Category Archives: Music

Key West Conversations: Damned Good Liars

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Terry Taylor

It took less than fifteen minutes to realize I had found a place that fit a part of me that I have kept prisoner under the guise of corporate bullshit for 30 years. I was still in the cab when … Continue reading →

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Conversations from Key West

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Scribbled on an AirTran barf bag are these words: “Below me, the Atlantic meats the Gulf of Mexico, blending in shades of Galaxie 500 peacock blue, luminescent aqua and deep cobalt surrounding the last island in the Florida Keys. Scabs … Continue reading →

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Buck Walnut Comes Home

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Terry Taylor

No one expected him to show up. After all, he was supposed to be dead. Should have been dead after all he did. But there he was, bigger than a preacher after a dinner at Golden Corral, wearing a bulging … Continue reading →

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Redneck Mother

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Some of the best storytellers make their living doing other things, like playing music or writing ads or laying bricks. The best storytellers I’ve known were farmers or drunks or a combination of both. Tweet This Post

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“Low Country Blues,” Gregg Allman and T-Bone Burnett

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Terry Taylor

I was going to write about Gregg Allman’s liver transplant last summer (he was diagnosed with Hepatitis C in 2007). I was also going to do a little talking about his new “Low Country Blues” produced by the legendary T … Continue reading →

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Honkytonkulous

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Terry Taylor

What do you say when you hear a really good country song? What do you say when you hear a really bad one? Now you can say both in one word: Honkytonkulous. Let the intent be nebulous like so much … Continue reading →

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Cake: Short Skirt, Long Jacket, Short Memory, Long Time

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Unless you are from Sacremento, it’s hard to imagine that the band, “Cake,” has been around since the early 1990’s. Yet there stands John McCrea in his worn gimme cap talksinging the words to one of the hottest songs on … Continue reading →

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Robert Plant’s “Band Of Joy”

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Terry Taylor

“Band of Joy” is the result of Plant’s decision to abandon his follow-up to “Raising Sand,” the beautifully done duet with Alison Kraus, produced by T Bone Burnett. Got to be a story in that abrupt cancellation. Tweet This Post

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Brad Paisley Sings About Light Bulbs and Throw Rugs

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Country music singers can nail a hit song about anything. The old standbys about drinking and mama and God and country are still getting clichéd to death with the cowboy hat crowd, but new topics are making the scene. Few … Continue reading →

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Hoyt And The Pusher

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Terry Taylor

(Warning: Contains rock lyrics from 40 years ago) Some music goes beyond the sound that comes out of your speakers. From time to time, these sounds define a cultural or political movement. In a few cases, they become the soundtrack … Continue reading →

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Bring the Beatlesjuice

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Terry Taylor

How did George Martin get that final sound at the end of “A Day In The Life” on the Sgt. Pepper album? What popular song written by Paul McCartney used orchestra strings in a major way for the first time … Continue reading →

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For Those About To Declare Bankruptcy We Salute You

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Terry Taylor

The economic environment has gotten to the point where GM is being talked about in the past tense. CNN is a barrage of red-fonted gloom. The Dow is flushing in a daily swirl. Men are having babies (I saw the … Continue reading →

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Wall of Vinyl

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Terry Taylor

The Virgin Megastore. Times Square. New York City. Two weeks ago. A group of 23-24 year-old consumers embrace the revival of vinyl. Tweet This Post

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Immaculate Funk

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Terry Taylor

I heard the man’s name a long time ago – I can’t remember exactly where – but the music he championed was the soundtrack of my life growing up. Tweet This Post

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Grand Cayman

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Terry Taylor

I didn’t see one rare, world famous blue lizard in Grand Cayman, mainly because I was staring straight down into the bottom of the ocean. I did see what looked like a 4-foot barracuda, grinning a mouthful of sharp teeth … Continue reading →

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