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Generations of Blues: West Side Legacy

by Larry Taylor

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Bad Girl 04:36
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Feels So Bad 04:25
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I Found Out 04:32
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No Shine 04:01
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This album, Generations of Blues: West Side Legacy, is dedicated to Eddie and Vera Taylor for Eddie Sr.’s 100th birthday anniversary Jan. 29, 2023.

Eddie Taylor Sr, a master guitarist and VeeJay recording artist, and his wife, singer Vera Taylor, were leaders in the Great Migration generation which brought the blues from Mississippi to the West Side of Chicago in the 1950s. Five of their eight children grew up to be professional musicians. Out of the relentless chaos of urban poverty, violence, and racial injustice in the Taylors’ home community rises the beauty of this music of survival. The blues is in their blood.

In 2015, Larry invited his brothers and sisters—Brenda, Demetria, Eddie Jr. and Tim-- to record songs from their parents’ generation. Larry’s son Dullah “Liljet2x” added a rap song dedicated to his mother, the late Janice Myles. So three Taylor generations shine on this album - in body or in spirit. Larry’s group, the Soul Blues Healers, includes West and South Side musicians he’s known for a lifetime. Since this recording, Sleepy Riley and Killer Ray Allison have gone on to Soul Heaven.

credits

released June 16, 2023

TAYLOR FAMILY MUSICIANS
Larry Taylor: vocals - tracks 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 11 (background), 12; drums - tracks 1, 2, 10, 11, 13
Eddie Taylor Jr: vocals - track 8; guitar - tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13
Brenda Taylor: vocals - tracks 5, 6
Demetria Taylor: vocals - tracks 3, 7
Tim Taylor: drums - tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12
Liljet2x (Abdullah Al Shabazz): vocals (lead and background) - track 11

OTHER MUSICIANS:

GUITAR: Joe B. Brinson - tracks 1, 10; Jerry-O Mansfield - tracks 3, 5, 6, 7, 12; Killer Ray Allison - tracks 9, 12; Ice Mike Thomas - track 11

BASS: Abraham Avery- tracks 1, 10,11; Michael “Sleepy” Riley- tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 12, 13

HARMONICA: Matthew Skoller- tracks 2, 4, 8, 13

KEYS: Barrelhouse Bonni - tracks 1, 10 (BG vocals track 11); Stanley Banks - tracks 2, 4, 8, 13; Duke Harris - tracks 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12; Kevin Stovall - track 11 (also background vocals)

HORNS: B.J. Emery, trombone - tracks 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12; Ronnie G., sax - tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12

ENGINEERS: Brian Leach and Brandon Pope - Joyride Studio, Chicago
PRODUCED by Larry Taylor. ”No Shine” produced and arranged by LilJet2x, Larry Taylor, Barrelhouse Bonni McKeown; also arranged by Kevin Stovall, Ice Mike Thomas, Abraham Avery.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Bonni McKeown

Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13 recorded July 21 and 25, 2015; Tracks 1 & 10 February 2-3, 2017 ; Track 11 May 4, 2023

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