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Scott's
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Scott
Nolan is a songwriter, poet, multi
instrumentalist
from
Winnipeg,
Manitoba Treaty
One Territory.
His songs
have
been recorded
by Hayes
Carll,
Mary
Gauthier, Watermelon
Slim,
and Corin
Raymond
among others. He
has recently
produced
albums
for William
Prince,
Lynne
Hanson,
and Watermelon Slim.
In January
2015
he started writing poetry,
approximately
three
weeks after his 40th
birthday.
The plan
was to replace smoking
cigarettes
with
walking eight to ten kilometres
a day.
He is
a songwriter by trade and often
discovered
melodies
and rhythms in the shuffling
of his
feet.
He spends most of his time thinking
about
words,
music, and language. Nolan found
myself
writing
short poems based on people
and places
in his
neighbourhood, trying to
capture
a bit
of what was happening around
him.
An older
cousin
of his discovered a gift
and passion
for poetry
while serving time
in Folsom
State
Prison. He was an early influence
on him,
sending
books and letters from prison
and encouraging
the younger
Nolan to read
and write
as often
as possible. This relationship
was the
subject
of a documentary last year
called
Visiting
Day, produced for the CBC
by filmmaker
Charles
Konowal. He was invited
to perform
and host
writing workshops in
the very
same
prison library his cousin wrote
to him
from
all those years ago.
The late
Winnipeg
poet Patrick O’Connell
was also
a dear
friend and mentor. Patrick
is one
of his
favourite contemporary Canadian
poets.
His was
a lyrical style that had a
strong
impact
on his early songwriting. One
of the
many
benefits of working in the arts
community
in Winnipeg
is the quality of work
of his
peers.
It’s consistently encouraging
and inspiring.
After
more than a decade of
relentless
touring,
he decided to take a
year
or so
away from the road to collaborate,
produce
records,
and enjoy his life in Winnipeg.
A play
was produced
through Manitoba Theatre
Projects
based
on the nine albums he has
released
since
2003. The play, I Dream of
Diesel,
enjoyed
a two week run of sold-out
shows
and critical
praise from both the community
and critics
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