Scott Edward Blasey is an American rock musician best known as the lead vocalist for

The Clarks The Clarks are an American rock band from the Pittsburgh region, originating at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Over the course of thirty-plus years, they have produced eleven studio albums, two live albums, 2 compilation albums, an EP, and ...

, a position he has held since the band's inception in the mid-1980s. Blasey has also released three solo albums.

Biography

Born in

Connellsville, Pennsylvania Connellsville is a City (Pennsylvania), city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, southeast of Pittsburgh and away via the Youghiogheny River, a tributary of the Monongahela River. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Th ...

in 1964, Blasey graduated from Connellsville Area Senior High School in 1982.Scott Blasey's Facebook Profile He then began attending

Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is a Public university, public research university in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and Carnegie Classification o ...

. There, he met guitarist Rob James, bassist Greg Joseph, and drummer Dave Minarik. Blasey, James, and Minarik first began playing together as "The Administration." When Joseph joined the three in 1986, they became "The Clarks." Initially a

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, the quartet soon started writing and performing original material, with much of the writing output produced by Blasey and Joseph. Blasey graduated from

in 1987. Soon afterward, The Clarks began recording their music. Their first studio album, '' I'll Tell You What Man...'', was released in 1988. The song "Help Me Out" received some radio airplay on

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stations. ''I'll Tell You what Man...'' was followed by ''

'' in 1991, which introduced "Penny on the Floor." '' Love Gone Sour, Suspicion, and Bad Debt'' (1994) and '' Someday Maybe'' (1996) followed, introducing "Cigarette" and "Mercury", respectively. In 1995, Blasey's first solo album, ''Don't Try This at Home'', was released. It was recorded at Studio L in

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. Blasey's second solo album, ''Shine'', was released in 1999. Blasey appeared on Donnie Iris and the Cruisers' ninth studio album, '' Together Alone'', on which he sang guest vocals on "

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." Over the course of the 2000s, Blasey recorded six studio albums with The Clarks: ''Let it Go'' (2000), '' Another Happy Ending'' (2002), '' Fast Moving Cars'' (2004), '' Restless Days'' (2009), '' Feathers & Bones'' (2014), and '' Madly in Love at the End of the World'' (2018). He continues to play with The Clarks as well as solo shows, mostly throughout the Pittsburgh region. In 2007, he released his third studio album, ''Travelin' On'', recorded in

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with producer Salim Nourallah. Blasey also plays acoustic shows with fellow Clarks members Rob James and Greg Joseph as "Scott, Rob and Greg of the Clarks." The three originally played acoustic shows as "The Infamous Dicks," but that name was phased out.

Personal life

Scott Blasey has been married to Denise Blasey since 2004. They moved to

later that year, and returned to

in 2007. They have three daughters.

Discography

With the Clarks

Solo work

* ''Don't Try This at Home'' (1995) * ''Shine'' (1999) * ''Travelin' On'' (2007)

References

External links

The Official Home of Scott BlaseyThe Clarks Online
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