1. Tommy Scott -… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least three artists named Tommy Scott:
1. Tommy Scott - Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer was born in Glasgow, and worked initially in the Clydeside Shipyards.
His musical career began with appearances in theatre, radio and TV with many of Scotland's legendary entertainers, including Andy Stewart*, Chic Murray, and Lex McLean. He travelled the length and breadth of the country with "The White Heather Club", Jimmy Shand, Willie Starr and Jack Radcliffe, and also performed the cabaret circuits in England, Germany, France and Holland.
In demand as a producer and one of Britain's most consistent hit makers, charting no fewer than 34 times. Now with sales soaring over the million mark this truly does make Tommy Scott a Star.
2. Ramblin' Tommy Scott (June 24, 1917 – September 30, 2013),[1] aka "Doc" Tommy Scott, was an American country and rockabilly musician.
"Ramblin'" Thomas Scott was born outside of Toccoa, Georgia, United States, and began playing the guitar at age ten. After high school he joined Doc Chamberlain's medicine show, and got his first job in radio on WTFL in Athens, Georgia in 1933. He also sold Vim Herb on the radio. After Chamberlain retired and gave Scott the patent medicines, he landed a regular job fronting the Uncle Pete and Minervy show on Raleigh, North Carolina's WPTF, and soon after this he was offered a job with Charlie Monroe becoming the first Kentucky Partner as a feature act - Rambling Scotty. He performed on the WWVA Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia with Monroe and was also a frequent soloist there, and did skits involving ventriloquism and blackface. Monroe and Scott started the Man-O-Ree medicine company selling Scott's patent laxative over the radio. The group moved to WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky, where he did the early morning show. His medicine and musical partnership came to an end with Monroe and he soon launched a tent show with Curly Seckler.
He married his wife Frankie in 1940; the couple had a daughter, Sandra; both women became part of his stage show, his films and TV shows. In the 1940s he did radio transcriptions which were broadcast nationwide. By 1942 he had his own stage show traveling coast to coast, 'Ramblin' Tommy Scott's Hollywood Hillbilly Jamboree'. He began the Herb-O-Lac Medicine Company and later Katona Medicine Company selling laxatives and liniments. He soon joined the Grand Ole Opry and later went to Hollywood to begin a career in film and TV.
Beginning with Carolina Cotton in 1949, Scott's road show, which operated six days per week from January through early December, featured Scott with some guest stars from film and TV. Amongst those appearing were "Fuzzy" Al St. John, David "Stringbean" Akeman, Tim McCoy, Clyde Moody, Johnny Mack Brown, Sunset Carson, and Randall Franks. The show traveled consistently until the mid-1990s.
Bluegrass Music Hall of Famer Curly Seckler recorded with Scott numerous times throughout his career. Earliest recordings date to the 1940s with the most recent in the 1980s. Scott recorded consistently from the 1930s-2000s and released a number of solo sides in the 1950s and 1960s which branched into rockabilly. According to the introduction of his autobiography, Snake Oil, Superstars and Me, published in 2007, Scott was then 90 years old. His wife died in 2004.
Scott died in September 2013.
3. The lead singer of the band Space. In the mid 2010s, Scott began making sporadic gig appearances in his own name, and featured on a couple of guest appearances. To date, he has not released any solo material.
The Wild Side of Life
Tommy Scott Lyrics
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You asked me not to call you on the phone
There's something I've been waiting for to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of this song
You never knew there were honky tonk angels
Or you might have known I'd never make a wife
You walked out on the only one who ever loved you
Now the glamor of the good life always lead me
To the places where the wild liquor flows
I tried to be your one and only angel
But I'm not that kind of angel, heaven knows
I cried so hard the day you went and left me
'Cause some things you said, they cut me like a knife
What you wanted was another kind of angel
And you should be back to the wild side of life
No, well, I guess I'm just a honky tonk angel
I might have known I'd never make a wife
Well, you left the only one who ever loved you
And I'm back here on the wild side of life
I'm only a honky tonk angel
I might have known I'd never make a wife
You walked out on the only one who ever loved you
And you left me here on the wild side of life
Tommy Scott's "The Wild Side of Life" is a classic country music song that tells a story of a failed relationship. The singer starts the song by stating that he has been trying to contact his lover through letters and phone calls, but she ignores him. He then decides to express his thoughts through the words of the song. He expresses his heartache by telling his lover that he is a honky-tonk angel, not someone who can be a wife. He talks about his wild lifestyle and how it was something he could not suppress. He mentions how the glamour of the good life always leads him to places where wild liquor flows.
The singer knows that his former lover could not understand him for who he truly is. He was not the kind of angel who could fit into her life, and she ultimately left him alone. He reminds her that she left the only person who ever loved her and that he is on the wild side of life, where he belongs – back in his natural habitat.
The song explores timeless themes of love, loss, and heartache. The melancholic melody and the somber lyrics make it perfect for anyone who has experienced the pain of a failed relationship. The song reminds us of how easy it is to lose someone we love, and how difficult it is to let them go.
Line by Line Meaning
Well, you wouldn't read my letters if I wrote you
If I were to write you letters, you wouldn't read them
You asked me not to call you on the phone
You requested that I don't call you
There's something I've been waiting for to tell you
I have something I've been waiting to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of this song
So I decided to tell you through this song
You never knew there were honky tonk angels
You weren't aware that there were Honky Tonk angels
Or you might have known I'd never make a wife
If you knew about them, you would've realized I could never be a wife
You walked out on the only one who ever loved you
You left the only person who ever loved you
So I went back to the wild side of life
So I returned to the wild side of life
Now the glamor of the good life always lead me
The good life's glamour always leads me
To the places where the wild liquor flows
To the places where wild liquor is served
I tried to be your one and only angel
I attempted to be the only angel in your life
But I'm not that kind of angel, heaven knows
However, I'm not that kind of angel, heaven knows
I cried so hard the day you went and left me
I cried a lot on the day you left me
'Cause some things you said, they cut me like a knife
Some of the things you said hurt me deeply
What you wanted was another kind of angel
You wanted a different kind of angel
And you should be back to the wild side of life
You should return to the wild side of life
No, well, I guess I'm just a honky tonk angel
I suppose I'm simply a Honky Tonk angel
I might have known I'd never make a wife
I should've known I could never be a wife
Well, you left the only one who ever loved you
You left the only person who ever loved you
And I'm back here on the wild side of life
So, now I'm back living on the wild side of life
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Written by: Buddy Guy
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