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Will Taylor and Strings Attached present
Guy Forsyth
When: Friday, February 9,
2007
Two Shows 7:30 pm and 10 pm
Where: Hyde
Park Methodist Church 40th and Speedway
Tickets $15 - $25 @ StringsAttached.org or toll free 1-866-235-0270
Musical Slideshow: http://stringmusic.com/GuyShow
Will Taylor and Strings Attached team up
with Austin music veteran Guy
Forsyth for an evening of acoustic musical collaboration Friday,
February 9,
2007, 730 and 10pm at the Hyde Park Methodist Church.
People like to put their music
into neat categories—it helps them organize their record collection.
But Guy
Forsyth likes to simplify things. "When you break it down, there's
really
only three types of music," he conjectures. "There's the stuff you
like, the stuff you don't like, and the stuff you haven't heard."
Once he settled in Austin, Forsyth's passion and affinity for the Delta
blues
and other music from the 1920s and '30s netted him both a record deal
and a
loyal following for both his solo work and his spirited collaborations
with the
Asylum Street Spankers. Forsyth quickly gained a reputation as one of
the
city's best acoustic blues guitarists, harpists, and saw players.
The Strings Attached
Collaboration Series continues this year with:
March 23
Blues
show featuring Carolyn Wonderland and others.
April 7
ENCORE
Performance of the Led Zepplin Show
April 27
The
Peter Gabriel Show
May 25, 26
Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Show
June 29,
30
The
Best of Pink Floyd
July 27,
28
The
Music of Joni Mitchell
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More info
about the shows at
http://StringsAttached.org
Info about Strings Attached:
Will Taylor has a musical proposition for
you -- a playful, dignified,
off-kilter idea that brings honor to Austin's identity as "The Live
Music
Capital of the World." It's a cool concept. But it's just a bit . . .
different.
Imagine what might happen, suggests
Taylor, if we took Austin's most
popular singer-songwriters -- Abra Moore, or Jimmy LaFave, or Patrice
Pike, or
Ray Wylie Hubbard -- and let them perform, live, in a church? Then
imagine if
you paired those artists with acoustic "chamber" instruments --
cello, violin, viola, trumpet and hand drums -- and wrote new
arrangements,
adding dashes of jazz and classical music, that revealed new facets of
their
most beautiful or familiar songs?
Imagine what might happen if you dared to
blur all these boundaries
between pop music and jazz, between rock music and classical music,
between the
musical realm and the lyrical realm, between the honky-tonk and the
church, and
in the spirit of art and fun and experimentation, you reached out for
something
. . . transcendent?
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"Risks are taken. Boundaries are broken.
The musical realm and the
lyrical realm become one, in the heart of downtown Austin, inside one
of the
oldest churches in Texas. Amazing grace, indeed."
- Brad Buchholtz, Austin American-Statesman
"The first time I heard an arrangement of one of my songs by Will
Taylor,
it as an a capella lullaby I had written for my daughter ("It's
Alright"). Will brought a depth and lushness to my song that had me in
tears, and I find that this is what I love about working with him. You
hand
Will an idea, and it becomes a grand symphonic piece that must be born
of dreams,
hard work, understanding and, perhaps, genius. His arrangements helped
me
create what I was seeking: aural arms of love that reach out and wrap
around
you."
- Sara Hickman
"It's a lot of fun! They are really fun guys and they have a good time
with it, and Will does a lot of work beforehand to make it fun."
- Grammy Winner Shawn Colvin
"As program director for 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin, I have witnessed
their
development of a consistent body of work over time. In fact, their
unique
interactions with artists in our community (including Grammy winner
Shawn
Colvin, songwriting legend Chip Taylor and countless others) have
motivated our
station to broadcast the live performances of Will Taylor and Strings
Attached.
The work being done here is of a caliber to that being done anywhere on
the
planet. It is that sophisticated and singular. Will Taylor and Strings
Attached
are one of the reasons people call Austin 'The Live Music Capital of
the
World.' Long may their bows be strung!"
- Jody Denberg, Program Director, KGSR 107.1FM Austin
"It is truly a pleasure to work with Will Taylor and Strings Attached,
to
hear my music produced in such a sensitive and innovative form, and
most
importantly to be supportive of CASA's tireless efforts on behalf of
abused
children."
– Grammy nominee Eliza Gilkyson
"It's a credit to Taylor that an album this eclectic holds so strong at
the seams... his inspired creativity and often amazing use of the
violin make
this album transcend the experimental to become art" - Christopher
Hess,
Austin Chronicle
"This finely nuanced, gorgeously recorded CD speaks volumes for
Austin's
music scene... imaginatively reworked, pensive and much to love."
- Chip Deffaa, Entertainment Weekly
Listen to music from our recent Beatles
White Album Concert here:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/wtaylorsa2
Sponsored
by: Longhorn Collision Center, Strait Music,
Hideout Studios, Good Life Magazine, and Primus Networks
Contact:
Will Taylor 512-775-2371
Or See
StringsAttached.org for more info
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