Fresh off of being named “Best Outlaw Male” in February at the Ameripolitan Music Awards in Memphis, Scott H. Biram plays Riley’s Tavern Saturday night. Biram’s a solo performer who’s been on such a diverse and dramatic musical journey that his live performances feel like part of an ongoing conversation that he started a quarter-century ago.
Biram’s journey includes 19 years in San Marcos, starting at age ten. Growing up, he worked at Wuest’s grocery, Sundance Records, and Valentino’s pizza while also seeing George Strait and Stevie Ray Vaughan play Cheatham Street Warehouse. He received a fine arts degree from what is now Texas State University in 1997.
“San Marcos was a great place to grow up,” Biram said by telephone. “Having the river there every day after school—I probably almost drowned about 40 or 50 times in that river. Down by the falls, it was a lot deeper back then.”
