Tony Scannell

I love music and everything about it, especially live music. I try to perform as if I was in the audience, having a good time with good people. My song selections are energetic, catchy and mostly fun! I want the audience to say "I love that song, I haven't heard it in forever."

I am always expanding my setlist and always open to suggestions/requests and do my best to fulfill. The biggest thrill I get is when people sing along or come up and play alongside me.

Music impacts everyone, so everyone should make an impact.

Growing up in northern New Jersey, Tony started playing guitar at 5 spending most of the time pretending to be a rock star then actually practicing. Frustrated with lessons, it wasn’t until he started listening to Led Zeppelin, The Who and Elton John that the passion really kicked in. He spent days in his room, building on the basics and teaching himself how to play rhythm and lead guitar after seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan in concert.

He played in bands while in New Jersey, New York and Virginia where he lived before during and after college. The 90s were the formidable years while he played lead guitar doing covers and originals touring regularly in and around universities and bars in the mid-atlantic states.

Recording music is a continued passion and he is compiling a diary of where the songs originated from and recently recorded an entire “album” on his iPad called “Definite Maybe” and has another called “Others Covers.”

Tony spends time writing, recording and playing live in many of the bars up and down the Jersey Shore.

I travel with a full PA, amps (if necessary), guitars, mics and all cables. I require a small footprint in your space about the size of an 8X10 rug (which I bring as well).