Designed to be listened as a single piece of music in ten parts,
OTIS TAYLOR’s fourteenth album will have the song "
Hey Joe" as its overriding theme, performed in two different versions, both with contrasting instrumentation. So given that Taylor is a songwriter and plays very few cover versions, why this particular song ? Because "
Hey Joe" is entwined with Taylor’s musical history and, having been a staple of Taylor’s live performances for some eighteen years, has a special meaning to him. Taylor actually jammed with The Jimi Hendrix Experience in his native Colorado (Feb. 14, 1968).
"
Hey Joe Opus Red Meat" to be released around March 2015 (In-Akustik Records)
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