Skid Row’s Scotti Hill Adds Slide Guitar To This Wild Darkness

Written By Mike Greenblatt
Scotti Hill of Skid Row

PHOTO: Scotti Hill of Skid Row

In what’s being publicized as a “Super-Collab Rock Collective,” This Wild Darkness has released the second single (“The Wild Darkness”)—the first single was “Dawn Rider”—from The Notorious Memphis Rains EP, a five-song concept EP landing Friday. Scotti Hill, from Toms River—Ocean County—band Skid Row, known to shred bigtime electric shrieks, plays some subtle slide guitar on the project. You wouldn’t even know it’s him. His feel is a haunting approximation of classic old-west ambiance. The juxtaposition of soft acoustics and crisp electric passages certainly signal a change-of-direction for Hill, 60, born Scott Lawrence Mulvehill in 1964 Manhasset New York. “I couldn’t have been more flattered when [vocalist] Tommy [Marz] asked me to contribute to this record. It’s been so much fun!” Other participating musicians include Arion Salazar (Third Eye Blind), Chuck Bartels (Sturgill Simpson), Jack Hues (Wang Chung), Jeff Schroeder (Smashing Pumpkins) and Slim Gambill (Lady A).

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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