Alchemy
Guitarist virtuoso Scott Huckabay draws from his own Native American Apache and Chirachua roots exuding primal earth energy with his music. With incense burning between strings, wearing bells on his right ankle, the passionate ritual begins. The stage echoes, rolling like thunder under his bare feet, pounding a mesmerizing heartbeat. Dancing in a circle, shaking his dolphin guitar like a shaman shaking his magic medicine rattle, he lifts the guitar to his lips and howls the ancient cries from the deepest seas, leading us on a mesmerizing journey.Huckabay coaxes, drums, strums, slaps, rattles, improvises, bends and infuses, fractals, harmonics and sounds not of this dimension. He has developed over 200 open guitar tunings and his intricate licks incorporate elements of trance, rock, folk, blues and fusion. He peppers a rhythmic groove with the warping and bending of notes, complete with an array of harmonic surprises. A rich and multi-textured sound, including percussive interludes creates the illusion of three or four musicians performing.Scott Huckabay has recorded and produced seven musical recordings including the acclaimed CD entitled "Peace Dance". He has written poetry for a book, "Angels of the Sea," (Hay House) and has been featured in the film "Quest for the Dolphin Spirit". His music was recently heard on several MTV's Real World episodes and he regularly receives airplay on NPR's Echoes.  He also creates a wide variety of multimedia projects including the recent release of his CD "Alchemy," which incorporates an interactive CD-ROM, "The Sonic Alchemists Journey". Scott is currently recording on the Soundings of the Planet label, whose motto is Peace Through Music. www.peacethroughmusic.comHuckabay has performed with such artists as Chicago, Steve Morse, Joe Satriani, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Bonnie Raitt, Albert Lee, Buffy Saint-Marie, Shadowfax, Jackson Browne, John Trudell, Toni Childs, Sarah MacLachlan, Pierre Bensusan, Ram Das, Hapa, Bob Weir, Randy Hanson, and performed at various festivals, theaters, stadiums, Universities and coffee houses across the U.S.In 1987, Huckabay was involved in a near-fatal motorcycle accident. Doctors told him that he would lose all feeling in his right hand and left leg and that he would not walk or use his right hand again. During his recovery he began to get acquainted with the acoustic guitar, and a miraculous healing process began. Music of divine inspiration began to flow from deep within his soul.  Scott attributes his incredible healing to this new music and to a year spent swimming with wild dolphins and whales in Hawaii.  The genius and creative spirit of Jimi Hendrix also inspires him.It is with this music that Scott hopes to help heal the wounds of the earth and all of its creatures, and to transform pain and sorrow into peace, beauty, joy and love. Scott is also a devote environmentalist, vegetarian & practices yoga on a daily basis. *