Scott Metzger

Biography

Metzger was born in Trenton, New Jersey and began playing guitar in his teens. He was raised in Lambertville, New Jersey which is directly across the Delaware river from New Hope, Pennsylvania which is where Metzger first met Dean and Gene Ween. In the late nineties he was overheard playing in a coffee shop in Princeton, New Jersey by Phish frontman Trey Anastasio and lyricist Tom Marshall (poet) and was invited to join Marshall's newly formed Amfibian on lead guitar, which toured extensively and gave Metzger his first nationwide exposure. in 2001 he moved to New York City and began playing around the city, working his way into the musician communities at The Knitting Factory, CBGB, and Wetlands Preserve. He spent much of the early 2000s touring nationally with the band RANA. Throughout this period he was invited to perform with many acts as a special guest including Gov't Mule

He has performed at esteemed festivals worldwide, such as The Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), Bonnaroo, The Newport Folk Festival, Lockn, The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, as well as famous and historic venues worldwide; Central Park Summer Stage, The Fillmore San Francisco, Ancient Belgique (Brussels, Belgium), The Blue Note New York, The Ryman Auditorium, Red Rocks Amphitheater, The Fox Theatre Oakland, Lincoln Center, and The Capitol Theatre.

In late 2005 Metzger briefly left the east coast to join the west coast band Particle (band). While this collaboration lasted less than a year he does appear on the bands DVD 'Transformations' which also featureds Robby Krieger of the The Doors, and Joe Satriani.

In December 2015 Scott was featured in Vintage Guitar (magazine)

In 2016 Metzger appeared on Cameron Crowe's Showtime Network series 'Roadies' finale playing a duet with Nicole Atkins.

Selected sideman discography