Robert Taylor profile picture

Robert Taylor

About Me



Geneveve - Robert Taylor Band @ The Chocolate Moose

Opa-Locka - Robert Taylor Band @ XYFest 2008.

More Videos on YouTube .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/04/2006
Band Website: http://www.sonicbids.com/RobertTaylor
Band Members:

In the studio:

"hollow & broken" EP/demo ie: Be The One, Elvis An Epic and Been Down Too recorded at IVM Music in Doral, FL

Robert Taylor - vocals, guitar and harmonica
Ivan Valles - drums, bass, guitar, keyboards and engineering
Elizabeth Connelly - backing vocals on Elvis An Epic
Elisa - backing vocals on Be The One

Elvis An Epic (Nashville Version) recorded at Sound Emporium in Nashville, TN and produced by William Smith for Baldwin Entertainment
David Flint - acoustic guitar | Doug Grieves - electric guitar | Steve Holland - drums | Dow Tomlin - bass | Dennis Wage - piano, organ

Elvis An Epic

Elvis stole the black man’s blues, swore he’d give it back
he invested it in drugs and food and a fleet of Cadillacs
He dressed it up in jumpsuits, ‘til it busted out the seams
it exploded into mythology in little boys dreams
And we went down to Memphis, we stood at Graceland’s gate
we longed to take the tour but my daddy wouldn’t wait
He stuffed us in the station wagon, headed further west
spent Easter in Anaheim and Disneyland sucked

It’s an epic tale of tragedy, a Technicolor fantasy
A mini-series on TV and a cartoon to be
It’s an epic tale of tragedy

Wanna build a stage on Elvis’ grave, invite the world to play
have an eternal open mic night twenty-four hours a day
It seems humans have a deep desire to be often entertained
why we feel our minds with drivel has yet to be explained

It’s an epic tale of tragedy, an unsolved mystery
just a boy from Mississippi trying to shake off his misery
It’s an epic tale of tragedy, an epic tale of tradegy

So Elvis stole the black man’s blues, swore he’d give it back
we’re eating up the interest and getting mighty fat
And if thievery’s an art than hippocracy’s a craft
rock-n-roll’s a joke, but don’t you love to laugh

It’s an epic tale of tragedy, an underdog victory
a truer than life story of a false reality
It’s an epic tale of tragedy, an epic tale of tragedy...

Copyright 2007 Robert E. Taylor, Jr.

Influences: Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan
Tom Waits

Sounds Like:
Record Label: Reminder Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Save My Soul - Robert Taylor

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.... Video demo of a new song called Save My Soul
Posted by on Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:22:00 GMT

Off to Tennessee!

Thursday, July 2nd 2009, the wife and I will be relocating to Tennessee just outside of Nashville. Hope to be settled in by Sunday and starting the new job Monday morning.It is difficult leaving the R...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:16:00 GMT

New recordings coming soon!

The Robert Taylor Band has been in the studio recording two tracks: Love's Like A Ghost & Blame It On The Little Man.We're pretty close to the final mix but that's the scary part which leads to all of...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:12:00 GMT

Knuckle down

So, what's new? Not much... and that can be a problem. Working on some new material. Trying to finish a batch of new songs that I've been playing peekaboo with for a while. I had a concept  but it chan...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:35:00 GMT

Heard the band?

Finally realized that I haven't updated  in a while so here we go...Been a little more focused on the Robert Taylor Band than solo stuff. Does that make any sense ?Sort of? Not real clear on it myself ...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:20:00 GMT

Nashville Live - update

March 20th, 2008 is the scheduled date for the Tyler Music Group songwriting contest performance at the Douglas Corner Cafe in Nashville, TN. Hey, I know that's a Thursday... Anyway, I'll be doing one...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:47:00 GMT

2008

Happy New Year! I'm trying to get back into the swing of playing again since music was kind of on hold for the holidays. Put the Robert Taylor Band together for a show in December and we are tryi...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:26:00 GMT

Nashville Live?

I have made it to the final round of  the Tyler Music Group songwriting contest which now requires me to play the new song live in Nashville. Not sure of the date or venue yet, but I'll post it w...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:08:00 GMT

Road trip to Nashville

Looks like I'll be making a quick trip to Nashville this weekend to record. Opportunity knocks... details once I return.
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:30:00 GMT

"Elvis: an Epic" airing on Mantalk 640 AM

Thanks to Ken Pauli and all the folks at Mantalk 640 AM for putting local music on the air in South Florida and for giving my song a shot. Hey, it's AM talk radio, but it's radio!
Posted by on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 06:16:00 GMT