Browsing: Dudley Taft

If you like your blues rock hard and K-Bar sharp, ‘Cosmic Radio’ from Dudley Taft is the ticket

There are dozens of blues/rock bands in the current musical landscape, but hearing Dudley Taft is akin to one’s first sighting of Mt. Ranier above his hometown of Seattle.

Fans of blues rock BEWARE! This album is addictive. Produced by Tom Hambridge with Former Stevie Ray Vaughan keyboard player Reese Wynans lends his mastery of the keys…

While his music is full of hooks and potential single ipod fodder, the body of work consumed in it’s entirety is when it is at it’s best. Deep, Deep Blue is the full meal deal with dessert!

Guitarist/singer Dudley Taft announces a May 7 release date for his new CD, Deep Deep Blue, coming from his own American Blues Artist Group Records. On Deep Deep Blue, Taft pulls together his influences – geographical, biographical and musical – and filters them through his blue soul. The result is a genre-busting slab of tunes, blending his Midwestern roots with his love of the blues, the British Invasion and Southern Rock, seasoned with songwriting and musicianship nurtured through 30-plus years as a musician.

Technology has arguably been a big part of the blues as it has matured in the 20th century. What are your thoughts on the role of technology and the changing musical environment as it pertains to the blues?

I almost always hate it when any band does Led Zeppelin but throw that out the window, this is as good as it gets folks!

Blues guitarist/singer/songwriter Dudley Taft is pleased to announce a licensing deal with Manfred Schuetz’s Made in Germany (MIG) record label.

American Blues Scene would like to introduce Ron Beatteay, our latest writer, and a recent video Ron shot of a wildly talented blues artist.

When you are a Taft you grow up to be a lawyer, politician or go into business. Certainly, being a professional musician does not appear high the list but in Dudley Taft’s case by the time he realized this it was much too late.