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The Hillbilly Hot Club is Scott Fore, Steve Hunt, and Bob Casey, The Hillbilly Hot club draws its inspiration from the swing music of Django Reinhardt and the modern day Gypsy Jazz Trios such as the Rosenberg Trio. In addition to drawing from the Gypsy Jazz catalogue, Scott Fore & His Hillbilly Hot Club also draw from the catalogue of traditional American folk, bluegrass, western swing and country.
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The Hillbilly Hot Club is Scott Fore, Steve Hunt, and Bob Casey, The Hillbilly Hot club draws its inspiration from the swing music of Django Reinhardt and the modern day Gypsy Jazz Trios such as the Rosenberg Trio. In addition to drawing from the Gypsy Jazz catalogue, Scott Fore & His Hillbilly Hot Club also draw from the catalogue of traditional American folk, bluegrass, western swing and country.
Scott Fore - Scott is an internationally recognized guitarist having won the National Flatpicking Championships held in Winfield Kansas each year. He is also the Doc Watson guitar champion and the Wayne Henderson Champion of Champions. Honors and titles include:
2002 National Flatpicking Champion
2002 Doc Watson Flatpicking Champion
Wayne C. Henderson Champion of Champions winner
Old Galax Fiddlers Convention Best All Around Performer
South Carolina State Flatpicking Champion
Recognized by Virginia Folklife and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities as a Virginia Master Folk Artist
Scott also has a book "Flatpicking Solos" published by Cherry Lane Music and distributed by the Hal Leonard Corporation. "Flatpicking Solos" contains the arrangements that Scott has used in the many flatpicking contests he has won. This book/CD package is available where ever music books are sold. Scott is currently in the process of writing his second book.
Scott's selected discography includes:
Hot Licks and Cool Tunes - Independent Release available from Scott
Hot and Spicy on FGM records
Songs for Sophie on FGM records
Broken Grass on DOM discs - Recorded in France in 1979 now out of print
Scott's Recent Performances Include:
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival
The Kennedy Center for the Perfoming Arts
The National Folk Festival
The Ferrum Folklife Festival
The Oak Grove Folk Festival
Scott proudly plays and is endorsed by the following Bourgeois Guitars, Dell' Arte Guitars,Elixir Strings, Schertler pickups , Ultrasound Amplifiers, DPA Microphones, Pegasus Cases, and Shubb Capos and accessories.
Steve Hunt - Steve Hunt plays bass in the Hillbilly Hot Club. Steve spent many years touring the world as a bass player with blues legend Bob Margolin. Steve has also recorded with Bob Margolin, Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells, and many others.
Bob Casey - Bob plays guitar in the Hillbilly Hot Club. Bob has spent many years playing in various groups and as a solo artist.



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