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- Cole/Taylor is Bryan Cole and Marvin Taylor. Bryan was the drummer in Mose Jones when I (Marvin) joined that band in 1973, and we have played together ever since. Our other bands include Out A Hand and Java Monkey, The Lucky Ones, and now Cole/Taylor.
Bryan was one of the top producers for Ichiban Records for many years and produced hundreds of CDs - Blues, Jazz, Soul, Gospel, Country, Bluegrass, you name it - even won gold and platinum records for Rap projects. One of the artists Bryan produced for Ichiban was Francine Reed, and our band Java Monkey not only played on all her cds but toured extensively for many years as her band in the U.S, Canada, Europe and Australia.
Bryan and I decided to become production partners last year. Our first joint production project was a Christmas CD by Country artist Mark Scott. One of the songs from that CD, Saints and Angels, written by Victoria Banks, was chosen Georgia Country Music Song Of The Year. While there are other projects being considered, we decided to first produce a project on ourselves!
Neither Bryan nor I has ever considered ourselves "lead singers", but we know what we want to say with the songs we write, so we gave it a shot. We both agree that we have never had more fun with anything we ever did!
We recorded everything here at my studio, Five Feathers Music, with the exception of keyboard overdubs done by our friend and soon to be band mate Bill Kahler, who recorded those at his own studio.
Our friend and co-writer on one of the tunes, Diane Durrett, lent her fabulous breathy voice on several tracks, as did our sister Francine Reed, along with Bill Kahler and Jeff Hilyer. Chuck Bithorn, "the Freakin' Rican" plays percussion on the title song.
One of the songs on the project is called When I Was The One, and was written by my wife Raven and me. The track on the CD is actually the demo for the song, and features vocals by the late Michael Jones. Michael was a dear friend for years, and as far as we know, this was the last thing he recorded before his untimely death. We decided to include it on the CD exactly as it was when he left the studio that day. Michael was one of a kind and we sure do miss him, but his singing lives on!
We have included all ten songs on this site. We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed creating them!
NOTE: TO BUY A COPY OF MERCY ROAD, go to www.coletaylorsongs.com ! We have an introductory special -a reduced price and FREE SHIPPING!
Bryan and I feel strongly that we should all urge everyone to spay and neuter their pets and support "no kill" animal rescue shelters. A percentage of the sale of all our merchandise goes to these causes.
Download our songs now!
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Cole/Taylor CD "Mercy Road" CD is mastered!
First, let me join everyone who is singing the praises of this site! Sincere thanks to Sean!
Bryan Cole and I have been working on our joint project since just before Christmas and have just completed mastering it with Rodney Mills at Rodney Mills Master House. Believe me, if you need something mastered, we highly Rodney and his assistant Matt Leatherman! We posted the final tracks on this site.
As many of you know, Bryan and I have worked together since 1973, but only started writi… Continue
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ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER - Candlelight Nights Tour
December 8, 2009 from 5:30pm to 9pm – Atlanta History Center
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Blues Cat @Jekyll & Hydes / Newnan, Ga
December 12, 2009 at 9pm to December 13, 2009 at 2am – Jekyll & Hydes
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The Lost Boys @ The Redlight Cafe
December 19, 2009 from 9pm to 10:30pm – The Redlight Cafe
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December 26, 2009 at 9:30pm to December 27, 2009 at 1am – Bella's pizzeria
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Looking forward to making some joyful noise with you soon.
I finally found you two on this site. How are you? i am back in ATL and playing the Blues with you all. I' m thrilled to see you guys again and want to let you know that you all have been one of my greatest inspirations for my Blues Career and Journey. I hope to see you all soon and please let me know where I can hook up with you .
Brian say hi to Lisa, and Marvin i have been missing your guitar.;)
God bless you all and see you very soon.
Love and PEACE,
Claudia SWARTZ
formerly known as " the German Dancing Machine" :)
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Sorry it took me a min. to hit back....
Anyway, yes, I'm tying to get my band back together... hopefully we all can jam on those good ol' r&r soon!
Take care and... thank you for being my friend!
tak
I loved Java Monkey, got to catch you sometime
it was a blast! enjoyed playing with ya! your music is great!
lets do it again sometime!
True Americana in the Dan Penn, Ry Cooder tradition.
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