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Tommy Taylor (Drummer)
Tommy Taylor (born May 8, 1957) is an American musician, vocalist and songwriter, who is best known for being a touring and recording member with Christopher Cross and Eric Johnson. Early years Developing an infatuation with many types of music at a very early age, he quickly expanded his interests, exploring the playing of various musical instruments and singing. He acquired his first guitar at the age of eight in December 1965, discovering by chance, that he was also potentially quite adept at playing the drums, drumming became his primary objective. By age eleven he was working professionally as a drummer, and by age thirteen, he was headlining the most prominent night spots in Austin, TX. Christopher Cross In 1977, Taylor landed the drummer/vocalist slot with the burgeoning original music group, Christopher Cross. His performances on Cross's classic debut LP, "Christopher Cross," helped garner 5 Grammy Awards in 1981, Including Album of The Year, along with a 5× Platinu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denton, Texas
Denton is a city in and the county seat of Denton County, Texas, United States. With a population of 139,869 as of 2020, it is the 27th-most populous city in Texas, the 197th-most populous city in the United States, and the 12th-most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. A Texas land grant led to the formation of Denton County in 1846, and the city was incorporated in 1866. Both were named after pioneer and Texas militia captain John B. Denton. The arrival of a railroad line in the city in 1881 spurred population, and the establishment of the University of North Texas in 1890 and Texas Woman's University in 1901 distinguished the city from neighboring regions. After the construction of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport finished in 1974, the city had more rapid growth; as of 2011, Denton was the seventh-fastest growing city with a population over 100,000 in the country. Located on the far north end of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in North Texas on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliffs Of Dover (song)
The White Cliffs of Dover is the region of English coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France. The cliff face, which reaches a height of , owes its striking appearance to its composition of chalk accented by streaks of black flint, deposited during the Late Cretaceous. The cliffs, on both sides of the town of Dover in Kent, stretch for eight miles (13 km). The White Cliffs of Dover form part of the North Downs. A section of coastline encompassing the cliffs was purchased by the National Trust in 2016. The cliffs are part of the Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation. The point where Great Britain is closest to continental Europe, on a clear day the cliffs are visible from France (approximately away). A celebrated UK landmark, the cliffs have featured on commemorative postage stamps issued by the Royal Mail, including in their British coastline series in 2002 and UK A-Z series in 2012. Location The cliff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up Close (Eric Johnson Album)
''Up Close'' is Eric Johnson's sixth studio album, released on December 7, 2010. It is Johnson's first studio release since his 2005 album '' Bloom''. The album features guest appearances by Malford Milligan, Sonny Landreth, Steve Miller, Jimmie Vaughan, and Jonny Lang. Track listing All songs written by Eric Johnson, except where noted. Personnel Personnel are credited alphabetically. * Roscoe Beck - Bass Guitar * Kelly Donnelly - Engineer * Kevin Hall - Drums * Andy Johns - Mixing * Eric Johnson - Guitar, Vocals, Producer * Sonny Landreth - Guitar ("Your Book") * Jonny Lang - Guitar and Vocals ("Austin") * Malford Milligan - Vocals ("Brilliant Room") * Steve Miller - Vocals ("Texas") * Richard Mullen - Producer * Kelly Toombs - Album Cover Design * Barry "Frosty" Smith - Drums * Tommy Taylor - Drums * Jimmie Vaughan Jimmie Vaughan (born March 20, 1951) is an American blues rock guitarist and singer based in Austin, Texas. He is the older brother of the late Texas bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live From Austin, TX (Eric Johnson Album)
''Live from Austin, TX'' is Eric Johnson's first live album, released in November 2005. The album showcases Johnson's seminal 1988 performance at ''Austin City Limits''. The performance included a number of songs from ''Ah Via Musicom'' before its release in 1990, the album that a few years later would launch Johnson to fame as well as a pair of Jimi Hendrix covers. Track listing All songs written by Eric Johnson, except where noted. # "Righteous" – 3:28 # "Love or Confusion" ( Jimi Hendrix) – 3:05 # "Steve's Boogie" – 1:55 # "Trail of Tears" (Johnson, Stephen Barber, Carla Olsen) – 9:21 # "Western Flyer" (Johnson, Roscoe Beck, Tommy Taylor) – 3:43 # "East Wes" – 4:06 # "C.W." (Kyle Brock) – 0:55 # "Camel's Night Out" (Kyle Brock, Mark Younger-Smith) – 4:16 # "Emerald Eyes" (Johnson, Jay Aaron) – 4:17 # " Cliffs of Dover" – 6:13 # " Desert Rose" (Johnson, Vince Mariani) – 4:57 # "Zap" – 5:38 # "Are You Experienced?" ( Jimi Hendrix) Personnel * Eri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloom (Eric Johnson Album)
''Bloom'' is Eric Johnson's fifth studio release, released in June 2005. It was the first studio release since his 1996 album ''Venus Isle'' almost nine years prior. However, in these nine years he had released a live album by his side-project Alien Love Child entitled '' Live and Beyond'' in 2000, as well as two albums of previously unreleased material: ''Seven Worlds'' in 1998 and ''Souvenir'' in 2002. The album is split into three sections, 'Prelude' (tracks 1-6), 'Courante' (tracks 7-12) and 'Allemande' (tracks 13-16). The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2006 under the category of Best Pop Instrumental Album. Track listing All songs written by Eric Johnson, except where noted. *''Prelude'' #"Bloom" – 3:10 #"Summer Jam" – 2:11 #"My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) – 3:47 #"Good to Me" – 4:31 Columbia – 2:22 #"12 to 12 Vibe" – 2:21 *''Courante'' #"Sea Secret" – 1:57 #"Sad Legacy" – 4:06 #"From My Heart" - 7:26 #"Cruise the Nile" - 2:13 #"Tribute to Jerry Ree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souvenir (Eric Johnson Album)
''Souvenir'' is an album by Eric Johnson released in 2003. It is a collection of previously unreleased material spanning 25 years. The album was unique in that it was only available for purchase through Eric Johnson's website. The album was released between '' Seven Worlds'' in 1998 and '' Bloom'' in 2005. Track listing All songs written by Eric Johnson except where noted. # "Get to Go" – 4:47 # "Space of Clouds" – 2:49 # "Paperback Writer" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...) – 4:06 # "Forever Yours" – 4:12 # "Hard Times" – 3:00 # "Climbing from Inside" – 3:31 # "I'm Finding You" – 4:25 # "Paladin" – 3:08 # "Fanfare One" – 1:58 # "Virginia" – 4:12 # "A Memory I Have" – 2:47 # "Dusty" – 1:23 References {{Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus Isle
''Venus Isle'' is the third studio album by guitarist Eric Johnson, released on September 3, 1996, through Capitol Records. The album reached No. 51 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200,"Venus Isle - Eric Johnson , Awards" ''''. . Retrieved 2014-11-14. the highest position in Johnson's career, and remained on that chart for six weeks. "Eric Johnson - Chart history" '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tones (album)
''Tones'' is the first studio album by guitarist Eric Johnson, released in 1986 through Reprise Records; a remastered edition was reissued on February 23, 2010 through Wounded Bird Records. Both "Zap" and "Emerald Eyes" are re-recordings from Johnson's then-unreleased 1978 debut album '' Seven Worlds'', which eventually saw an official release in 1998. The instrumental "Zap", released as a B-side to the single "Off My Mind", was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 1987 Grammy Awards."29th Grammy Awards - 1987" Rock On The Net. Retrieved 2014-03-27. Critical reception Daniel Gioffre at gave ''Tones'' four stars out of five, calling it "an exceptionally ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Andes
Mark Andes (born February 19, 1948) is an American musician, known for his work as a bassist with Canned Heat, Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, Firefall, Heart, and Mirabal. Early life Andes was born in Philadelphia, but grew up in Los Angeles, one of two sons of actor Keith Andes (1920–2005). Career As a teenager, he was an early member of Canned Heat, but left before the band was signed to a recording contract. Andes was a founding member of the band Spirit. He played bass on their first four albums and on some subsequent reunion albums. During a bout with the flu, Mark co-wrote one of Spirit's first singles, "Mechanical World," with fellow Spirit member Jay Ferguson who was a friend from high school. Spirit was noted for its hybrid sound of rock and jazz styles. The group released groundbreaking works such as '' Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus'' (1970), that critically were lauded later, but commercial success largely eluded them at the time. When the original line-up of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lee Holt
David Lee Holt (born December 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter who is best known for being a member of the Austin-based group, Storyville, which included guitarist David Grissom, vocalist Malford Milligan, and Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Double Trouble rhythm section, Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton. He has also toured and recorded with Carlene Carter, The Mavericks, and Joe Ely Joe Ely (born February 9, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist, whose music touches on honky-tonk, Texas Country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll. He has had a genre-crossing career, performing with Bruce Springsteen, Uncle Tup .... In 2004, Holt released his only solo effort, ''Perpetual Motion'', on the Blue Corn Music label. He currently resides in Austin, Texas. Career Carlene Carter In 1990, Holt was hired by Carlene Carter at the suggestion of her ex-husband, Nick Lowe, to join her U.S. tour in support of her Warner Bros. release, ''I Fell In Love''. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roscoe Beck
Charles Roscoe Beck is an American bassist with a reputation as "a solid bottom-liner". Beck has played with artists like Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Leonard Cohen, and The Dixie Chicks. He is also a successful record producer with two Grammy Award nominations. Career Roscoe Beck is from Poughkeepsie, NY, and he moved in 1971 to Austin, where he met and played with Eric Johnson and brothers Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmie Vaughan. Later in the 1970s he formed an R&B-fusion band called "Passenger" which in 1979 played a gig in Los Angeles where Robben Ford was present and asked them to be the opening act on his tour. After having shuffled between Austin and Los Angeles for a year, Beck was asked to play on Leonard Cohen's album '' Recent Songs''. The experience led him to start working as a record producer, and in 1986 he produced Jennifer Warnes' Grammy-nominated album ''Famous Blue Raincoat''. He also played bass and served as musical director for Leonard Cohen's 2008–2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Omartian
Michael Omartian (born November 26, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, keyboardist, and music producer. He produced number-one records in three consecutive decades. He has earned 11 Grammy Awards nominations and won three. He spent five years on the A&R staff of ABC/Dunhill Records as a producer, artist, and arranger; then was hired by Warner Bros. Records as an in-house producer and A&R staff member. Omartian moved from Los Angeles to Nashville in 1993, where he served on the Board of Governors of the Recording Academy, and has helped to shape the curriculum for the first master's degree program in the field of Music Business at Belmont University. Omartian has produced albums for many artists, including Clint Black, Michael Bolton, Debby Boone, Steve Camp, Peter Cetera, Christopher Cross, Joe "Bean" Esposito, Amy Grant, Benny Hester, Whitney Houston, The Imperials, The Jacksons, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, Cliff Richard, Steely Dan, Rod Stewart, Donna Summer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
