Truth Is Not Fiction

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Album: Truth Is Not Fiction
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Rosa, Rosa	More Info...
2)	Kitchen Towel	More Info...
3)	comb Your Brown Hair	More Info...
4)	Babies Don't Lie	More Info...
5)	Be My Frankenstein	More Info...
6)	House Of The Crosses	More Info...
7)	Past Times	More Info...
8)	Shakie's Gone	More Info...
9)	Be My Witness	More Info...
10)	Nasty Letter	More Info...
11)	Walk On Water	More Info...
12)	Baby, Please Don't Go	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Otis Taylor (vocals, guitar, electric banjo, mandolin, harmonica); Eddie Turner (guitar); Ben Sollee (cello); Kenny Passarelli (bass, keyboards); Cassie Taylor (background vocals).
Personnel: Otis Taylor (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, Spanish guitar, banjo, electric banjo, mandolin, harmonica); Eddie Turner (guitar); Ben Sollee (cello); Kenny Passarelli (piano, keyboards); Cassie Taylor (background vocals).
Recording information: Derryberry Audio, Westminster, CO; Stepbridge Studios, Santa Fe, NM.
Arranger: Kenny Passarelli.
Otis Taylor can make people nervous. His take on the blues is defiant, angry, aggressive, and confrontational, owing as much to Peter Tosh as Charley Patton. Although he carries the dust of 1920s country blues in his mostly acoustic songs, his railings against social injustices are thoroughly contemporary. Taylor is an often pedantic songwriter, but he pulls it off by sheer bravado and conviction, and like a driver who blows through a stop sign, he's sure about where he's going. Truth Is Not Fiction follows the template of his previous three albums, with no drums (the rhythm comes from the sheer propulsion of Taylor's guitar, banjo, and mandolin playing) and a sort of Appalachian griot approach to things. One of the highlights is the strange Russian blues (complete with cello) of "House of the Crosses," a perfect example of Taylor's mix of rustic themes with cosmopolitan purposes. The full speed ahead rhythm banjo on "Babies Don't Lie" drills into your head like a freight train, and the ante is upped with double-barrelled banjos in both channels on "Shakie's Gone," making Taylor sound at times like Richie Havens on steroids. The album closer, a gut-bucket cover of the Big Joe Williams classic "Baby, Please Don't Go," seems oddly stuck in low gear, but overall Truth Is Not Fiction works well. Given his agenda, Taylor isn't for everyone, but he brings a fresh approach and a welcome shot in the ass to contemporary blues. ~ Steve Leggett

Professional Reviews

Dirty Linen (2/04, p.72) - "[H]e has something to say and knows how to get your attention. So listen up."

Living Blues (11/03, p.52) - - "...Otis Taylor melds poetic lyrics and hauntingly evocative music with rare artistic panache, making this a trip well worth taking..."

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