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Melvern Taylor and his Fabulous Meltones

**NEW RECORD "LOVE SONGS FOR LOSERS" OUT NOW!*

About Me


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Melvern Taylor writes songs and plays the ukulele. He is backed up by his Fabulous Meltones. Together they make records and play shows.
"Once upon a time, people like the Everly Brothers, Carole King and Sam Cooke made pop songstimeless, accessible and instantly familiar music. Melvern Taylor and The Fabulous Meltones craft brilliant songs that remind us that pop isnt a dirty word.
Taylors dreamy voice is a singular wonder. He grew up in Andover, Mass., secretly listening to his older siblings Beatles and Stones records. They had an acoustic guitar I wasnt supposed to touch, too, says Taylor. One rainy Saturday when I was in seventh grade, I sat in my room with their guitar and an Eagles songbook. Taylor taught himself to play guitar from the book, but the problems with having such a narrow repertoire quickly became apparentespecially when he played with others. Theyd say Hey, do you know Iron Man? says Taylor with a chuckle, and Id say, No. Do you know Witchy Woman?
Taylor spent the bulk of the 1990s fronting the 70s-influenced pop-rock band band Mudfoot along with guitarist Dave Livingston and drummer/engineer Bob Nash. Following the demise of Mudfoot, Taylor enlisted Livingston and Nash along with upright bassist Johnny Grant to back Taylor at the CD release show for his first solo offering, Handsome Bastard. The CD got the attention of former Portsmouth record store owner Kevin Guyer, who released Taylors next offering, The Spider and the Barfly on his own label, Broken White Records, in 1998. However, it was 2003s pop gem Fabuloso that changed everything.
When the ukulele came into the picture, says Taylor excitedly, I thought, Oh my God! This is the best instrument in the world! It just suits me. The band played live and in-the-round in the studio to record Good Time Flavor, which will be released in the next few months by Mill Town Records (www.milltownrecords.com). It was an experiment, Taylor says of the bands live-in-the-round approach, and the experiment was a success. Taylors silky singing and The Meltones deft backing are carrying the pop music torch quite nicely, thank you."
-Jon Nolan

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/21/2005
Band Website: melverntaylor.com
Band Members: Melvern Taylor- Vocals, Ukelele
Johnny Grant- Upright Bass, Sings Along
Dave Livingston- Slide Guitar and also Sings Along
Sir Bob Nash- Snare Drum and yes, also Sings Along

Influences:

Harry Nilsson, The Monkees, Buck Owens, Rick Nelson, Beach Boys, Willie Nelson, Johnny Mercer, beer, Beegees, fast cars and fast women, Slim Whitman, Hank Williams, most old country, Trini Lopez, Tony Orlando, Ian Whitcomb, WILCO, the Mills Brothers, Leon Redbone, the Jordonaires, Nick Lucas, Paul Williams, Nikki Sixx, Fozzy Bear, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Neil Sedaka
Sounds Like: If Harry Nilsson and Lefty Frizzell had a baby and that baby played the ukulele in a skiffle band on Thursday nights at some dumpy sea side bar for free beer and tips.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

LOVE SONGS FOR LOSERS!

GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GERMS!  MY FABULOUS MELTONES AND I HAVE A  NEW CD OUT CALLED "LOVE SONGS FOR LOSERS"   WE HAD GREAT FUN MAKING IT AND WE HOPE YOU WILL HAVE JUST A...
Posted by Melvern Taylor and his Fabulous Meltones on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:58:00 PST

Cool News!

Primary Wave signs Americana Singer-Songwriter to publishing deal AMERICANA SINGER-SONGWRITER MELVERN TAYLOR SIGNS PUBLISHING DEAL WITH PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC PUBLISHING   CHICAGO, IL, April 2007--- ...
Posted by Melvern Taylor and his Fabulous Meltones on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:31:00 PST

what's new?

Hey Folks, Here's a few bits o' news. My album "Fabuloso" is being Re-released by the good folks at Platform-1. The album has been repackaged and will be out in June. I'll keep you posted on the where...
Posted by Melvern Taylor and his Fabulous Meltones on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 01:09:00 PST