howie&scott
contact: c. howie howard – 402.826.3502 – choward@doane.edu
www.howieandscott.com
INFO:
howie&scott is a rock band from Crete, NE, whose members C. Howie Howard (guitar, voice) and Scott Morris (percussion, saxophone, voice) have been playing together since 1999, and recently released their third album titled signs.comets. What started as acoustic jamming in the Morris family basement became a 2-man coffeehouse act, in turn evolving into the rock band howie&scott is today. With over 100 shows under their belts in the past few years, hundreds of CDs sold (approaching 1,000), and audiences that include people of all ages and musical tastes as well as their college-aged peers, Crete’s own howie&scott is creating some of the best local music around.
The band’s website is a great source of information, including a biography (written in the style of a play) including scenes howie&scott’s history, a complete discography, photos, mp3 audio files, and much more.
SIGNS.COMETS:
signs.comets is a double-CD album recorded in the summer / fall of 2003 by the band in their own home studio, PROJECT:ECHO. Each CD has 10 songs, covering a wide range of sounds and subject matter. signs.comets is available for $10 at TrueValue in Crete, at the Doane Bookstore, or by contacting Howie at choward@doane.edu. Soon, the album will be available online through the band’s website (www.howieandscott.com) and at Homer’s music store in Lincoln.
SOUND:
howie&scott has an expressive, mature rock sound that features poetic lyricism, memorable yet economic melodies, and rhythmic variety and intensity. Scott’s background in jazz and classical music informs the group’s rich chord structure, and Howie’s compositions are innovative without expirimental excess. It is difficult to compare the band with well-known musicians, but if you take the structure and melodicism of Tool, subtract the heavy metal, multiply by the jazz-influenced Dave Matthews Band and raise the total by a power of Incubus, you may asymptotically approach the sound of howie&scott.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
12 Feb Thursday: Crete NE – Doane College, Tiger Inn CD RELEASE SHOW
8 pm; J.V. All*stars – 9 pm; howie&scott
*FREE*ALL AGES*
29 Feb Sunday: Crete, NE – UCC First Congregational – 12th & Ivy
7 pm; Doane Jazz Combo feat. Scott – 8 pm; howie&scott
*FREE*ALL AGES*COMMUNITY EVENT*
Other shows coming in March and April include playing at St. Paul’s friday night coffeehouse series in Lincoln, with former members of popular Lincoln band Blacklight Sunshine, with national touring band Life in General at Doane College, for UNL’s Earth Day festivities, and for the Doane College RELAY FOR LIFE.