‘Idol’ alum Scott Savol to do urban CD here
Do what? I am not kidding.
Scott Savol, that big ol’ Cleveland teddy bear from season four (when Carrie won), is here in town getting his R&B on.
Scott says he followed fellow contestant Jessica Sierra (yes, the one in rehab now) to Music City after Jessica signed with a Nashville managment company. Scott signed with the same company, but that didn’t work out.
However, Scott and his wife ending up staying in Nashville because they found a new management company, TalanBrowne Entertainment, which helped launch hip-hop Tag Team (Whoomp There It Is). (By the way, if you ever see my colleague Stephanie Langston around, she can sing the entire song. It’s a hit at parties.)
Plus, Scott and his wife really like it here.
“Even walking down the street and people you don’t know waving to you or honking, saying ‘Hi.’ I mean, if somebody honks at you in Cleveland, you know, you have to duck,” Scott told me.
If you’d like to catch up with Scott, he’ll be at the Border’s on West End Avenue at 2 p.m. Saturday signing copies of Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul. Scott has a story in there about his rather tough dad.
The story is about how he got his very first real emotion from his father when Scott came back to Cleveland after being voted off Idol in 2005.
“I mean, that was the big thing for me was actually hearing my father say that he was proud of me for doing something which honest to God I never heard those words.”
on February 15th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Nice glasses, Farrah.
on February 15th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
haha I’m from Cleveland too and I definitely agree with the car honking comment!
on February 18th, 2008 at 10:30 am
I went to Borders and met Scott. He is so unbelievably kind and humble. I also LOVE the Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul book. I went home and read his story and it made me cry! Now I’m reading the other stories and learning things about the Idols that are blowing my mind!!