ABOUT THE ARTIST

Scott McMillen is a country music singer/songwriter based in Nashville, TN.  Scott performs acoustic shows and with his backup band, The Chase.  Scott's shows feature crowd-favorite, high-energy covers and his original songs. 

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Scott, a native of West Virginia, developed an appreciation for country music at an early age when his family moved to Nashville so his father could pursue his own music career.  Scott learned by example, watching his dad write songs and earn a living as Grand Ole Opry member Johnny Russel’s band leader, bass player, and tour manager.

Scott credits his dad for teaching him how to sing, play guitar, and entertain a crowd.  Scott has great memories of his dad pulling him up on stage to sing when Scott was as young as four years old.  With his dad as an early influencer, it’s no surprise Scott grew up on classic country music by artists like Merle Haggard and Keith Whitley.  Scott was later heavily influenced by The Eagles, Alabama, Garth Brooks, and Brooks and Dunn, and that country rock sound comes through in Scott’s live shows.

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After high school, Scott enlisted in the US Army and started a family.  Although music took a backseat to his new life, he instilled a love of music in his daughters by playing and singing with them as often as possible.  

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Scott rediscovered his passion for singing and songwriting in 2012 while on deployment to Afghanistan, where he often played for his buddies around the campfire at night.  Although he’s left the Afghanistan campfire behind, Scott still has a way of making his audiences feel like they are guests at his home, listening to him play around his own backyard fire pit.

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In 2017, Scott began writing songs with the Nashville-based Wimberley publishing company.  He's written with some of Nashville's greats like Ashley McBryde, Blue Foley, and The Davisson Brothers.