Recapturing the Banjo - Otis Taylor

Otis Taylor has found a unique niche in the blues continuum, dubbing his music Trance Blues. Having played professionally for 30 years in Europe and the U.S., Otis has eight releases to date. His fifth Telarc release RECAPTURING THE BANJO, focuses on the Banjo, tracing the history of the instrument to it's African origins.

1. Ran So Hard the Sun Went Down, written by Otis Taylor
2. Prophet's Mission, written by Alvin Youngblood Hart
3. Absinthe, written by Otis Taylor
4. Live Your Life, written by Otis Taylor
5. Walk Right In, written by Gus Cannon
6. Bow-Legged Charlie, written by Otis Taylor
7. Hey Joe, written by Billy Roberts
8. Little Liza Jane, traditional
9. Five Hundred Roses, written by Otis Taylor
10. Les Ognons, traditional
11. Deep Blue Sea, traditional
12. Simple Mind, written by Otis Taylor
13. Ten Million Slaves, written by Otis Taylor
14. The Way it Goes, written by Keb' Mo' and Lisa Linson