Cassie Taylor – Blue

Keith S | October 1, 2011 | 0 Comments

(DMD label, Hypertension Music distribution)

by Guy Errickson

www.thenakedstage.Net

The “Daughter of a Blues Man,” Cassie Taylor fully embodies the Blues as only the greats can: Blues ain’t music, it’s Life. She was born with the voice of an Angel, now augmented with the elysian depth, scintillating luminescence and seraphic passions of an entrancing young woman. Reimagining the sultry Bass Guitar as a hybrid-melody instrument – much the same way her W.C. Handy Award-winning father Otis Taylor (OtisTaylor.com) redefined the electric Banjo, unexpectedly invigorating the Trance-Blues genre (TranceBluesFestival.com – Nov. 25-27, Boulder); Cassie’s a demonstration on how spectacular the universe can be.

A songwriter far beyond her twenty-something years, multi-instrumentalist, veteran of a dozen albums (including Gary Moore’s Bad For You Baby), and numerous tours in her father’s band, Cassie is 1/3rd of the Girls with Guitars (released March 2011) trio with Samantha Fish and Dani Wilde (Ruf Records), and also serves on the Board of Directors of The Blues Foundation. Having a guileless, naturally pure stage presence, Cassie doesn’t wait for an audience to connect with her, she offers herself as immediate realization that we are all irresistibly whirled into this flowering golden rainbow of the Blues.

Amazing musicians grace this CD: Cassie Taylor (Otis Taylor Band) Lead Vocals, Bass, Piano; Jeremy Colson (Steve Vai, Billy Idol) Drums; James “Rooster” Olson (Trailer Trash Pedalboards), Guitar. Additional musicians include Rusty Anderson (Paul McCartney), Eric Gales, (Guitarist Magazine’s Best Blues Player 2010), and Tim Tucker (also Album Producer, Engineer), Guitar; Steve Mariner (Monkey Junk, 2009 Harmonica Player of the Year), Blues Harp; William “Fat Willie” Whittaker, Hammond B-3 Organ; Hazel Miller, Denise Gentilini, Lindsay Solonycze, & Alyssa Clotfelter, Backing Vocals.