Music video of the first track off Otis Taylor’s new album, Fantasizing About Being Black, featuring Jerry Douglas and Ron Miles.
The Otis Taylor band plays live at the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival.
Music video of “Gangster & Iztatoz Chauffeur” from the album My World Is Gone, animated by Evert Brown.
Music video of Contraband’s “Blind Piano Teacher”, animated by Evert Brown.
“Blue Rain in Africa” from the album My World is Gone, featuring the whole band.
The Otis Taylor band plays “Rain So Hard” at the Blues Alley in Georgetown, Washington DC – February 2012.
Otis at The North Sea Jazz Festival in the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands. The following year, the organization expected more than a thousand musicians, spread out over 150 performances and thirteen different stages.
The Otis Taylor group rockin’ the house with a rendition of Hendrix’s classic “Hey Joe” at Doheny Blues festival.
“You Can’t Eat Freedom” shown at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Winner of the Denver Film “Cinemocracy” Competition.
Otis Taylor Band performs “Rain So Hard” from the new CD, Clovis People Vol. 3 at Liri Blues Festival in Isola del Liri, Italy. Anne Harris on violin performs her song “Room 604” as an intro. Nick Amodeo on bass, JP Johnson on guitar and Larry Thompson on drums.
Parkkultur in Duisburg, Germany – July 7, 2009. Otis contributed to the soundtrack for the Johnny Depp film Public Enemies.
Otis Taylor and his African Orchestra, with guest, Jason Ricci, served up hot trance blues for a big crowd of happy people way up in the mountains. Musicians: (front, L to R) Anne Harris, fiddle; Jason Ricci, harp; Cassie Taylor, bass; Otis Taylor; Tierro, guitar; Valerie Franzese, cello; (back, L to R) Fara Tolno, djembe; Mauwe, djembe; Mohammed Alidu, talking drum; Larry Thompson, drums. Shot September 18, 2009.
Live at The Sunset, Paris, France – April 3, 2009. The song is “Absinthe” from the album Recapturing the Banjo. Otis Taylor: vocals, guitar, Cassie Taylor: bass, Misja Fitzgerald Michel: guitar, Zach Miskin: cello
Otis Taylor performing “10 Million Slaves” from the Public Enemies soundtrack. Live at Charlotte Street Blues, London – July 14, 2009.
Highlights from Otis Taylor’s album Recapturing the Banjo featuring Guy Davis, Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Otis Taylor and Don Vappie.
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