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It's been happening for decades. Some guitar-slinging kid emerges out of the South with a blues rock
soul sound that is more born out of the South than out of the kid. The family tree for this has branches
that reach from Macon to Memphis, and Taylor Hollingsworth makes sure that the Birmingham thumbtack is on
the map. Taylor is just another skinny punk-attitude kid drinking next to you at the bar, until he straps
on a guitar, takes the stage, and rivets your attention with equal arsenal songwriting and hot guitar licks.
Your music memory tells you that you've seen this before, but it is also not quite like anything you know.
It's just the latest progeny from a long line of guitar-driven deep South rock & roll DNA. You won't forget
Taylor Hollingsworth.
"Wow...I don't know what to say? Taylor Hollingsworth's "Shoot Me, Shoot Me,
Heaven" is fucking brilliant, excuse my language. I love Johnny
Thunders, Keith Richards, Izzy Stradlin, and Dinosaur Jr. more than anything
in this world. Glad to know someone else appreciates them also."
"Birmingham, Ala.'s Taylor Hollingsworth and his backing crew don't really care if you need another garage
band like you need another four years of Bush. Not only do they not care, they are going to provide you one
with the attitude of Bowie, the snarl of Black Francis and a foot the size of Shaquille O'Neal to kick you
in the ass with, of course."
"Forget bands like Jet: that stuff is played. I thought that someone gave Meg
White a couple of uppers when I heard it. Taylor Hollingsworth has my vote
for the anti-garage band of the year."
"Taylor Hollingsworth and his band are sloppy and wild in the mode of the Stooges or The MC5 (or the Rolling Stones
at their worst), which are likely models, yet this band's overall tone often recalls bands such as The Only Ones or
The Heartbreakers. If they played fast and hard instead of loose and slinky, they could even be The Saints. A lot of
the sloppiness is salvaged, or accented, by white-hot guitar runs that take the sound into Johnny Thunders territory,
by way of Billy Gibbons. Vocals, for the most part, remain in the more disturbing/intriguing range of Peter Perret and
Nikki Sudden, so you can see why it is difficult to accept this band's approach as just a happy accident. Anyone who
doesn't know who Sudden and Perret are should not be allowed near the stage where Taylor performs; in fact, I'm calling
security right now. The best garage band this city has seen in a great long while. Maybe ever."
Taylor Hollingsworth (Birmingham, AL). I love the sincerity, the vibe, the sounds, and the attitude.
It's somewhere between early David Bowie, White Stripes, Oasis, and the Sex Pistols. Signed to Atlanta indie Brash Records,
I would definitely recommend checking Taylor out.
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