Cat. No. BCD 17519: SCOTTY McKAY ~ ROCKS. BEAR FAMILY BCD 17519. (IMPORT).

SCOTTY McKAY STARTED HIS CAREER IN 1957 UNDER HIS REAL NAME, MAX K. LIPSCOMBE. BY HIS OWN ADMISSION, SCOTTY’S ABILITIES ON RHYTHM GUITAR AND PIANO WERE MODEST. HE JOINED GENE VINCENT’S BLUE CAPS IN 1957 WHEN GENE CAME TO DALLAS AND SIGNED WITH ED McLEMORE, BOSS OF THE “THE BIG D’ JAMBOREE”. THE 17-YEAR-OLD LIPSCOMBE WAS ON RHYTHM GUITAR WHEN GENE AND THE BLUE CAPS TRAVELLED TO NEW YORK TO PERFORM “DANCE TO THE BOP” ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. MAX WAS ALSO PRESENT WHEN GENE AND HIS BAND HIT CAPITOL TOWER IN HOLLYWOOD IN DECEMBER OF ’57 FOR FOUR MARATHON SESSIONS SPREAD OVER 10 DAYS WHICH PRODUCED “BABY BLUE”, “I GOT A BABY” AND “YES I LOVE YOU BABY” AMONG OTHER GEMS. NOT LONG AFTER MAX LEFT THE BLUE CAPS AND FORMED HIS OWN BAND. IN 1959 HE SIGNED WITH PARKWAY AND RELEASED TWO OUT AND OUT ROCKERS, “ROLLIN’ DYNAMITE” WITH THE FLIP-SIDE BEING “EVENIN’ TIME” UNDER HIS NEW MONIKER, SCOTTY McKAY. STRANGELY ENOUGH, EVENT RECORDS OF WESTBROOK, MAINE ISSUED THE NEWLY CHRISTENED SCOTTY’S INTRODUCTORY SINGLE A COUPLE OF MONTHS PRIOR TO PARKWAY. EVEN WITH THE COVERAGE FROM TWO EAST COAST LABELS, HIS FIRST PLATTER FAILED. OVER THE YEARS SCOTTY SIGNED WITH SEVERAL LABELS AND RELEASED SOME GREAT RECORDS BUT SADLY, NEVER NAILED A CHART HIT. THE FOCUS OF SCOTTY’S LIFE CHANGED WHEN HE BECAME A BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN IN 1970, THOUGH THERE WAS A FORAY INTO COUNTRY MUSIC LATER THAT DECADE. HE EVENTUALLY BECAME A MINISTER. SCOTTY DIED OF A HEART ATTACK AT 50 YEARS OF AGE ON MARCH 17, 1991. GOOD ROCKERS ****

TRACK LISTING: Rollin’ Dynamite / Baby Let’s Play House (as Tommy & The Tom Toms) / The Girl Next Door (as Max K. Lipscombe) / Bad Times (Acetate) (as Max K. Lipscombe) / I’ve Got My Eyes On You / You’re So Square (as Max K. Lipscombe) / I’ve Been Thinkin’ / Little Miss Blue / Be-Bop-A-Lula / Let It Rock (as Max K. Lipscombe) / Evenin’ Time (Acetate) / Midnight Cryin’ Time / Somebody Help Me (as Tommy & The Tom Toms) / Don’t’ Wait (Key C) (Acetate) / Oh Boy! (as Tommy & The Tom Toms) / Roberta / Rollin’ Danny (Acetate) / So Tough (as Tommy & The Tom Toms) / Pull Down The Sky / Who Do You Love (as Max K. Lipscombe) / All Around The World / Waikiki Beach / Cry Me A River (Acetate) / Little Lump Of Sugar / Sea Cruise / You Can’t Catch Me (as Tommy & The Tom Toms) / Dixie Doodle Dandy (as Max K. Lipscombe) / Jambalaya (as Tommy & The Tom Toms) / Evenin’ Time / The Train Kept-A-Rollin’ (as Scotty McKay Quintet) / Don’t Wait Up (Key F) (Acetate) / It’s Too Late (as Tommy & The Tom Toms).

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