The Merrill Scott Band
Debut Album Now available

Been Waiting Way Too Long

Two lifelong friends from Carmichael, California, shaped by the music of the sixties and seventies with bands like The Beatles and The Eagles, raised on melody and feel, have finally released the record they’ve been building toward for decades.

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Melody-forward pop craft Heart + lived experience Friendship & collaboration Classic influences, modern finish
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How it started

Scott and Keith grew up together in Carmichael, CA in the 1960s. The Beatles shaped their sense of how a pop song should be constructed: tight structure, strong melody, and a chorus that lands.

Keith started on trumpet, in a home where his dad kept Miles Davis playing in the living room, but gravitated to the piano to write his songs. Scott started piano and guitar in seventh grade. His love for music is anchored in receiving Abbey Road on cassette in sixth grade and listening to it on the bus to and from school.

Years later, a casual conversation reopened the door. Scott asked Keith to send a song. Keith sent It’s You. Scott reproduced the recording using his computer skills and sent it back. Keith was blown away. Scott's obvious question was: “Do you have more?”

The spark

Keith had written many songs over his lifetime, starting in LA in the music business and continuing his years working as a Long Island commuter train conductor in Long Island, New York. What started as one shared track became a backlog of ideas and a shared mission.

“Let’s create an album.”
That sentence is where the journey began and when Been Waiting Way Too Long became a reality.

Album & Lyrics

Been Waiting Way Too Long is a debut shaped by time, not trends: a collection built on melody, craft, and the kind of emotion that comes from real life lived.

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Podcast: Stories Behind the Songs

We’re creating short podcast episodes that explore the backstory, influences, songwriting, and the collaboration that led to the album.

Listen Now:
Episode 1 — “Two Kids from Carmichael”

Coming Soon:
Episode 2 — “The Beatles Blueprint”
Episode 3 — “Songs Written on the Rails”

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