‘Catch of the Day’ – Dylan Scott – “My Girl” [VIDEO]

Today we feature a young singer and songwriter who grew up with a passion for two things: music and the great outdoors. A Louisiana native who is trying to become a second generation country star, and whose debut single showed the promise a lot of people in Nashville see in this singer and guitar player, who's main goal early in life was to find stardom in Nashville.

Growing up in Bastrop, LA, Dylan Scott did what most kids did; hung out with his buddies, played ball, went hunting and fishing, and in general had a normal rural upbringing. But, there was one thing that made Dylan different from all of his friends; while his friends were looking forward to going to college, joining the military, or trying to figure out what they were going to do with their lives, Dylan was already focused on the  one thing that he wanted from life.

From an early age, he knew going to Nashville to become a country music singer was what he wanted to do. He was constantly honing the skills necessary to be successful...mastering the guitar, learning to play piano, learning songwriting, and honing his vocal skills. While still in school, he performed as a solo act at such prestigious venues as the Louisiana Hayride and also toured the southeast as a member of a teenage gospel trio, performing at small festivals, fairs, and churches.

The source of his drive was obvious. Dylan's father had been a guitarist for several country music acts, including legendary performers Freddy Hart and Freddy Fender. The younger Scott new from the moment his father taught him the basic of singing and playing guitar where his road lay. At age 17, Dylan met songwriter Charlie Craig, who had written the song "Between an Old Memory and Me", which had been a hit for Keith Whitley, a childhood hero of Scott's.

The duo went into the studio and recorded four songs with Craig as producer, including the Whitley classic. It was Dylan's stellar version of the song soon caught the attention of executives  of Curb Records, who soon signed Scott to a long term recording contract. Scott would record a self-titled EP for Curb with producer Jim Ed Norman at the helm. The 2014 project would include the single "Making This Boy go Crazy", which went on to establish Dylan as an emerging country artist with a bright future. To date, the song has sold in excess of 130,000 copies with well over 2.5 millions views of the accompanying music video.

Encouraged by the success of the single and the EP, Curb would send Scott back into the studio to work on songs for a full-fledged debut album. In 2015, the first single from that album, "Crazy Over Me" landed Scott in the top-30 on the Billboard Country charts, would find him in the year-end top-40 on satellite radio and has sold over 100,000 copies to date. The second single from Scott's self-titled debut album, due to be released August 12th, is in our spotlight today. Dylan Scott and "My Girl" is today's Catch of the Day, new music you haven't heard, but you'll want to hear it again.