more about country music than many of the new & current country artists out there.

  • Anonymous

    hoa_teca.  Just have to say Thanks again for sharing the new links (way clearer).
    Not familiar with either Trouble or Man of Constant Sorrow .Anyways, I was smiling ear to ear watching Trouble.
    As for Man of Constant Sorrow…..whether it’s bluegrass, redgrass, greengrass….I thought he sang it well. Lol.

  • Anonymous

    Man of Constant Sorrow became quite popular for awhile and transcended genre (imo) when the movie, “Brother Where Art Thou?” came out and kind of exploded on the scene.  People were just drawn to it, sang it, karaoked it (and still do), and had a lot of fun with it.  Not really seeing it as a song to analyze all that deeply, but I understand why some would.  To me, bottom line, it’s a feel good song….makes ya smile and all that :).  I think Scotty did a good job with it and I think him and the band got the performance and response they wanted out of it.  Kuddos.

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