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Otis Taylor.(Recapturing the Banjo)(Sound recording review)
Otis Taylor. Recapturing the Banjo. Telarc CD-83667, 2008.
The first thought that comes to upon encountering this strange and fascinating recording is prompted by the cover photo. How, one wonders, can four men holding banjos look so angry and suspicious? The answer is suggested by the album's title and amplified in the liner notes by folk-music scholar and banjoist Dick Weissman, who uses that forum somewhat testily to make the case for the banjo's African origins. Otis Taylor is a blues musician, and he is here joined by colleagues Guy Davis, Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Keb' Mo', and Don Vappie, along with his bassist daughter Cassie. All take turns playing four and five-string banjos in combination with other instruments, demonstrating ways that the banjo has been and can be incorporated into African American musical styles both old and new. On "Ran So Hard the Sun Went Down," Taylor applies new lyrics about a man on the run from the Ku Klux Klan to a very old melody, the venerable fiddle ...
- Otis Taylor can't ignore the blues.
- Magazine article from: Sing Out! Von Tersch, Gary March 22, 2006 700+ words
...individualistic approaches to the genre. Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart and Willie King...singularly talented singer-songwriter Otis Taylor to that roster. Refusing to reinvent...Butterscotch Fire Department Blues Band and the Otis Taylor Blues Band ("Butterscotch never played...
- HIS OWN BLUESMAN BOULDER'S OTIS TAYLOR MAKES IT...
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Lehndorff, John April 26, 2004 700+ words
...John Lehndorff, Rocky Mountain News Otis Taylor understands why critics consider his...There ain't no glass.' " INFOBOX 1 Otis Taylor Double V, Telarc Grade: B- This album...frustrating listen. You see, Boulder's Otis Taylor doesn't hew to any classic blues structure...
- BOULDER'S OTIS TAYLOR COLORS BLUES WITH FOLK.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Wolf^, Mark September 27, 2003 700+ words
...Wolf ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS BOULDER -- Otis Taylor sits on a chair in a recording studio...So what kind of blues is this? ``Otis Taylor blues. Blues with attitude,'' he...born out of happiness.'' INFOBOX Otis Taylor Discography * Truth Is Not Fiction...
- TRUE BLUE OTIS TAYLOR MAKES HIS MARK BY KEEPING THINGS STARK.(Spotlight)
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Brown, Mark December 7, 2004 700+ words
...or early Bruce Springsteen. Bluesman Otis Taylor's words are riveting in part because...mid '90s, and was a member of the Otis Taylor Band until the two of them butted heads...like marriages I guess." INFOBOX 1 Otis Taylor Band * When and where: 7:30 p.m...
- RHYTHM OF THE BLUES BOULDER-BASED BLUESMAN OTIS TAYLOR SOUNDS OFF TO DENVER...
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Nickerson, Steven R. February 28, 2004 700+ words
...12, when Boulder-based bluesman Otis Taylor brought a little history and a lot of...CAPTION(S): Photo (3) Blues musician Otis Taylor gives a music lesson to students at...down, showing her appreciation for Otis Taylor's performance, part of the Colorado...
- Otis Taylor's deep-trance blues. (The Real Deal).(guitarist )(Interview)
- Magazine article from: Guitar Player Cleveland, Barry September 1, 2003 700+ words
Otis Taylor is arguably the most relevant blues artist of our time. Besides tackling...and conviction that is exceedingly rare in contemporary music. When Otis Taylor relates the story of the lynching of his grandfather, for example...
- Otis Taylor.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: SPIN Magazine Young, Jon August 1, 2009 700+ words
Otis Taylor Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs ******** TELARC Fearless troubadour reports from darkest side Sometimes pigeonholed as a bluesman, Otis Taylor can't be defined by any single category. The follow-up to an album...
- Tellin' those Rocky Mountain blues.(Entertainment)(Otis Taylor's music only...
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) August 22, 2003 700+ words
Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard Ask Otis Taylor why he gravitated to the blues, and he'll provide what...Butterscotch Fire Department Blues Band, and later with the Otis Taylor Blues Band, he served with the T&O Short Line...
