E.C. Scott (born September 14, 1951 or late 1950s) is an American
electric blues, soul blues, gospel and soul singer, songwriter, record
producer and television host. Jerry Wexler, called Scott "one
honest-to-God soul singer." She has been nominated for nine Blues
Music Awards, and has shared the stage with Ray Charles, Patti
LaBelle, Lou Rawls, John Lee Hooker, and the Ohio Players.Most sources
give her birth name as Ecrettia Jacobs, born in Oakland, California,
in the late 1950s, but researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc suggest
that she was born Ecrettia Peevy in 1951. She attended the Skyline
High School in Oakland and is listed in the 'Class of 1970'.In her
childhood she saw gospel singers such as Shirley Caesar and Inez
Andrews. She also sang at the local St. John Missionary Baptist
Church. She later turned her attention to soul music after listening
to her sisters' radio. Scott began singing in nightclubs at the age of
16, and she was performing professionally two years later. Marriage
and raising three children led Scott to put her music career to one
side, before resurrecting it when her children grew older. Initially
performing jazz, she reverted to blues and R&B once her backing band,
named Smoke, were in place. She performed around San Francisco,
including a spell as the house band at a nightclub called Slim's.Scott
released her debut single in 1988 and built up a local fan base. She
appeared at a number of blues festivals, and performed at Grand
Openings for the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Ballet, and
the San Francisco Opera, before signing a recording contract with
Blind Pig Records in 1994.
electric blues, soul blues, gospel and soul singer, songwriter, record
producer and television host. Jerry Wexler, called Scott "one
honest-to-God soul singer." She has been nominated for nine Blues
Music Awards, and has shared the stage with Ray Charles, Patti
LaBelle, Lou Rawls, John Lee Hooker, and the Ohio Players.Most sources
give her birth name as Ecrettia Jacobs, born in Oakland, California,
in the late 1950s, but researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc suggest
that she was born Ecrettia Peevy in 1951. She attended the Skyline
High School in Oakland and is listed in the 'Class of 1970'.In her
childhood she saw gospel singers such as Shirley Caesar and Inez
Andrews. She also sang at the local St. John Missionary Baptist
Church. She later turned her attention to soul music after listening
to her sisters' radio. Scott began singing in nightclubs at the age of
16, and she was performing professionally two years later. Marriage
and raising three children led Scott to put her music career to one
side, before resurrecting it when her children grew older. Initially
performing jazz, she reverted to blues and R&B once her backing band,
named Smoke, were in place. She performed around San Francisco,
including a spell as the house band at a nightclub called Slim's.Scott
released her debut single in 1988 and built up a local fan base. She
appeared at a number of blues festivals, and performed at Grand
Openings for the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Ballet, and
the San Francisco Opera, before signing a recording contract with
Blind Pig Records in 1994.
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