Scott Ballew: Texas Radio Live

Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Scott spent a decade of his life in Los Angeles as a filmmaker. He returned to Austin in 2016, and picked up a guitar and began writing songs at the beginning of the 2020 Pandemic. In his own words:
“Music had always been a part of my life, but I specifically became fascinated with songwriting after watching the Dylan doc ‘No Direction Home’ … That period cemented my love and symbiotic relationship with film and music. From there, my influences became Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, and Michael Hurley. And then contemporary artists like Bill Callahan, Joanna Newsome, Cotton Jones and a guy named Aaron Ross. But, it wasn’t until I came across Terry Allen later in life that the idea of creating my own songs seemed like a remote possibility.”
His songwriting is described as “dusty with red dirt from travel, his poetry bitter and sweet like a persimmon,” covering topics such as love, loss, addiction, recovery, and the ever shifting sands of life.

Follow Scott on Instagram, and his music and film endeavors on linktr.ee/irish_goodbye