Showaddywaddy's New Guitarist
Scott hails from Glasgow, and after learning to play songs on the piano and the guitar at an early age, he discovered Elvis' 40 Greatest Hits album and from that moment on he was hooked on rock 'n roll music, which in turn led to him becoming a fan of the music of Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry. He spent all of his young life immersed in music and played whenever he could in school and at the local youth club and then in social clubs in and around Glasgow, singing Elvis songs in a squeaky voice. The musical highlight of his earlier years was actually seeing Showaddywaddy in concert at the legendary Apollo Theatre in Glasgow in 1978, when he was just twelve years old and a big fan of the band. He remembers it being brilliant, colourful, exciting and unbelievably loud!
Since his days in Glasgow, Scott has lived in London, Aberdeen and Devon, where he has made and continues to make a living playing in loads of different cover bands and original bands, playing all kinds of venues including pubs, clubs, cafe bars, theatres and music festivals.
In addition to being a gigging musician, Scott teaches guitar both privately and in schools, and has done so for over thirty years.
In recent times, Scott was a full-time member of Les McKeown's Bay City Rollers for twelve years, performing at least a hundred shows a year with Les all over the world, with regular tours in Ireland, Japan, Canada and Australia, as well as performing in all the popular theatres throughout the UK.
His hobbies include playing the guitar, playing the guitar and playing the guitar, in no particular order.
Scott is thrilled and excited to be given the opportunity to play in Showaddywaddy and after wishing as a young boy that he could be in a band like that one day, the dream seems to have come true!
Scott will play hist first gig with SWW in Malvern on 29th May 2026.
Sam Holland
From his inception into the band following the Covid pandemic in 2021 Sam has flourished beyond measure into a top-line professional, with his guitar work exuding not only a technical ability, but a personality which helped bring the best out of the band’s repertoire without ever making it about himself.
On behalf of the band and crew may I say what a joy it’s been working with Sam over the past five plus years, and wish him every success in his future endeavours together with a peaceful and happy personal life".
Dave Bartram, May 2026
(Photo GMC Photography / Official Showaddywaddy Facebook page)
The Albums Collection
From their winning appearance on an edition of ‘New Faces’, the ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ of the day, to become runners up in the series’ ‘All Winners Final’, it took just a matter of months until Showaddywaddy released their debut hit, ‘Hey Rock And Roll’ and the rest is Pop Music history, with the band having more Top 40 UK hits than any other Artist or Band in the 1970s.
Packaged as a CD-size box-in-box format featuring their run of albums from 1974’s self-titled debut to 1983’s “Living Legends”, with the addition of three extra albums recorded between 1996 and 2008, along with two Bonus CDs, that features 44 non-album singles, b-sides and rarities, including TWO PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS, Dot Dot Dot and Three Good Reasons, as well as an unheard mix of Out On The Town, which were produced by legendary GRAMMY® Award winning producer, Roger Lomas.
The set also features liner notes from Showaddywaddy expert Steve Thorpe, giving a glorious insight as to why the band are still revered and selling out concerts today.
Showaddywaddy are continuously acknowledged as the hardest working band in the country, currently with 84 shows scheduled between January 2026 and March 2027!
This set has been produced in collaboration with Dave Bartram, who still manages the Band’s recording and live performance activities. Order here!
New Single - Dot Dot Dot
Recorded in 1984, and produced by Roger Lomas, Dot Dot Dot features on the forthcoming Albums Collection which features two other tracks recorded in the same session, Three Good Reasons and an unreleased version of Out On The Town.
You can hear Dot Dot Dot here!
Trevor Oakes: 9 September 1946 - 18 February 2026
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