Track Listings (11) - Disc #1| All Artists: Eric Taylor Title: Scuffletown Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Eminent Records Release Date: 3/20/2001 Genres: Country, Blues, Folk, Pop Styles: Outlaw Country, Classic Country, Traditional Blues, Traditional Folk, Contemporary Folk, Singer-Songwriters Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 663292600121 |
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A two-time winner at the prestigious annual Kerrville Folk Festival competition, Eric Taylor would probably be as celebrated as Texas contemporaries such as Guy Clark, Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, and the late Townes Va... more » |
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Amazon.com A two-time winner at the prestigious annual Kerrville Folk Festival competition, Eric Taylor would probably be as celebrated as Texas contemporaries such as Guy Clark, Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, and the late Townes Van Zandt if not for a sporadic recording career (four albums in 20 years). Nonetheless, his dark, earthy, commanding folk-blues influence can be heard in their music; both Lovett and Griffith (Taylor's ex-wife) have recorded his songs. Scuffletown, Taylor's 2001 return, includes nine bleakly powerful originals, along with two Van Zandt covers; the Van Zandt connection is a natural, given that Taylor's own sardonic originals possess a similar melancholy beauty and minor-key fatalism. "White Bone," for instance, is about the spiritual and cultural plight of an albino born into a religiously conservative black community. "Your God" expresses scathing moral indignation over the brutal murder of James Byrd, the African-American man from Jasper, Texas, who was dragged behind a pickup truck by mindless white thugs. Yet there's a slightly lighter, cautiously playful touch to songs like "Delia/Bad News" where Taylor pays splendid homage to cherished blues influences. --Bob Allen Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsTying Up Loose Ends Gridley | asheville, north carolina USA | 03/20/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "Eric Taylor obviously has faith in life's dichotomies. When the well comes in in Happy Endings, "Mother bought a house in Bangor, Maine and Carl hit the road again." In All the Way to Heaven, a shooting is superimposed over Charlie Rich's soulful singing in a picture he knows will take you all the way there. And then there's Bread and Wine, Taylor's wry glance at the Last Supper, in which "He wants forgiveness for you all," a counterpoint to Game is Gone and "You need forgivin', not mine." Lest you begin to believe that Taylor holds no hope for a fragmented world, he ties up all the loose ends in Townes Van Zandt's Nothin': "Brother our troubles are locked in each other's arms." It's a beautifully orchestrated work, as subtle and as spare as a confidently concieved work of art can be. There's humor in Chicken Pie and a sad beauty in Blue Piano and yet another Townes song, Where I Lead Me. In Delia/Bad News, he takes this traditional blues lament a few more steps down the road with some words of his own. And there's retribution and redemption and ecstasy and loneliness in these eleven songs, too. Scuffletown is good. Real good. Taylor will take you all the way home as he keeps tyin' up those loose ends." ERIC NEVER SOUNDED BETTER Larry L. Looney | Austin, Texas USA | 03/26/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "Eric Taylor is a songwriting master whose releases have never failed to live up to my expectations -- and he just keeps getting better and better at what he does. And what he does is create some of the most eloquent, beautiful and poetic images ever to come from a songwriter's pen. The first track pulls the listener into the world of Taylor's imagery and doesn't let go. Taylor's voice mesmerizes, and the arrangements are all just what they should be -- they never get in the way of the song. Denice Franke, a long-time Taylor friend and musical contributor (and a fine singer-songwriter in her own right) adds her incredible voice to several tunes, shining in her own way at just the right moments -- and all of the musicianship is excellent, showcased by a crystal-clear, unmuddied recording. It's great to see Taylor released by a nationally-distributed, respected label with this new cd -- now the rest of the country will have a better chance to learn what we've known in Texas for years -- this man is a treasure. There's a movement currently underway in Texas to fill the long-vacant position of Poet Laureat -- here's the man." Positively Amazing ernestinetubb | Los Angeles, CA USA | 03/20/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "I've been a huge fan of Eric's for years and "Scuffletown" has me lighting the candles around his shrine. Brillant songwriter. Bob Dylan, who? ET's lyrics are never predictable. Beautiful vocals. Perfect album. It's only March, but this album will undoubtedly go down as one of my top 5 favorites of 2001. Buy it. Buy many, many, many copies."
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