Lewis Taylor does blue-eyed soul + psychedelic rock as far as the recka company is concerned. A closet polyphonist introduced to Marvin Gaye by a concerned friend, Lewis decended into the utter depths of depression with nothing but multi-tracking to tie him to this mortal coil. When he made a record like that, people like Elton John (oh god he's a fan of everything, isn't he? hardly an endorsem...
Lewis Taylor - Lewis Taylor [1996]The greatest Marvin Gaye record never made, from the multi-instrumentalist who began musical life playing in The Edgar Broughton Band. Shades of The Beach Boys, Joe Meek and Pigeonhed, prog rock and psychedelia are all present here. The secret is to stop trying to figure it out and just enjoy.When Lewis Taylor's self-titled debut burst upon the U.K. pop and R&B...
I found this link to his interview/appearance on NPR in 2006http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=5220035&m=5220042Here he's playing just 3 tunes, with the prog excursions that were so much fun at the Bowery Ballroom gig in 2006, sadly the last time I think I'll have the privilege of watching him play live.All he can talk about during the interview is...