Eric Taylor (musician)

Eric Taylor (September 25, 1949 – March 9, 2020) was an American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. Taylor was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Taylor's nine solo releases, his songs have been recorded by Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett, Peter Cooper and many others.^[1]

In 2009, Lovett released his second cover album, Natural Forces, and once again included a Taylor song. This time it was "Whooping Crane," from Taylor's 1995 self-titled album.^[2]

Taylor died in Austin, Texas of liver disease on March 9, 2020 at the age of 70.^[3]

Discography

• Through The Dark Nightly (1976) - [Fair Retail Records, compilation with other Houston songwriters: Bill Cade, Stephen Jarrard, Lynn Langman, Don Sanders]
• Shameless Love (1981, Featherbed; reissued 2004, Blue Ruby Music)
• Eric Taylor (1995, Watermelon)
• Resurrect (1998, E1 Music)
• Scuffletown (2001, Eminent Records)
• The Kerrville Tapes (2003, Silverwolf)
• The Great Divide (2005, Blue Ruby Music)
• Hollywood Pocketknife (2007, Blue Ruby Music)
• Live at the Red Shack (2011, Blue Ruby Music)
• Studio 10 (2013, Blue Ruby Music)

References

1. "folkville-introduction". myweb.tiscali.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
2. Arthur Wood, Eric Taylor, Folkwax (link requires free subscription) Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
3. Houston loses quintessential folk songwriter, Eric Taylor