Banjoist Scott Whitfield, a resident of Sachse, Texas is a professional
entertainer and educator and performs nationally and in north Texas.
Whitfield performed 400 shows last year. He plays tenor and plectrum banjo
and sings. His show includes music ranging from rock and roll to originals,
western swing and New Orleans style jazz. Whitfield’s humor and easy going
west Texas personality puts his audiences at ease while his banjo playing
takes them on a journey literally back to the future.
Whitfield plays with many bands in the DFW area including his own Jazz Cats,
Texas Twisters and the Ballistics. Whitfield and his bands have opened many
businesses and most recently the Dallas High – Five. The highest and
longest freeway ramp in the state of Texas. Whitfield has opened for acts
such as Pete Fountain and K.C. and the Sunshine Band. Whitfield and his
band have performed for Russian Diplomats and for the Crown Prince of Saudi
Arabia.
Whitfield has played for the last nine years with the Bierjazz Dixieland
Band each Tuesday night at the Bavarian Grill in Plano, Texas. For the
last five years the band has been featured on an hour-long radio show weekly
on KHYI FM Radio 95.3 FM khyi.com on the world-wide web.
Whitfield is also Dean of the International Banjo College in Guthrie,
Oklahoma. He teaches at his private studio in north Dallas, ScottSound
Music and is Band Director and music specialist for the Solomon Schechter
Academy in Dallas. He recently wrote a children’s musical entitled “Gonna
See What I Can See With A Banjo On My Knee”. The musical features the
four-string banjo and brings a slice of Americana and our native instrument,
the banjo to the children of our land.
Song Samples:
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