====== Chris Taylor ====== Alternative Rock / Folk Rock\\ San Antonio, Texas, USA Chris Taylor came to wider attention as the front man for [[Love Coma]] before going solo. He was also involved in the early years of the [[Flat Earth Artists]] group, where he often collaborated with [[Chris Taylor & Matt Slocum|Matt Slocum]] of [[Sixpence None the Richer]] fame. ===== Discography ===== | 198? | Windows | Live | | 198? | Windows | A Guitar and a Drum | | 198? | Windows | Discover | | 1987 | Windows | Play | | 198? | Chris Taylor | Big | | 1989 | Chris Taylor | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2019/04/16/chris-taylor-so-much-for-the-blues/|So Much for the Blues]] | | 1990 | Chris Taylor & Windows | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2019/04/27/chris-taylor-whats-left-when-all-the-good-words-are-stolen/|What's Left When All the Good Words are Stolen]] | | 1991 | Chris Taylor & Windows | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2019/04/18/chris-taylor-and-windows-simple-things-confound-the-wise-man/|Simple Things "Confound" the Wise Man]] | | 1994 | Chris Taylor & Windows | Slightly Used (the edit point sessions) | | 19?? | Chris Taylor | Always Forever Now | | 1998 | Chris Taylor | Down Goes the Day | [[Rhythm House]] | | 2000 | Chris Taylor | Worthless Pursuit of Things on the Earth | [[Rhythm House]] | | 2001 | Chris Taylor | The Lo-Fi Project | | 2001 | Chris Taylor | Brand New Ache | Eternal Gypsy Music | | 2004 | Chris Taylor | Under the Sun | | 2006 | Chris Taylor | Acoustic Collection Vol. 1 | | 2008 | Chris Taylor | Rock and Roll Heart | | 2010 | Chris Taylor | Twilight Sunrise | | 2010 | Chris Taylor | Music is the Engine | | 2010 | Chris Taylor | Heartbreak Radio | | 2010 | Chris Taylor | Acoustic Collection Vol. 2 | | 2010 | Chris Taylor | Acoustic Collection Vol. 3 | | 2011 | Chris Taylor | Everything Begins Here | | 2011 | Chris Taylor | Enter The Story (Christmas EP) | | 2011 | Chris Taylor | Blue | | 2012 | Chris Taylor | Frame The Light | | 2013 | Chris Taylor | Stranger's Clothes | | 2013 | Chris Taylor | Postcards From the End of Time | | 2013 | Chris Taylor | Down Goes the Day (Rough Diamonds) | | 2014 | Chris Taylor | Traveler's Hotel | | 2015 | Chris Taylor | Daylight | [[Lo-Fidelity Records]] | | 2015 | Chris Taylor | Chris Taylor Presents: Creatio Ex Nihilo | | 2016 | Chris Taylor | Re​:​imag​:​ine (Remixes & Night Music) | [[Lo-Fidelity Records]] | | 2016 | Chris Taylor | Never Ending Now | [[Lo-Fidelity Records]] | | 2016 | Chris Taylor | USBlues | | 2017 | Chris Taylor | electroacoustic ep1 | | 2017 | Chris Taylor | Down a Dead End Street (Tribute to Bob Dylan) | | 2018 | Chris Taylor | Into The Impossible (Feat. Nadirah X) | | 2018 | Chris Taylor | Chris Taylor | ------ ==== So Much for the Blues ==== 1989 Independent Chris Taylor – Guitars, vocals, lyrics, melodies, etc\\ Rod Butler – Keyboards, voice on "Without a Fight," Drums on 3\\ Bryan Slagle – Electric Guitars on 1, 3, 4, 6, 10\\ Glenn Boone – Drums on 2, 7\\ Todd Lindstrom – Keyboards on 6\\ Robbie Vincent – Bass on live songs, vocals on 2\\ John Carroll – Bass on 4\\ Matt Williamson – Drums on 9 - Chains of Shame - Echo of Love - Faster - Tell Me - Without a Fight - Tied and Twisted - More of You - Rain Places 2 - Take Me - Tears == Early Version: == - Chains of Shame - More of You - Faster - Tied and Twisted - Poor Man's Song - Rain Places 2 - Tell Me - Scarlet Day - Around the World - Echo of Love ------ ==== What's Left When All the Good Words are Stolen ==== 1990 Independent Chris Taylor – Vocals, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, delay pedal\\ Rod Butler – Drums, keys, and background shouting on “Poor Man’s Song”; organ and cymbals on “Bleeding for My Sin”; keyboards, vase, and bells on “In the Air”\\ Bryan Slagle – Fender strat on “These Nights,” electric guitar and vocals on “Around the World”\\ Mitch Welch – Strings on “These Nights,” keyboards on “Be On Time”\\ Don Mashburn – Bass and drum programming on “These Nights” and “Be On Time”\\ Kevin Casey – Background vocals on “Around the World”\\ Adam Saenze – Acoustic solos on “A Song” - Poor Man's Song - I Don't Want to Turn - These Nights - Be On Time - Scarlet Day Instrumental - Around the World - A Song (live) - Bleeding for My Sin (live) - In the Air - Everybody's Longing for God (live) - In the Morning ------ ==== Simple Things "Confound" the Wise Man ==== 1991 Independent Chris Taylor - The Singer, 12 string, tamborine\\ T.J. Behling - Bass guitar, vocals, coughing\\ Matt Slocum - Guitar\\ Chris Dodds - All of the pounding and vocals Mike Acevedo - Guitar on 3, 4, 8, 12\\ "Elvis" - Vocals on 11 All songs written by Chris Taylor and Windows\\ All lyrics by Chris Taylor - Poor Man's Song (2:54) - Love and Rhythm (3:34) - Nothing Like the Word (4:05) - Christians, Critics, Razorblades (2:21) - Around the World (4:46) - Everything is Looking (4:39) - Two People (4:53) - Tell Me (5:08) - Personally (1:35) - Echo of Love (2:48) - If I Had a Boat (4:24) - We Will Meet Again (3:54) ------ ==== Slightly Used (the edit point sessions) ==== 1994 Independent “Taylor's first lo-fi solo project to make it out of the basement, Slightly Used, was distributed at C-Stone '94, and the fans who have the rarity—under 200 were ever made—still comment to Taylor that the cassette-only recording is one of their all-time favorites.” “'Already Forgotten The Name' will remind fans of Slightly Used, Taylor's Dylan-influenced demo session cassette that surfaced at the 1994 Cornerstone Festival.” ------ ==== Always Forever Now ==== 19?? Independent ------ ==== Down Goes The Day ==== 1998 [[Rhythm House]] Chris Taylor - Singer, acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, flute\\ Jerry McPearson - Guitars, 6 and 12 string acoustic guitars\\ Mark Hill - Bass\\ Blair Masters - Hammond B-3, wurlitzer, mellotron strings\\ Steve Brewster - Drums, drums loops, shaker\\ Chris Rodriguez - Background vocals\\ Chris Harris - Background vocals\\ Paul Brannon - Dobro, mandolin, acoustic guitar David Davidson - violin on #4, #9\\ Matt Slocum - Lead Tremolo acoustic guitar on #5, cello on #9 and #10 All songs by Chris Taylor except "Deep Reasons Why (It Just Is)" by Chris Taylor and Eddie Morales - God Only Knows (3:54) - Another Witness (5:38) - Jesus is Alive (7:00) - Already Forgotten the Name (5:12) - What do You Want? (4:22) - Learn to Pray (6:26) - Seahorse (5:59) - The Right Shoes (0:46) - Deep Reasons Why (It Just Is) (4:00) - Down Goes the Day (7:42) - Salt of the Earth (15:37) ------ ==== Worthless Pursuit of Things on the Earth ==== 2000 Rhythm House Chris Taylor - Singer, acoustic guitar, harmonica\\ [[Rick Elias]] - Electric & acoustic guitars, Hammond Organ, Vocals on #1\\ Mark Robertson - Bass guitars, programming, percussion, BGVs\\ [[Jimmy A]] - Electric & acoustic guitars, mandolin\\ Aaron Smith - Drums and percussion\\ Sarah Hoover - Cello and BGVs\\ Kevin Max - BGVs\\ All Words and Music by Chris Taylor - Worthless Pursuit of Things on the Earth (3:19) - Accidental Charm (3:59) - Wonderful Thing (3:44) - Hole in My Head (3:05) - Bleeding Hearts Club (5:01) - Secret of the Universe (4:18) - Thirty Three (5:51) - The River (4:36) - Sad Day in Heaven (4:43) - Higher Ground (featuring Kevin Max) (3:54) ------ //...to be continued// ===== Links ===== * [[https://christaylor.bandcamp.com/album/down-goes-the-day|"Down Goes the Day" on BandCamp (contains extensive liner notes on many songs)]] * [[https://christaylor.bandcamp.com/album/worthless-pursuit-of-things-on-the-earth|"Worthless Pursuit of Things on the Earth" on BandCamp (contains extensive liner notes on many songs)]]