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15. März 2020 · Eric Taylor, Poetic Texas Singer-Songwriter, Is Dead at 70. Revered by peers like Lyle Lovett, he fused a brooding yet tender melodicism with evocative stream-of-consciousness narration, to ...
Lovett covered the latter title on his tribute collection Step Inside This House (1998). They follow with “Tractor Song” and “Visitors From Indiana,” a segue that appeared in precisely that order on Eric’s self-titled sophomore disc.
Eric Taylor (September 25, 1949 – March 9, 2020) [1] was an American singer-songwriter from Texas, known for his storytelling style, combining spoken word with anecdotal songs to create a theater-style performance. In addition to Taylor's nine solo releases, his songs have been recorded by Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett, Peter Cooper, and others. [2]
Lyle Lovett, who has recorded Taylor’s “Memphis Midnight/Memphis Morning,” “Whooping Crane,” “Understand You,” and with whom Taylor co-wrote the immensely popular “Fat Babies,” compares Taylor’s narrative voice to that of Bruce Springsteen.
9. März 2020 · Taylor — who bridged a songwriting scene from old masters like Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark to younger writers like Lovett and Steve Earle — died Monday after months of poor health. He was...
16. Feb. 2023 · Eric Taylor’s stainless-steel National finger picks have lost their luster from repeatedly striking steel strings to create a guitar tone all his own. The pages of his lyric notebooks are tea...
Eric Taylor was a mentor to Lyle Lovett among others.
