Scott Olson

Scott Olson is an American guitarist, bassist, music producer and recording engineer. He played guitar with Heart between 1995 and 1998 and between 2002 and 2003, Olson was a recording consultant for Cameron Crowe's 2000 film Almost Famous. He performed with Alice in Chains again on February 18, 2005, during a benefit concert in Seattle for the victims of the 2004 tsunami disaster, and joined the band one more time to perform the song "No Excuses" at their concert in Washington, D.C., on October 25, 2006.

Olson produced and engineered albums for artists such as Heart, Jerry Cantrell, Queensrÿche, Deftones, Limp Bizkit, Pauline Oliveros, Powerman 5000, Unearth, Buckcherry and Dredg.

Olson attended Mount Si High School in Snoqualmie, Washington.

In 2018, Olson was diagnosed with progressive dementia. In August 2018, Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson and Alice in Chains shared on their social media pages a crowdfunding set up by friends of Olson to help cover his assisted living costs and medical expenses. As of 2019, Olson lives in a senior living facility in Kirkland, Washington.

Makin' Bacon The Rockinghams producer, engineer Buckcherry Buckcherry engineer, programming Music Bank Alice in Chains recording, producer

White Pony Deftones recording/Pro-Tools engineer Musicworks 76: Changing The Score Pauline Oliveros electronics on "Primordial/Lift" Almost Famous (Music From The Motion Picture) Various recording on "Fever Dog" Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit engineer Little Nicky (Music From the Motion Picture) Various engineer, Pro-Tools

Valentine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Various engineer, Pro-Tools Live Raw in Germany The Hellecasters live mixing Microfish Spys4Darwin engineer Anyone for Doomsday? Powerman 5000 engineer, Pro-Tools 2002 Guilty Pleasures Peepshow producer, composer, guitars, strings

Tribe Queensrÿche engineer Back to School (Mini Maggit) Deftones engineer, digital editing

Catch Without Arms Dredg engineer, Pro-Tools B-Sides & Rarities Deftones engineer, Pro-Tools 2006 III: In the Eyes of Fire Unearth engineer 2007 Moody Glow Future Fossils producer, engineer 2008 Playlist Plus: A Very Special Christmas Various producer 2009 Feathergun Rishloo producer, engineer, mixing 2011 A Very Special Christmas Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 Various producer 2016 The Studio Album Collection Deftones engineer, Pro-Tools

Photography credits Louis Myers 2001 Adult Time|The Bottletones 2009 Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur''Blur