I'm really busted up about this. Does anyone remember Game Theory or Loud Family from the 80's /90's? Scott was one of my favourite songwriters, and was extremely undervalued-great power pop in the vein of Big Star, Rundgren, Sparks, etc. Recently, he had written a great book about his favourite music from every year, beginning in, I think, 1960, called Music:What Happened? Great songwriter, really smart and good guy (met him a couple times).RIP Scott.

This is really sad, Game Theory and the Loud Family were both favorites of mine. Erika's Word and Rayon Drive are both playing in my head right now. I saw both bands several times when they visited Boston. This is a big loss for the independent music scene. My heart is really heavy.

Agree, Tommy. I forgot to mention, too, that Loud Family did a great version of Rocks Off on their last album (first song on the album-ballsy!) and followed it with a tune called Song About "Rocks Off". I asked him about it and he said he'd been wanting to cover Rocks Off since the 70's. It's a very Chilton-esque take on the song.

Couldn't find Rocks Off on You Tube but here's Song About "Rocks Off":

Rolling Stone

Guardian


A brilliant songwriter, and a fascinating writer about songs(Guardian)

Just discovered this guy a few days ago through an EP he'd just made with Rayna Gellert, and I thought he was an interesting guy, one to keep an eye on. A bit surprised to find that he was already dead at the time I was discovering him.
His MUSIC: What Happened? site has some good reviews of music from the 60s on to the present.

MUSIC: What Happened?


A sad loss.