Eric Taylor

*25-09-1949 Atlanta, GA

by Praguefrank

SESSIONS

1976 Bickley Studio,1210 Tulane, Houston, TX - Eric Taylor [-1], Bill Cade [-2], Steven Jarrard [-3], Lynn Langham [-4], Don Sanders [-5] (+ Pete Gorrish/Bill Cade [bass]. Produced by Walter P. Spinks)

000 SWEET SHINE -3 Fair Retail 001

000 SINGER IN THE SUNSET -3  Fair Retail 001

000 PINEAPPLE AND RUM -3 Fair Retail 001

000 YOU AND ME  -5 Fair Retail 001

000 BAYOU SONG  -5 Fair Retail 001

000 MEAN ‘OL ALCOHOL -5 Fair Retail 001

000 RIPPED OFF -2  Fair Retail 001

000 TOO LONG IN THE CITY -2 Fair Retail 001  

000 TEXAS WAS MY HOME  -2 Fair Retail 001

001 MEMPHIS MIDNIGHT, MEMPHIS MORNING  -1 Fair Retail 001  

002 VIRGINIA’S PHOTOGRAPH -1 Fair Retail 001

003 RAINBOWS AND LIGHTNING, BEAUTIFUL AND FRIGHTENING -1 Fair Retail 001

000 QUICKFIRE -4 Fair Retail 001

000 NIGHTDRIFTS  -4 Fair Retail 001  -

1981 Loma Ranch Studio, Fredericksburg, TX – Eric Taylor

004 ONLY LOVERS Featherbed FB-901

005 GAME OF HEARTS Featherbed FB-901 

006 HEY LITTLE RYDER Featherbed FB-901

007 EAST TEXAS MOON Featherbed FB-901

008 JOSEPH CROSS Featherbed FB-901 

009 FEATHERBED Featherbed FB-901

010 SHERMANN KARMANN Featherbed FB-901 

011 COWGIRL'S HEEL Featherbed FB-901 

012 CHARLIE RAY MCWHITE Featherbed FB-901 

013 SHAMELESS LOVE Featherbed FB-901 

17 May-12 July 1995 Congress House Studios, Austin, TX – Eric Taylor (Eric Taylor [vcl/gt],  Denice Franke [vcl/bck vcl], Ian Matthews [vcl/bck vcl], Lyle Lovett [vcl/bck vcl], Kris McKay [vcl], Bradley Kopp [el gt/bck vcl], Robert McEntee [slide gt], Rafael Gayol [drums/ percussion], James Gilmer [percussion],  Gene Elders [violin], John Hagen [cello], Michael Ramos [piano], Ted Roddy [harmonica], Elias Haslanger [sax], Mark Hallman [bck vcl])

014 DEAN MORIARTY Watermelon WMCD-1040

015 PRISON MOVIE Watermelon WMCD-1040

016 HEY LITTLE RYDER Watermelon WMCD-1040

017 DEADWOOD Watermelon WMCD-1040

018 MISSION DOOR Watermelon WMCD-1040

019 TRACTOR SONG Watermelon WMCD-1040

020 VISITORS FROM INDIANA Watermelon WMCD-1040

021 ALL SO MUCH LIKE ME Watermelon WMCD-1040

022 WHOOPING CRANE Watermelon WMCD-1040

023 HEMINGWAY'S SHOTGUN Watermelon WMCD-1040

024 ALL DAY SATURDAY Watermelon WMCD-1040

025 SHOESHINE BOY Watermelon WMCD-1040  

January-March 1998 Red Shack Studios, Houston, TX – Eric Taylor (Eric Taylor [vcl/gt], Denice Franke [vcl], Rock Romano [bass/bck vcl], James Gilmer [percussion],  Gene Elders [violin], Mike Sumler [piano/organ], Eric Demmer [sax], Dennis Dotson [trumpet], Alena Richardson, Anne Lockhart [bck vcl])
026 WALKIN' BACK HOME Koch KOC-CD-8026

027 LOUIS ARMSTRONG'S BROKEN HEART Koch KOC-CD-8026

028 SWEET SUNNY SOUTH Koch KOC-CD-8026

029 TEXAS, TEXAS Koch KOC-CD-8026

030 TWO FIRES Koch KOC-CD-8026

031 BIRDLAND Koch KOC-CD-8026

032 STRONG ENOUGH FOR TWO Koch KOC-CD-8026

033 FOUR GREAT WHITE FATHERS Koch KOC-CD-8026

034 COMANCHE Koch KOC-CD-8026

035 RESURRECT Koch KOC-CD-8026

036 DEPOT LIGHT Koch KOC-CD-8026

July – September 2000 Red Shack Studios, Houston, TX – Eric Taylor (Eric Taylor [vcl/ac gt/el gt/bass], James Gilmer [percussion], Mike Sumler [piano/organ], Eric Demmer [sax], Denice Franke, Alaina Richardson, Rock Romano, Susan Lindfors, Tommie Lee Bradley [bck vcl])
037 HAPPY ENDINGS Eminent EM26001  

038 WHERE I LEAD ME Eminent EM26001  

039 ALL THE WAY TO HEAVEN Eminent EM26001  

040 CHICKEN PIE Eminent EM26001  

041 BLUE PIANO Eminent EM26001  

042 WHITE BONE Eminent EM26001  

043 DELIA / BAD NEWS Eminent EM26001  

044 YOUR GOD Eminent EM26001  

045 BREAD AND WINE Eminent EM26001

046 GAME IS GONE Eminent EM26001  

047 NOTHIN' Eminent EM26001  

2005 poss. Red Shack Studios, Houston, TX – Eric Taylor

048 THE GREAT DIVIDE  Blue Ruby 002

049 BIG LOVE  Blue Ruby 002

050 WHOREHOUSE MIRRORS AND PAWNSHOP KNIVES  Blue Ruby 002

051 MICKEY FINN  Blue Ruby 002

052 AIN'T BUT ONE THING GIVE A MAN THE BLUES  Blue Ruby 002

053 JUST SHORT OF THE LINE  Blue Ruby 002

054 MANHATTAN MANDOLIN BLUES  Blue Ruby 002

055 STORMS  Blue Ruby 002

056 SHOES  Blue Ruby 002

057 BRAND NEW COMPANION / LULU'S BACK IN TOWN / DIRTY DIRTY  Blue Ruby 002

058  BONNIE AND AVERY  Blue Ruby 002

2007 Red Shack Studios, Houston, TX – Eric Taylor

059 HOLLYWOOD POCKETKNIFE  Blue Ruby 003

060 CARNIVAL JIM AND JEAN  Blue Ruby 003

061 HIGHWAY KIND  Blue Ruby 003

062 JAIL WIDOW'S WALK  Blue Ruby 003

063 BETTER MAN  Blue Ruby 003 

064 OLNEY'S POISON AND THE HOUSTON BLUES  Blue Ruby 003

065 A MATTER OF DEGREES  Blue Ruby 003

066 POSTCARDS, 3 FOR A DIME  Blue Ruby 003

067 PEPPERCORN TREE  Blue Ruby 003

068 RALLY ROUND THE FLAG  Blue Ruby 003 

late May 2011 [live] Red Shack Studios, Houston, TX - Eric Taylor (Eric Taylor [ld vcl/ac gt], Marco Python Fecchio [el gt], James Gilmer [percussion],  Lyle Lovett, Denice Franke, Nanci Griffith, Susan Lindfors Taylor [vcl])

06801 INTRO CARNIVAL JIM AND DEAN  Blue Ruby 004 

06802 CARNIVAL JIM AND DEAN  Blue Ruby 004

06803 TEXAS, TEXAS  Blue Ruby 004

06804 INTRO LYLE LOVETT  Blue Ruby 004

06805 MEMPHIS MIDNIGHT, MEMPHIS MORNING  Blue Ruby 004

06806 TRACTOR SONG  Blue Ruby 004

06807 VISITORS FROM INDIANA  Blue Ruby 004

06808 BLUE PIANO  Blue Ruby 004

06809 INTRO DEAN MORIARTY  Blue Ruby 004

06810 DEAN MORIARTY  Blue Ruby 004

06811 INTRO NANCI GRIFFITH  Blue Ruby 004

06812 MISSION DOOR  Blue Ruby 004

06813  INTRO DOLLAR MATINEE  Blue Ruby 004

06814 DOLLAR MATINEE  Blue Ruby 004

06815 INTRO PYTHON   Blue Ruby 004

06816 DEADWOOD  Blue Ruby 004

06817 INTRO GIRLS  Blue Ruby 004

06818 PRISON MOVIE  Blue Ruby 004

06819 INTRO JAMES GILMER  Blue Ruby 004

06820 GOOD TIMES FICKLE FRIEND  Blue Ruby 004

06821 IS ROCK PRAYIN'?  Blue Ruby 004

2012 unknown – Eric Taylor (Eric Taylor [vcl/gt/ bass], Rock Romano [bass/ back vcl], Jame Gilmer [percussion], David Webb [keyboards], Susan Lindfors Taylor [hmny vcl])

069 MOLLY’S PAINTED PONY Blue Ruby 005

070 RENO Blue Ruby 005  

071 BILL Blue Ruby 005  

072 COVER THESE BONES Blue Ruby 005  

073 DARK CORNER ICE WATER Blue Ruby 005

074 FRANCESTOWN Blue Ruby 005  

075 ADIOS Blue Ruby 005  

076 TULLY’S TITLES Blue Ruby 005  

077 TULLY Blue Ruby 005  

078 STRING OF PEARLS Blue Ruby 005  

 

ALBUMS

Fair Retail 001 Through The Dark Nightly: Sweet Shine; Singer In The Sunset;  Pineapple and Rum;  You And Me; Bayou Song; Mean ‘Ol Alcohol; Ripped Off;  Too Long In The City;  Texas Was My Home; Memphis Midnight, Memphis Morning;  Virginia’s Photograph; Rainbows And Lightning, Beautiful And Frightening; Quickfire; Nightdrifts - 76

Featherbed FB-901 Shameless Love: Only Lovers; Game Of Hearts; Hey Little Ryder; East Texas Moon; Joseph Cross; Featherbed; Shermann Karmann; Cowgirl's Heel;  Charlie Ray Mcwhite; Shameless Love – 81 (reissued on Blue Ruby 001)

Watermelon WMCD-1040 Eric Taylor: Dean Moriarty; Prison Movie; Hey Little Ryder; Deadwood; Mission Door; Tractor Song; Visitors From Indiana; All So Much Like Me; Whooping Crane; Hemingway's Shotgun; All Day Saturday; Shoeshine Boy - 95

E1 Music/Koch KOC-CD-8026 Resurrect: Walkin' Back Home; Louis Armstrong's Broken Heart; Sweet Sunny South; Texas, Texas; Two Fires; Birdland; Strong Enough for Two; Four Great White Fathers; Comanche; Resurrect; Depot Light – 18-08-98

Eminent EM-26001 Scuffletown: Happy Endings; Where I Lead Me; All the Way to Heaven; Chicken Pie; Blue Piano; White Bone; Delia / Bad News; Your God; Bread and Wine; Game Is Gone; Nothin' - 20-03-01

Silverwolf 1031  The Kerrville Tapes: Sweet Sunny South; Texas, Texas; Where I Lead Me; Prison Movie; Walkin' Back Home; Louis Armstrong's Broken Heart; Hemingway's Shotgun; Two Fires; Birdland; Strong Enough for Two – 03-06-03 (live recordings from Kerville festivals)

Blue Ruby 002 The Great Divide: The Great Divide; Big Love; Whorehouse Mirrors and Pawnshop Knives; Mickey Finn; Ain't But One Thing Give a Man the Blues; Just Short of the Line; Manhattan Mandolin Blues; Storms; Shoes; Brand New Companion / Lulu's Back in Town / Dirty Dirty; Bonnie and Avery - 05                 

Blue Ruby 003 Hollywood Pocketknife: Hollywood Pocketknife;  Carnival Jim and Jean;  Highway Kind; Jail Widow's Walk; Better Man;  Olney's Poison and The Houston Blues;  A Matter of Degrees; Postcards, 3 for a Dime;  Peppercorn Tree; Rally Round the Flag - 07

Blue Ruby 004 Live at the Red Shack: Intro Carnival Jim and Dean;  Carnival Jim and Dean; Texas, Texas; Intro Lyle Lovett; Memphis Midnight, Memphis Morning; Tractor Song; Visitors from Indiana; Blue Piano; Intro Dean Moriarty; Dean Moriarty; Intro Nanci Griffith; Mission Door; Intro Dollar Matinee; Dollar Matinee; Intro Python; Deadwood; Intro Girls; Prison Movie; Intro James Gilmer; Good Times Fickle Friend; Is Rock Prayin'? - 11

Blue Ruby 005 Studio 10: Molly’s Painted Pony; Reno; Bill; Cover These Bones; Dark Corner Ice Water; Francestown; Adios; Tully’s Titles; Tully; String Of Pearls - 04-06-13