Tim Scott McConnell also known as Tim Scott (born March 23, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and

12-string A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar. Typically, the strings of the lower four courses are tuned in ...

guitarist who performs since 2007 under the artist name Ledfoot. The artist's repertoire consists solely of self-written songs. Two of his songs gained international popularity through other artists: * "Swear" was covered by

Sheena Easton Sheena Shirley Easton (; born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish singer and actress who achieved recognition in an episode of the reality television series ''The Big Time (TV series), The Big Time: Pop Singer'', which recorded her attempts to gain a ...

for her 1984 album ''

A Private Heaven ''A Private Heaven'' is the fifth studio album by Scottish Pop music, pop singer Sheena Easton, released on 21 September 1984 by EMI America Records. The album featured two US Top 10 hit singles: the lead single "Strut (Sheena Easton song), Strut" ...

''. *

Bruce Springsteen Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American Rock music, rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Nicknamed "the Boss", Springsteen has released 21 studio albums spanning six decades; most of his albums feature th ...

recorded one of his songs, " High Hopes", on the ''Blood Brother'' EP (1996). The song, released by Springsteen as a single in November 2013, gave the title to his January 2014 ''

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

''. McConnell started touring at the age of 15. He got his first recording contract with

Sire Records Sire Records (formerly Sire Records Company) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Records. History Beginnings The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gotteh ...

in 1982. He then recorded for Geffen on his next record in 1985, called "High Lonesome Sound". McConnell headed the LA-based band

The Havalinas The Havalinas are an American gypsy-folk-rock band from California, formed in 1989 in Los Angeles by Tim Scott McConnell and Stephen Dennis Smith ( Smutty Smiff) - former bandmates in Levi and the Rockats, a punk-styled rockabilly group. and Ch ...

. The band recorded one album ''

'' and a live album called ''Go North''. After the break-up of The Havalinas, McConnell did a series of solo albums and toured with a band. In 2007, he released his first Ledfoot album and started touring in Europe. Since 2010 Ledfoot has had a close musical relationship with

Ronni Le Tekrø Ronni Le Tekrø (born Rolf Ågrim Tekrø, 5 October 1963) is a Norwegian musician best known as the guitarist and one of the founders of hard rock band TNT, as a solo artist and for his work with Vagabond and Terje Rypdal. He has been describe ...

that culminated in the 2020 duo album ''A Death Divine''.

Discography

*1981:

The Rockats Levi and the Rockats are a British rockabilly revival band originally from Essex. They are recognised as one of the pioneering neo-rockabilly groups of the 1980s. History Levi & the Rockats were founded in 1977 by Levi Dexter, a Teddy Boy fr ...

''Live at the Ritz'' – Island Records *1983: Tim Scott ''Swear'' – Sire Records *1985: Tim Scott ''High Lonesome Sound'' – Geffen *1990: The Havalinas ''The Havalinas'' – Elektra *1991: The Havalinas ''Go North'' – Mo Records *1995: Tim Scott ''Deceivers & Believers'' – Warner Music *1997: Tim Scott ''Everywhere I´ve Been'' – Waterfall Records *2002: The MoMac Trio ''MoMac Trio'' – Farmen *2005: Tim Scott ''13 songs'' – Farmen *2007: Ledfoot ''Devils songbook'' – Grappa/ Blue Mood Records *2009: Ledfoot ''Damned'' – Vox Records *2011: Ledfoot ''Gothic Blues'' – Vox Records *2019: Ledfoot ''White Crow'' – TBC Records *2020: Ledfoot &

''A Death Divine'' – TBC Records *2021: Ledfoot ''Black Valley'' – TBC Records *2022: Ledfoot ''Coffin Nails'' – TBC Records *2023: Ledfoot ''Songs from EXIT'' – TBC Records *2024: Ledfoot ''Outsiders'' – TBC Records

Most popular singles

* " High Hopes" (''High Lonesome Sound & The Havalinas'') * " Swear" (''Swear'') AUS #44 * "Wicked State of Mind (''Damned'') * "Purgatory Road" (''Damned'') * "Diggin My Own Grave" (''Devils Songbook'')

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:McConnell, Tim Scott 1958 births 20th-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century American singer-songwriters American blues guitarists American blues singers American folk guitarists American male guitarists American folk singers American male singer-songwriters American rock guitarists American rock singers Living people Singer-songwriters from Florida 20th-century American guitarists 21st-century American guitarists Guitarists from Florida 20th-century American male singers 21st-century American male singers