This week, I welcome Scott Vieth into the Sheddio for a half dozen musical conundrums. Scott was a recent guest on the WAIM podcast where we chatted at length about the great house concert venue he has created in his own Baltimore home. In a given year, Scott and his wife, Jean are likely to host 18 or 20 shows a year, featuring some of the most admired names in indie rock circles.
During our Six Questions chat, Scott and I cover the seminal band that awakened his political viewpoint. That same band also came to play at Carnegie Mellon University, in part due to Scott’s participation in the organization that booked the band.
That night, and the experience of meeting heroes in the flesh for the first time was a seminal moment in the life of a man who has gone on to create a litany of musical close encounters within the confines of his own living room.
WAIM #125: Scott Vieth of Club 603
Club 603 has hosted hundreds of shows since it first began more than fifteen years ago. Known for its intimate and welcoming vibe, as well as its impressive and eclectic history of performers, Club 603 has become one of the premier places to play in all of Baltimore.
We cover a Texas band with a vast, but woefully underappreciated catalog that has long pulled at Scott’s heartstrings for decades. In recent years, he has even had the chance to befriend the band after hosting them at Club 603. Despite that personal connection, the band’s records have remained a key component of Scott’s listening.
Scott pines to go back in time to catch one of the most ferocious acts in rock history live with their original lineup, knowing that the version of the band he would see years later with a revised list of players would never live up to the power of the original lineup.
Bubble gum pop takes center stage in one of Scott’s answers as we plumb the depths of AM gold and some of the sugary sweet hit records of the sixties. There is also some discussion of whether or not stage banter is a requirement for a show to be great.
So, come join me and Scott Vieth for six musical questions.
Cheers,
Matty C
