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Taylor Scott Band – All We Have

Thursday, April 04, 2019 By Bill Wilcox

Taylor Scott is a relatively new artist who has already done some remarkable things. He, along with Warren Haynes, laid down guitar licks on Otis Taylor’s groundbreaking Hey Joe Opus: Red Meat, which wired a web of varying music pieces into a symphonic whole. That experience placed Denver-based Scott in good company. Perhaps a blues player […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews Tagged With: Otis Taylor, Taylor Scott Band

Bill’s Blues-Based Best of 2017

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 By Bill Wilcox

For me, and perhaps for all of us, 2017 was a year of challenges and changes. But through the challenges we’re facing, it’s reassuring to fall back on great music that expresses our frustrations and hopes. The following are my inexpert highlights of the best of blues-based (not strictly blues) music of 2017.  North Mississippi Allstars – Prayer […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews Tagged With: Al Basile, Cary Morin, Coco Montoya, Elvin Bishop, Eric Bibb, Gregg Allman, John Mayall, Keb Mo, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, North Mississippi All-Stars, Otis Taylor, Peter Parcek, Robert Cray, Ronnie Earl, Samantha Fish, Taj Mahal

Otis Taylor – Fantasizing About Being Black

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 By Bill Wilcox

Otis Taylor is a fascinating artist.  Each of his albums, at least over the past few years, have some theme – some linkage between the songs or the listening experience Taylor is trying to create. With his Hey Joe Opus in 2015, Taylor tossed out the rule book by including Billy Roberts’ classic “Hey Joe,” made […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Otis Taylor

Bill’s Blues-Based Best – 2015

Tuesday, December 29, 2015 By Bill Wilcox

There’s no way we can claim to track all the new music that comes out in a year. But we’re wired to find what we like. While I certainly enjoy the alt. country artists so popular on Twangville (caught Jason Isbell’s show at the Electric Factory last summer – fantastic!) I tend to write more […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Blues, Reviews Tagged With: Buddy Guy, Charlie Musselwhite, Duke Robillard, Guy Davis, Leo "Bud" Welch, Otis Taylor, Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King, Sonny Landreth, Steve Earle, Tinsley Ellis

Guy Davis – Kokomo Kidd

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 By Bill Wilcox

Guy Davis is among the vanguard of musicians, including Keb’ Mo’, Eric Bibb, Otis Taylor, Alvin Youngblood Hart and Corey Harris, who have carried the blues torch lit by the post-war greats like Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and B.B. King.   His newest album, Kokomo Kidd, reminds us why Davis is a key voice in […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Reviews, Roots, Streams Tagged With: Charlie Musselwhite, Guy Davis, Otis Taylor

Otis Taylor – Hey Joe Opus … Red Meat

Thursday, May 07, 2015 By Bill Wilcox

Otis Taylor likes to experiment. As architect of a mesmerizing style of blues music christened “trance blues,” Taylor’s albums tend to have an atmospheric, dream-like quality. Taylor’s style might sometimes be described as Muddy Waters meets Shawn Phillips or Pink Floyd. Taylor’s career, like his musical style, has been unconventional. He was active in the […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews, Rock, Roots Tagged With: Otis Taylor, Warren Haynes

Otis Taylor – Contraband

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 By Bill Wilcox

Otis Taylor and Corey Harris may be the most creative blues musicians active today. And with Harris spending much of his time exploring other musical avenues, that leaves Taylor pretty much in a class by himself as an avant-garde bluesman.  His moody, atmospheric yet beautiful recordings are a welcome change from the many younger musicians trying […]

Filed Under: Blues, Genres, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Alvin Younblood Hart, Blues, Corey Harris, Guy Davis, Keb Mo, Otis Taylor, Roots

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