Tommy “Ramblin Doc” Scott Dies

A well-known Stephens County showman, Ramblin’ “Doc” Tommy Scott, has passed away.

Scott, who lived in Eastanollee, passed away earlier this week.  So far, no funeral arrangements have been announced.

Scott was a singer, entertainer, and actor whose “Last Real Old Time Medicine Show” visited nearly 300 towns each year across the United States and Canada until the mid-1990s, according to his Web site.

He began his singing career in the early 1930s on local radio shows from Toccoa to Anderson, but made his name in show business starting in the late 1930’s  in Toccoa when he joined “Doc” Chamberlain’s traveling medicine show.

Scott was a prolific song writer during his long career. Some of his more famous tunes include  “Rosebuds and You,” which he wrote for his late wife, Frankie, and “You Are the Rainbow of My Dreams,” and “Mule Train.” 

According to his Web site, Scott was a member of the Grand Ole Opry and wrote over 300 songs, while recording more than 500 songs.  

By 1942 Scott had his own stage show traveling coast to coast, Ramblin’ Tommy Scott’s Hollywood Hillbilly Jamboree. He began the Herb-O-Lac Medicine Company and later Katona Medicine Company selling laxatives and liniments.

He soon joined the Grand Ole Opry and later went to Hollywood to begin a career in film and TV.  

Beginning with Carolina Cotton in 1949, Scott’s road show which operated six days per week from January through early December, featured Scott with some of the biggest guest stars from film and TV for millions of fans across the U.S. and Canada.

According to his  Website, Scott made numerous TV appearances with hosts such as Johnny Carson, David Letterman, and Oprah Winfrey. 

Tommy Scott was 96