[3] Ellison moved from Tulsa to Los Angeles in the mid-1980s, and found employment as a session player working with the Box Tops, the Shirelles, Gary U.S. Bonds, the Coasters, the Marvelettes, J. J. Jackson, the Drifters, and Peaches & Herb.
[1][4][5] In the early 1990s, Ellison formed his own blues ensemble and toured in support of artists including Joe Cocker, Roy Orbison, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Leon Russell, Levon Helm, Bobby Bland and Buddy Guy.
"[7] The same year Ellison released Ice Storm via Earwig Music Company, which provided his first number one hit on the Blues chart with "Cadillac Woman".
[4][5] In 2011, Walking Through the Fire, was issued on his own label, JSE Records, with songs written with Walt Richmond and Charles Tuperville, who jointly produced the album.
[4] The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States scuppered touring commitments, but Ellison explained "Being forced to be off the road might have been the best thing that's ever happened to me from a creative standpoint."
[8] It contained Ellison's version of the Bobby Bland song, "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City," a track originally co-penned by Price.
Ellison said, "... even though the song is really about the fallout from a relationship gone south, it's not a big jump to paint with a bigger brush and apply the lyrics in a much broader context.
[1][4][5][7] In May 2022, the Scott Ellison Band premiered "Last Breath," the first single and accompanying video from his upcoming live album, Glendale or Bust, due out later this year.