Re: james taylor quartet..

[bevis@apg.ph.ucl.ac.uk (Bevis Peters)]

> i was curious if anyone else on the list has listened to the james taylor 
> quartet.. not the same james taylor as known in the states, playing 
> acoustic guitar, but an english band that's been around for about 10 
> years doing hammond-full covers of 60's and 70's movie/tv soundtracks, 
> and many originals.. their stuff is pretty hard to find in the us, except 
> for a couple of recent re-releases on an american label..  as usual, it's 
> not for everyone, but i think it's great stuff..

I'm very into JTQs early stuff. I hate their newer stuff with the singers,
though. I've seen them gig a few times and they turn up on UK TV once in a
while. I get the feeling that James heart is no longer in it, though, as he
often just sits playing chords once in while and letting other ppl lead the
band (on his new songs anyway). I reckon that "the first 64 mins" and "wait
a minute" are the best JTQ albums. They started in the 70s, btw. I engineered
them once - I think he said that he got his C3 from a granny for a fiver. The
case of it was tottally knackerd (and sawn in half) (when I met him, not when
he bought it!) and he had a wah wah wired into it. Unfortunately at the time
I didn't know much about hammonds and didn't peek around for any mods.

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Bevis Peters, bevis@apg.ph.ucl.ac.uk
http://www.phys.ucl.ac.uk/~bp/
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