Otis Taylor - Definition Of A Circle. CD. (New Note - CD83659) Crackling with hypnotic energy, Otis Taylor's eighth album (2007) infuses his cutting-edge blues with a dose of rock'n'roll exuberance. The blasting opener "Little Betty" gets some rocket fuel from blues-rock legend Gary Moore's marvelously expressive, raw guest guitar as well as from drummer John Kelly, whose propulsion ignites several of these dozen tunes. Ultimately, though, Taylor's one-chord magic comes from his knack for repeating catchy riffs until they become a seductive blur--a hip-shaking platform for his colorful explorations of love, war, joy, deprivation, and racial struggle. He's also got a way with textures, spinning dirty guitar, prickly electric mandolin, his daughter Cassie's haunting alto singing, and his own appealingly hoarse baritone into mesmeric arrangements for tunes like the Hurricane Katrina contemplation "They Wore Blue" that owe as much to Pink Floyd as to Muddy Waters.

Otis Taylor - Respect The Dead. CD. (Northern Blues Music - NBM0009) One of America's most promising blues artists - frequently compared to John Lee Hooker, already the winner of 4 Handy Awards.Taylor's songs have skeletons as bare as those of John Lee Hooker's, butt heir bones are often wrapped in quick-paced rhythm licks inspired byAfrican music as this 2002 release shows.Blues from the Delta mud and this man's command of slide guitar and effects makes for shivery peals that underpin the drama of his singing, and who maps out an entirely new vocabulary for electric banjo.

Otis Taylor - White African. CD. (Northern Blues Music - NBM0002) Acclaimed as the 'most on-target blues CD in years' and nominated for Best Blues Album of the Year 2002 at the WC Handy Blues Awards.Another great album (this was released in 2001) from this amazing new blues talent.Check out the gems "My Soul's In Louisiana", and "Resurrection Blues" if you need more prrof of this man's ability.

Otis Taylor - Double V. CD. (New Note - CD83601) 2004 release from this inspired blues man who's use of the electronic mandolin and banjo is most unusual for the blues, but it seems to hit home.This is blues that swings to the genre's dark side, matching tales of hangings and prison with brooding, near-psychedelic soundscapes will appeal to the type who likes late night listenings with depth.

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