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Otis Taylor

Definition of a Circle

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Otis Taylor ‎- Little Betty
Otis Taylor: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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06/07/2014 - Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge / Denver, CO
06/08/2014 - Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge / Denver, CO
06/12/2014 - Space / Evanston, IL
06/13/2014 - Chicago Blues Festival / Evanston, IL
06/21/2014 - Museum of Making Music / Carlsbad, CA
06/22/2014 - Long Beach Bayour & Blues Festival / Long Beach, CA
07/05/2014 - Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival / Portland, OR
07/11/2014 - Amal's Blues Fest / Amal, Sweden
08/09/2014 - Kitchener Blues Festival / Cambridge, Ontario
08/10/2014 - Kitchener Blues Festival / Cambridge, Ontario
08/31/2014 - Snowy Range Music Festival / Laramie, WY
1 Little Betty  
2 Black's Mandolin Boogie  
3 Looking Over Your Fence  
4 They Wore Blue  
5 Few Feet Away  
6 Something In Your Back Pocket  
7 My Name Is General Jackson  
8 Love And Hesitation  
9 Maharaja Daughter  
10 Long Long Life  
11 Mexican Cowboy  
12 Lifetime Of Freedom  
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A circle is a space without corners, but Otis Taylor is all about the corners his new Telarc release: Definition Of A Circle. Receiving high praise from the music press on his last CD, Below the Fold, Dirty Linen simply labeled Otis as, "startling, while Paste called him "a country-folk version of spontaneous, talking-blues master John Lee Hooker," and The New Yorker proclaimed "he's always heading toward places you haven't seen."

3 New 'ON' this week: 121 Total "Stations/Shows"
SYND: House Of Blues Radio Hour, Blues Deluxe
Direct: XM Bluesville
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Wash DC, Miami, Minneapolis, Seattle(ADI), Dallas, Atlanta, Denver, Houston, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Portland, San Diego, Cincinatti(ADI), Baltimore(ADI), Milwaukee, Louisville KY, Memphis & Chatanooga TN, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Buffalo, Madison WI, Raleigh NC, Hartford CT

  • Otis Taylor's Trance Blues Fest brings out the community groove / Boulder Daily Camera
    Posted At: November 9, 2018 12:00 AM

    With palpable soul, skilled musicianship and a haunting appeal, international blues guitarist, banjoist and singer Otis Taylor crafts songs that are both lyrically moving and instrumentally complex. With the charisma and authenticity of Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and John Lee Hooker, Taylor has gained a loyal following always eager to see the troubadour's next move. Today and Saturday, Taylor will join ...
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  • Otis Taylor Band set for Greeley Blues Jam / The Tribune
    Posted At: January 7, 2018 12:00 AM

    p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica} p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px} The Greeley Blues Jam will kick off June 8 in downtown Greeley. Blues bands will play at 18 different venues around town and the music is free. The Otis Taylor Band from Boulder has pla...
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  • Otis Taylor brings trance blues back to Buena Vista CO / Chaffee County Times
    Posted At: August 18, 2017 12:00 AM

    What do Derek Trucks (Allman Brothers, Tedeschi Trucks Band), Tommy Bolin (Deep Purple, James Gang), Warren Haynes (Government Mule, Allman Brothers), Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy) and Bill Nershi (String Cheese Incident) all have in common? They've all played with Otis Taylor.  Taylor's music has repeatedly garnered awards, and he has received critical acclaim for his work as a songwriter, a lyricis...
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  • 'Trance Blues' courtesy of Otis Taylor
    Posted At: January 10, 2013 12:00 AM

    It's been a long time since Otis Taylor used to play banjo on his unicycle ride to school. Now at 64-years old, this legendary blues artist first emerged in the 60's and 70's. After a hiatus from music in 1977 in lieu of becoming an antiques dealer while concurrently forming a professional biking team, 20 years later Taylor was back to making music. After releasing a handful of well recei...
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