Otis Taylor Trio

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7 & 9pm :: Otis Taylor :: $20 / $15 student price (9pm only)

With Otis Taylor, it’s best to expect the unexpected. While his music, an amalgamation of roots styles in their rawest form, discusses heavyweight issues like murder, homelessness, tyranny, and injustice, his personal style is lighthearted. “I’m good at dark, but I’m not a particularly unhappy person,” he says. “I’d just like to make enough money to buy a Porsche.”

Part of Taylor’s appeal is his contrasting character traits. But it is precisely this element of surprise that makes him one of the most compelling artists to emerge in recent years. In fact, Guitar Player magazine writes, “Otis Taylor is arguably the most relevant blues artist of our time.” Whether it’s his unique instrumentation (he fancies banjo and cello), or it’s the sudden sound of a female vocal, or a seemingly upbeat optimistic song takes a turn for the forlorn, what remains consistent is poignant storytelling based in truth and history. On his seventh CD, Below The Fold, due in stores this Summer, Taylor rolls out a set of stylistically varied songs that point to a blues-based center but are awash with Appalachian country overtones and moody, psychedelic rock.

Taylor's new album "Pentatonic Wars & Love Songs" is available now and is getting rave reviews!

“If you haven’t hipped yourself to Otis Taylor yet, please do…Great stuff.” ***1/2
DownBeat

“Our most iconoclastic bluesman conjures ghosts…”
USA Today

“…a blues-based meditation on love, childhood and race comparable to Marvin Gaye’s opus ‘What’s Going On.’”
Wall Street Journal

“Fusing blues and jazz with solid results throughout, this may be Taylor’s finest hour.”
Westword