Tim Scott McConnell - The Havalinas & Rockats special

Tim Scott McConnell in conversation with David Eastaugh

Tim Scott McConnell aka Tim Scott or Ledfoot is an American singer-songwriter and 12-string guitarist who performs since 2007 under the artist name Ledfoot and created the music genre Gothic blues. He calls himself the "Master of Gothic Blues". The artist's repertoire consists solely of self-written songs.

Two of his songs gained international popularity through other artists:

• "Swear" was covered by Sheena Easton for her 1984 album A Private Heaven.
• Bruce Springsteen recorded one of his songs, "High Hopes", on the Blood Brother EP (1996). The song, released by Springsteen as a single in November 2013, gave the title to his January 2014 studio album.