Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Alex Taylor - Dinnertime (1972 us, tight folk blues rock)



Alex Taylor's blues throat couldn't be more unlike his singing siblings, James, Kate and Livingston. As faraway from a sensitive singer/songwriter as could be, Taylor gives the blues treatment to classics like Howlin' Wolf's "Who's Been Talkin'" as well as to songs by contemporary writing greats, from Randy Newman ("Let's Burn Down the Cornfield") to Bob Dylan ("From a Buick Six"), as well as by lesser-knowns like Jesse Winchester ("Payday"). With searing guitars and evocative organ at work, the record serves as a sampler of what was going on at Muscle Shoals and Ardent Studios in the early '70s and captures the Memphis soul sound of the era. This is his second recording for Capricorn.
by Denise Sullivan
Tracks
1. Change Your Sexy Ways (Alex Taylor, Chuck Leavell, Jimmy Nalls) - 7:07
2. Let's Burn Down The Cornfield (Randy Newman) - 4:25
3. Comin' Back To You (Scott Boyer) - 4:15
4. Four Days Gone (Stephen Stills) - 3:56
5. Payday (Jesse Winchester) - 4:53
6. Who's Been Talkin' (Chester Burnett) - 4:45
7. Who Will The Next Fool Be (Charlie Rich) - 4:50
8. From A Buick Six (Bob Dylan) - 4:54

Musicians
*Alex Taylor - Vocals
*Bill Stewart - Drums
*Charles Chalmers - Vocals
*Charlie Hayward - Bass
*Chuck Leavell - Keyboards, Piano, Vibraphone
*Donna Rhodes - Vocals
*Earl Sims - Percussion
*Ginger Holladay - Vocals
*Jaimoe - Congas, Percussion, Timbales
*Jimmy Nalls - Guitars
*John Hughey - Steel Guitar 
*Johnny Sandlin - Bass, Moog Synthesizer
*Lou Mullenix - Percussion, Timbales
*Mary Holladay - Vocals
*Paul Hornsby - Keyboards, Organ
*Roger Hawkins - Congas, Percussion, Tambourine
*Sandra Chalmers - Vocals
*Sandra Rhodes - Vocals 
*Scott Boyer - Guitars, Vocals
*Steve Smith - Vocals
*Temple Riser - Vocals
*Wayne Perkins - Bass, Guitar, Slide Guitar

Related Acts
1970  Cowboy - Reach For The Sky
1971  Cowboy - 5'll Getcha Ten (2014 remaster) 

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