Three years after his death, the storied Houston songwriter Eric Taylor can be heard...
usan Lindfors Taylor scattered her husband’s ashes at a specific site meaningful to him within Palo Duro State Park. She kept other well-worn touchstones closer to their home in Weimar. Eric Taylor’s stainless steel National finger picks have lost their luster from repeatedly striking steel strings to create a guitar tone all his own. The pages of his lyric notebooks are tea-stain brown with spiral spines that twist like the branches of a live oak.
Early Eric Taylor, a CD of his early music is shown on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022 in Houston. The compilation suggests he long possessed the craft and genius for thoughtful songs years before he became a staple at Anderson Fair."Early Eric Taylor" offers something new for those drawn to his music: His voice and guitar with minimal ornamentation.
“I knew some of these were songs they’d never heard,” he says. “Or if they had heard them, they sure didn’t have a recording of them or anything they could hold in their hand. I thought they'd like to hear them.”Gilmer and Lindfors Taylor worked with engineer Rock Romano for more than a year on “Early Eric Taylor.” They winnowed more than 60 songs down to 19 — 10 of which had never been published and released on a Taylor recording.
Susan Lindfors Taylor, who recently, with James Gilmer, and Rock Romano, compiled some the late Eric Taylor's earliest recordings into a CD, poses for a portrait on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022 in Houston. The compilation suggests he long possessed the craft and genius for thoughtful songs years before he became a staple at Anderson Fair.
"Early Eric Taylor” offers more of him. Lindfors Taylor, Gilmer and Romano include a few introductions for songs dappled with a sense of humor that felt more scarce on his studio recordings. One tune on the set turns into a sing-along.
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