Scott Ramminger, Rise Up Review

Bluesman Scott Ramminger, a well-known figure in DC region, made a life change and moved to Nashville in 2017, he performs regularly as a saxophone player at Bourbon Street Blues Bar on Printer’s alley, and various clubs throughout the city in band and solo settings.  He also returns frequently to his previous home of DC to play band gigs and has performed throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic area with his own band and as a sideman. He has received significant airplay on blues and roots-oriented radio, including Sirius XM’s Bluesville Channel 70. His February 2017 studio release, Do What Your Heart Says To reached Number 1 on the “Root Music Report” R&B Charts, and his double live CD, released in September of 2017, charted on the “Roots Music Report” Blues Album Charts. Ramminger has won the Gold and two Silver Awards in Blues/Jazz Category of the Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest. His 2011 initial release, Crawstickers, took a Washington Area Music Association WAMMIE Award as best debut CD. In late 2017, we reviewed his live CD Alive and Ornery.  His previous studio albums focused on heavy horn sections and backing vocals, Rise Up set to release in March of 2019, features only five players: Ramminger on vocals and tenor saxophone; Wes Lanich on piano and Hammond B3, Shane Theriot on guitar, Paul Langosch on upright bass, and Emre Kartari on drums.