Andrew Walter Gibson Scott is a Canadian musician born in Ottawa, Ontario and currently living in Toronto. His first bands include No Damn Fears, Oreo Reversed, and Blackpool from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Currently, Scott is a drummer with the Toronto-based band Sloan. Scott also plays guitar and occasionally sings lead vocals with the band, usually on songs he has written. Three of his songs, "500 Up", "People of the Sky", and "I've Gotta Try" have been released by Sloan as singles. Scott is married to actress and writer Fiona Highet. They have two children—a daughter, Stirling, and a son, Alistair. Once the holder of several provincial track and field records, Scott abandoned his athletic aspirations to become a visual artist. After attending the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University, he joined Chris Murphy, Jay Ferguson, and Patrick Pentland in Sloan.
Equipment
Scott has had many drum kits over the years, but he almost always plays a four-piece Ludwig 1960s-era drum set with vintage Zildjian cymbals, Remo drumheads and Promark drumsticks. His drum stands appear to almost always be Yamaha single-braced stands. His bass drum pedal is unknown. Below are a list of Scott's most notable drum set-ups, though other sets have been seen in recording photos throughout the years. Kit #1 - Used 1994-1999: Late 1950s-early 1960s Leedy Gold Sparkle four-piece set with the original owner's "Andy Sabola" logo drumhead. Drum configuration: 22x14 bass, 13x9 rack tom, 16x16 floor tom, and a matching 14x5 snare drum. This set appears on all of Sloan's music videos, starting with "Coax Me" in 1994, all the way to "Losing California" in 1999. It was also Scott's primary kit used live when not using rentals or the opening band's kit. Kit #2 - Used 1999 to mid-2000s: Early to mid-1960s Ludwig Blue Sparkle four-piece set. Scott is shown with the matching blue sparkle snare drum in the "If It Feels Good Do It" music video, but in most live appearances is seen still using his Leedy gold sparkle snare drum. Kit #3 - 1970s Ludwig five-piece Blue Vistalite. As seen in "The Other Man" music video, Scott is shown playing a set with 22x14, 13x9, 16x16 and an additional second floor tom. 18x16 would have been standard in the 1970s, but it could possibly be a 14x14. This set also has a matching 14x5 snare drum. Fans also see Scott with a third crash cymbal for the first time. Again, exact cymbals are unknown, but still appear to be vintage Zildjians. On tour, Scott again used his 14x5 Leedy snare drum. Kit #4 - 2011–Present: Early to mid-1960s Sky Blue Pearl Ludwig three-piece set with the standard configuration of 22x14, 13x9, 16x16 with a 14x5 Ludwig L400 Aluminum Supraphonic snare drum. 2016 One Chord to Another 20th anniversary tour: Scott plays a hybrid set of all his past drum sets—his 13x9 Vistalite rack tom, 16x16 Leedy floor tom, 22x14 sky blue pearl bass drum again with a Supraphonic snare drum. Guitar: Scott has an orange double-cutaway Gretsch hollow-body electric guitar that he uses both on stage and in studio.
