Scott Zimmerman

Self-taught rhythm guitarist and backup singer who played Moondance Jam with an '80s new wave tribute and is now building a Bryan Adams tribute.

Scott Zimmerman is a self-taught rhythm guitarist and backup singer whose first guitar was a tennis racket. At ten Scott strung a gutted electric guitar with fishing line and picked out AC/DC bass lines by ear, which led to a first acoustic guitar. In a high school woodshop class Scott built a guitar inspired by Steve Vai's flame guitar, using a Warmoth neck, and played it for 15 years. Back in Minnesota Scott started the original band Factory Black, then joined an '80s new wave tribute band and played Moondance Jam with it for five years. Scott's first gig with that band was opening for Boston, after learning 60 songs in two weeks. Scott later played bass and sang in the trio Three Seagulls, ran sound for Sugar Buzz, and played in Eddie Krekeler's band. A King's X tribute Scott started turned into Junk Head, an Alice in Chains tribute with four singers that ran for about six years. After about ten years away from music, Scott is back and putting together a Bryan Adams tribute.