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Rick Taylor

"folkaboogietoadrock"

About Me

Rick Taylor made his first professional appearance at the famed Mariposa Folk Festival in 1971, going on to perform at many of the major Canadian folk festivals. Blues, jazz, country, rock, roots and contemporary music influenced Rick’s early years on the folk and coffee house circuits. As a singer-songwriter and guitarist, Rick has been featured on CBC television and radio programmes Touch The Earth with host Sylvia Tyson, The Entertainers with host Bill Garrett , Peter Gzowski’s 90 Minutes Live, City TV’s Music City and Intimate Evenings with Songwriters on Rogers Cable TV. Other highlights of Rick’s career include opening act for Bruce Cockburn and appearing in New York City as a multi-instrumentalist in Leonard Cohen’s musical production The Sisters of Mercy, as well as guitarist in the Vancouver production of Hank Williams, The Show He Never Gave. Rick’s dynamism on guitar has led to session and sideman work with Willie P. Bennett, Stan Rogers, Doug McArthur and a highly acclaimed tour with Colleen Peterson, which culminated in nine evening engagement as opening act for Gordon Lightfoot at Massey Hall in Toronto.

Rick also fronted his own band The Torpedoes with brother Steve Taylor in Southern Ontario; a sound described by Doug McArthur as "folkaboogietoadrock" as well as the Rick Taylor Band which featured some of the finest blues and jazz musicians in Vancouver, and currently HARD 8; a roots-acoustic trio featuring guitar great Paul Pigat and harmonica legend Monte. Rick is well know for his high energy live performances, rich, expressive baritone voice, quirky and novel song-writing styles; such as his cult classics "Black Leather Diaper" and "Drunkards Lullaby", his delicately, haunting, well crafted ballads, and unforgettable "guitarnastics". Rick’s early chart hit classics "Letters from Jane" and "Soldier in the Rain", released internationally in 1989 on Volunteer Records, continued in "gold rotation" on radio stations around the world for many years. His new CD release entitled "Clown River" contains 13 original solo guitar compositions. This work is a beautifully woven instrumental story. Rick has reached deeply into his influences of the great fingerstyle guitar traditions of the world.Currently, Rick Taylor is a featured artist on Borealis Records guitar compilation CD "Six Strings North of the Border Volume 3 ", released internationally in Feb. 2006.
About The Legendary Brothers...
The Legendary Brothers, Rick and Steve Taylor are at it again. Hillbilly burlesque, Don Ho’s "Tiny Bubbles", dust bowl and delta blues, and Drunkards Lullaby. There is no defining these two brothers. After years of painful separation, the brothers are back. Just guitar, drums, and vocal. The way it all started. Their threads are bare. The strings are dead and plucked to death. The pig gut drums are slashed and damp, and the broken ’49 wooden gibson guitar looks like it smoked 3 packs of cigarettes last night. The Legendary Brothers have re-emerged from their heavy canvas blankets and will give you a show to remember.

Visit Rick Taylor’s Clown River fingerstyle guitar site on Myspace
CLOWN RIVER

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Member Since: 7/20/2006
Band Website: ricktaylormusic.com
Band Members:

Rick Taylor: ~ guitar,vocal, lap steel guitar, Hammond organ, harmonica, percussion

Daniel Miles Kane: ~ saxaphone

Mark Halpin: ~ drums, backup vocals

Peter Kasianchuk: ~ acoustic and electric bass, backup vocals

Tom Ker: r ~ acoustic and electric bass

Gido Tillman: ~ drums

Chris Haas: ~ drums and percussion

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Click here to listen to tracks from Rick Taylor's fingerstyle instrumental guitar CD "Clown River" on MySpace :
Influences: Henry Miller, Rodin, Balzak, Uncle Jerrys' Club, Irv Wienstien Eye Witness News Channel 7 Buffalo New York, Foster Hewitt, Hockey Night in Canada, Tiny Talent Time, Vietnam War, Jerry Rubin, Alan Ginsberg, Leonard Cohen, War of 1812, Rimbaud, Anais Ninn, Elvis Prestly's little sister, Hank Williams, Robert Johnson, Maurice Sache, The Bartilomi Family, Tom Rush, Jeff Buckley, Tim Hardin, Joni Mitchel, John Brim, Lightin' Hopkins, Michael Hedges, Pat Metheny, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Moby Grape, Vanilla Fudge, Django Rienhardt, Jimmy Rogers, The Kinks, Buster keaton, Coney Island, Brooklyn Dodgers, Eric Anderson, Shakti Gawain, Willie P. Bennett, Lucky Lanes Bowling Alley, Mississippi John Hurt, Bruce Cockburn, Gordon Low, Paul Campbell, Joe "Seaweed" Taylor, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Wilf Carter, Chopin, Muddy Waters, Leroy Carr, Herb Albert, Mick Delaney, Roy Rogers, Ellie May, Gidget, Martin Luther King, Choyam Trunpa Rimpoche, Dr. Spock, Smiley Bates, Jimmie Rogers, Dan West, Steve Taylor, Uncle Jimmie, Uncle Buster, Bozo The Clown, Topo Gigio, The Prince of Whales Hotel, The Chelsea Hotel, blues suede shoes, Welland Canal, Butlers Rangers, The Angel Inn, Riverside Hotel Chippawea, Riverside Hotel Niagara-on-the-Lake, The Pool Hall in Lewiston N.Y., Ray's Pool Hall, Six Pack Gas and Beer; Nashville, Roy Acuff, Eddie Shack, Stompin' Tom Connors, Ed Sullivan, Lucy, Raffi, Lenny Breau
Sounds Like: folkaboogietoadrock
Record Label: Volunteer Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

MP3 Suprise Lunch Special!!! mp3!!!!

Hi, Suprise! MP3 Lunch Special as promised!!! Just uploaded the original Letters From Jane record from 1989 by request. keep loving, RT
Posted by Rick Taylor on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:42:00 PST

Clown River

Hey peeps, I hope everyone is doing great. Myself, I just hope that my plant makes it throught the winter. I have had this scrawny little Christmas cactus for 23 years now. It's name is Robert.&n...
Posted by Rick Taylor on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:00:00 PST

Last call for IVB

Ok, last call for "Industrial Virgin Blues". Wow, this song has been carrying me for most of the free listens, and for quite some time now. Even before myspace... going as far back as 1999...
Posted by Rick Taylor on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:51:00 PST

5000 plays

Thank you everyome that has listened to my  tunes!!! We just hit 5000 plays, and I am deeply honoured. cheers, Rick oxo  
Posted by Rick Taylor on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:17:00 PST

Rattle Snake in living mono

Hi, after many hours of crumbling analogue tapes, I gave this one a 1930's feel. Rattle Snake arrangement is mine. It's a combination of a few other Chicago blues tunes. Maybe Jonny Shines or ? I...
Posted by Rick Taylor on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 05:04:00 PST

New!!! "How to tune a guitar" instructional video...

Hey! Check out my new instructional video; "How to tune a guitar with a kazoo." This works if you are really stuck... yodelaydeehoo, RT 
Posted by Rick Taylor on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:22:00 PST

No turkey for this thanks

Oh, two days of quiet reflection over this turkey weekend. The nicest thing is that my teeth have not layed any enamel on that mammal. Just hours upon hours, of staring out the window at the north sho...
Posted by Rick Taylor on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:47:00 PST

Hello Folks! I have succumbed to myspace.

Ok, myspace - it's becoming addictive. The nice part is that I can keep in touch with you all so much better! I am going to have a few "mp3 daily specials" from now and then. So watch closel...
Posted by Rick Taylor on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:58:00 PST