Scott Mayo
Guitar/Vocals

Sam Massey
Guitar/Vocals

Granvil Poynter
Guitar/Vocals

David Meissner
Bass

John Butler
Drums

Victor DiValentino
Operations

Jan 1, 2022      UPDATE ON SCOTT

The great news is that Scott is now on his physical training regimen and doctor visits. The scars are healing and no more tubes are hooked into him. As you can imagine, the slow rehabilitation process takes a long time to get you back to where you were. Especially with the length of stay that Scott had in the hospital and the trauma that his body went through. Here is a synopsis of Scott's last five weeks:

The end of November saw Scott, Sammy, and Victor down in South Padre for our annual Thanksgiving excursion to enjoy the beach, help with the shrimp overpopulation problem and to do some blues jamming with our RGV friends. We were scheduled to return on Monday to San Antonio, but we ended up cutting the vacation a day short so we could get Scott back to San Antonio to his doctor first thing Monday morning: he was experiencing severe chest pains.

MON NOV 29  Scott goes in the morning to see his doctor. A couple of hours later he calls us to let us know his doctor  was admitting him to Baptist Medical Center downtown. They knew surgery was called for. The next order of business is to do exploratory procedure to find the exact state of his heart, blood vessels, etc. They were considering putting in stints to open up some blood vessels.

WED DEC 1  The exploratory procedure was performed and the doctors realized that the heart is damaged and would have to be repaired. Meetings were held and it was determined that a triple bypass operation was required. They would continue monitoring him and scheduled the major surgery the following week. Originally it looked like it would be scheduled for Wednesday. Fortunately an opening came up for Monday morning, so Scott decided to remain in the hospital to be monitored versus coming home.

MON DEC 6  Scott goes in at 6:30am for triple bypass heart surgery. As you know, the first part of the operation is to take a length of blood vessel from the leg (length just short of from the knee to the ankle, inside of the leg). By 3:30 Scott was release to the surgical ICU on the sixth floor, completely monitored by staff and machines. He was pretty much out of it for the rest of Monday and Tuesday. The good news was all his vitals and metrics were very good.

WED DEC 8  Scott was awake although disoriented as is to be expected. He was eating regular (hospital) meals and was doing some very limited physical therapy.

MON DEC 13  The beginning of his third week in the hospital finds Scott now moved from postOp ICU to his private recovery room. And the flowers and visitors and phone calls came forth. This might have had as much to do with his early release as anything. Everyone was so supportive and reassuring. It really got Scott to really want to get on with the next steps of his recovery: rehabilitation.

THU DEC 16  Scott is released from the hospital and is on his way home. Friday morning he wakes up in his own house, although downstairs in his temporary bedroom. We next work on getting doctor appointments set up and physical therapy sessions scheduled. Medications are picked up from the pharmacy and his home recovery is underway.

SAT JAN 1  Scott has completed two weeks of physical therapy. He is able to go up and down the stairs. Driving is only an emergency option for him. His hands, especially his playing hand, are not completely responding - his coordination and dexterity are still lacking in his fingers and general hand usage.

His spirits are good, very grateful to be in his own environment at home, surrounded by his musical equipment! It will be a long while before Scott can be back on stage, but his is determined to make that happen.

Thank you friends. Your support helps in so many ways.

Best of Fortune to Us All in 2022!

S G A  A l l  S t a r  S h a w n  P i t t m a n 
N e w  R e l e a s e  -  M A K E  I T  R I G H T  !

SHAWN RELEASE RECORDED IN EUROPE

He's put together quite a collection of new material and classic covers on this lastest release, Make It Right!, recorded on his recent tour in Europe. Over the years from shows across the pond, Shawn established a great friendship with Erkan (bass) and Levent (drums) Özdemir, the father and son rhythm section. Shawn had a break from the tour and he wanted to get tracks laid down at Heyman Studios in Denmark. The timing was perfect as everyone's schedule was open. So they got it done. Three-man-low-down-greasy-blues style. 

Make It Right! was released in March of 2020. This is a must buy for anyone who enjoys the musical antics of Shawn Pittman. Make It Right! is a perfect continuation of Shawn's guitar mastery and haunting vocals. Reviews by Blues Blast Magazine and Philly Cheeze's Rock and Blues Reviews are attached here, plus a visit to Shawn's website will have more reviews. But do yourself a favor and make sure you review Make It RIght! for yourself.

We look forward to Shawn coming back in town. In 2019 Smokehouse had a blast playing three gigs with Shawn at The Cove and Barriba Cantina. In November of 2018 Shawn and Jay Moeller were the feature artists at the San Antonio Blues Society's Robert Johnson SA Sessions event, where they were both inducted as Honorary Lifetime Member Artists.

LINKS

BLUES BLAST MAGAZINE REVIEW

PHILLY CHEEZE'S REVIEW

SHAWN'S WEBSITE 

   
“….Shawn Pittman still has his own style of singing and guitar playing that is not to be missed! Make It Right! and add a copy of Shawn Pittman’s new album to your music library!” 
Dave Johnson, host of blues Deluxe radio program. 

These are photos from the great shows we had with Shawn in 2019

Barriba Cantina - April 6, 2019    photos