Todd Hoke with Scott McCarley Concert

Todd Hoke was born in Conroe, Texas (just north of Houston), lived in Austin for a dozen years, and currently pays his utility bills on time in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Todd Hoke has 2 dogs and a wife. Todd Hoke has recorded & released 3 albums of music covering a wide array of topics, styles, and moods in the process. Todd Hoke has played a lot of shows. Some were utterly fantastic and some landed somewhere south of that. Blah blah blah?This is dull. How about this: Todd Hoke has never been in a barfight but he has provided music for one. Seriously. Todd Hoke is charmed by shiny objects. Todd Hoke very much enjoys wearing his flipflops in situations where close-toed shoes are the expectation. Weddings, funerals, courthearings, whatever. Todd Hoke very much wants to live in a world where strangers spontaneously burst into song. In harmony. Todd Hoke is puzzled by pleated trousers. Todd Hoke thinks the Blue Jays really have a shot at going all the way this year. Unless they face off against the Bears and/or Pirates. Blue Jays have no defense against Bears and/or Pirates. Todd Hoke was kicked out of the green room at Austin City Limits shortly after saying ?Excuse me.? to Eric Clapton. Todd Hoke has been exceedingly rude to rockstars ever since. Todd Hoke is learning Bruce Springsteen?s ?Nebraska? on ukulele. Todd Hoke wears a size 13. Todd Hoke may someday learn to tapdance. Or Todd Hoke may not. That?s how Todd Hoke is. Todd Hoke had one grandmother named Jewel, another named Pearl, and still has an uncle named Punky who wishes everyone would call him Walter instead. Todd Hoke earns his rent and beer money as a hospice nurse. Todd Hoke probably couldn?t live off guacamole, but he would be willing to participate in a study to find out. For serious. Todd Hoke very much likes Townes Van Zandt, Leon Redbone, Guy Clark, Tom Waits, and Louis Armstrong. Todd Hoke is also quite fond of his mother. And fried chicken. Todd Hoke does not sing songs about rainbows, unicorns, or dolphins. Elves nor fairies neither. It?s good to know this up front about Todd Hoke. Todd Hoke has a peculiar fondness for his denim jacket. Todd Hoke (the one we?re discussing here) may or may not be the Todd Hoke doing flips on a wakeboard on Youtube. Todd Hoke finds brussels sprouts most loathsome among vegetables. Todd Hoke donates 100% of money from his CD sales to charity. Because Todd Hoke is a very nice person. Just like his mother says. mccarley Scott?s musical influences are rooted in the sounds of Woodstock Rock and traditional country music. His own sound evolved after the 70?s Texas music revolution and have been rounded out by a sense and sound of folk. With deep roots in rural Texas, Scott paints the pictures of small town life in the words of song. Old men sitting under shade trees and the pain felt when the box plant closes and leaves a town without its primary employer. Whether you remember the big old cars of your younger years, proudly sported letter jackets or schoolboy art left prominently on the town?s watertower, his songs will spark memories in all who hear them. A songwriter since the 60?s, he has played in bands from Texas to Florida and Alabama back to Colorado. His songs have been covered by other artist and recogized in song contest among which he was a finalist in Colgate?s Country Showdown. He has shared the stage with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Cooder Graw, Gary P. Nunn, Willis Alan Ramsey, Larry Joe Taylor, Sisters Morales, Tom Russell, Steven Fromholz and many more great musicians and fellow songwriters. Scott has been married to the same lady for more than half his life and if that were not enough he has been lucky enough to have owned several fine horses.