Terry Scott Taylor
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Terry Scott Taylor is an American
songwriter
, record producer
, writer
and founding member of the bands Daniel Amos
and The Swirling Eddies
(credited as Camarillo Eddy). Taylor is also a member of the roots
and alternative music group, Lost Dogs
. He is currently based in San Jose, California
, USA.
Taylor is highly regarded for his songwriting skills. These often include allusions to and reworkings of material ranging from Elizabethan poets to modern authors. Foremost among Taylor's influences is William Blake
. The Daniel Amos album title Fearful Symmetry
was drawn from Blake's poem "The Tyger," and numerous songs across The Alarma! Chronicles series of albums have Blake-inspired references. Some other poets who have influenced Taylor's work are T. S. Eliot
and Christina Rossetti
. Eliot's poetry inspired the song "Hollow Man" from the Doppelgänger
album. "Where Dreams Come True" from Taylor's solo LP A Briefing for the Ascent
draws heavily from Rosetti's poem "Echo."
The inspiration for many Daniel Amos and Taylor songs from the mid-1980s can be found in the book Behold, This Dreamer: Of Reverie, Night, Sleep, Dream, Love-Dreams, Nightmare, Death. This book, compiled by Walter de la Mare
and published in 1939, contains poems and essays that appear in Taylor's songwriting. De la Mare is thanked in the liner notes of the final installment of The Alarma! Chronicles, Fearful Symmetry
. References to contemporary authors also appear in Taylor's songs. One example is the song "Shape of Air" from the LP Darn Floor-Big Bite
. The song explores the mystical musings of Annie Dillard
found in her Pulitzer prize-winning book, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. The album is also heavily inspired by the works of Czesław Miłosz. This is especially evident in songs like "The Unattainable Earth" (which was named after one of Miłosz' books), "Safety Net", "Pictures of the Gone World", "Divine Instant", and "Half Light, Epoch, and Phase". On Taylor's 1998 release, John Wayne (album)
he credits more influences; Flannery O'Connor
, Dennis Prager
and Frederick Buechner
.
During the 1990s and into the new millennium, Taylor's songwriting for the Lost Dogs
and on other projects turned away from more esoteric themes. The songs crafted during this phase of Taylor's career marked a shift toward "Americana
" and, in some ways, a return to the country music sound of Daniel Amos in the early 1970s. The primary vehicle for this phase of Taylor's songwriting career is the Lost Dogs
, with a number of noteworthy solo projects. The Lost Dogs began in 1991 as a one-time collaboration between vocalists and songwriters from four different bands at the behest of their label
at that time. Taylor, Gene Eugene
(of Adam Again
), Derri Daugherty
(of The Choir), and Michael Roe
(of The 77s
) have released several eclectic albums of traditional American music (country, folk, blues, rock) over the last decade.
, Janis Joplin
's band Big Brother and the Holding Company
, and Quicksilver Messenger Service
.
After a number of years performing with local California
bands and folk trios like Good Shepherd, Judge Rainbow and the Prophetic Trumpets, The Cardboard Scheme, and The Scarlet Staircase, Taylor formed Jubal's Last Band with Steve Baxter, Kenny Paxton, and Chuck Starnes in 1972. In 1974, the band recorded a demo tape together to shop around to record labels. Later that year, the band lost Paxton and Starnes, and added bassist Marty Dieckmeyer
and guitarist Jerry Chamberlain
to the line-up.
Sometime in the middle of 1975, Jubal's Last Band (minus Baxter) auditioned for Maranatha! Music
and Calvary Chapel
in hopes of signing a recording and performance contract. Another band at the meeting, led by Darrell Mansfield
, had a similar name - Jubal. The two bands decided to change their names to avoid confusion. Mansfield renamed his band Gentle Faith
, and Jubal's Last Band became Daniel Amos
. Daniel Amos succeeded in landing a recording and performance contract, and quickly recorded their first song for the label, Taylor's "Ain't Gonna Fight It" featuring ace sessionplayer Michael Omartian
(Steely Dan
) on Rhodes. A full album, produced by Al Perkins
, followed. Taylor and the members of Daniel Amos went on to record numerous albums and change musical styles with nearly every one of them, including the four part Alarma! Chronicles series in the 1980s.
In 1986, Taylor released his first solo album, Knowledge & Innocence
, which included songs inspired by the death of his grandfather and the miscarriage of his and his wife's first child. The following year, Taylor released his second solo album, A Briefing for the Ascent
, this time inspired by the loss of his grandmother. That year, Taylor also became the production director for Frontline Records
and went on to produce many of the label's releases.
In the early 1990s, Taylor teamed up with Adam Again
's Gene Eugene
, The Choir's Derri Daugherty
and The 77s
' Mike Roe to form the alt-country/roots band, Lost Dogs
. Although it began as a "one time" arrangement, the band soon took on a life of its own and has continued to tour and make albums to this day.
In 1995, Taylor began a creative partnership with animator Doug TenNapel
by scoring two of TenNapel's projects. The first was a cartoon series for CBS
called Project G.e.e.K.e.R.
and the second was a popular PC CD-ROM video game entitled The Neverhood
. That soundtrack
earned many awards and critical acclaim and continues to sell well on CD. Taylor went on to score two more video games for TenNapel, 1998's Skullmonkeys
and 1999's Boombots. Both games were created for Sony
's PlayStation
video game console. The best known track from Skullmonkeys
is the "Li'l Bonus Room" track, regarded by many in the video game industry as the single funniest track ever written for a video game.
In 1997, Taylor became the head of West Coast A&R for the Killen Music Group (KMG Records
), a Nashville-based record label. The following year Taylor's third solo album, John Wayne
, was released at the Cornerstone Festival
. In 1999, a number of artists and fans of Taylor's came together to create When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to Daniel Amos
. The album contained nearly 20 songs written by Taylor and performed by other artists, including The 77s
, Randy Stonehill
, Phil Madeira
, Starflyer59, Jimmy Abegg
, Larry Norman
, The Throes
and others. The project was completed and released in the summer of 2000, along with Taylor's fourth solo project, the acoustic Avocado Faultline
. Two years later, Taylor returned with an EP
entitled, LITTLE, big
.
In 2005, Taylor composed the soundtrack to another TenNapel cartoon series (this time, for the Nickelodeon network) called Catscratch
.
Taylor produced a number of albums over the years with singer/songwriter Randy Stonehill
, including Equator
(which included the Stonehill concert favorite "Shut De Do"), the dreamy Wonderama
, and the 2001 Children's album Uncle Stonehill's Hat, which also featured Taylor's daughter Noelle contributing her voice to the story. Throughout his entire career, Taylor has produced albums for countless bands and artists including Randy Stonehill
, Riki Michele
, Tom Howard
, The Altar Boys, Crystal Lewis
and Wild Blue Yonder, Jacob's Trouble
, Scaterd Few
, Deliverance, Mercy River, Starflyer 59
's Leave Here a Stranger
, Fine China
's You Make Me Hate Music, Mortal
, Poor Old Lu
, Tourniquet
, Rich Young Ruler, Derri Daugherty
, an assortment of children's records including the MegaMouth series and the Harry Whodunit? series. He also wrote and produced a tribute to surf music
entitled Surfonic Water Revival
, which featured performances by Phil Keaggy
, Smalltown Poets
, Chuck Girard
, Paul Johnson, Havalina Rail Co., Rick Altizer, Plumb
, The Supertones, All Star United
, Skillet
, Silage, Rebecca St. James
, The Insyderz
, and others.
Taylor performs yearly at Cornerstone Festival
in Bushnell, Illinois. and nationally with his band The Lost Dogs.
, The Ocean Blue
, Randy Stonehill
, The 77s
, Phil Keaggy
, Steve Taylor
, Jimmy Abegg
, Phil Madeira
, Crystal Lewis
, This Train, Carolyn Arends
(Arends actually used to perform DA songs in one of her early bands), Ventriloquist Terry Fator
, Brian Healy, The Throes
, The Choir, Mortal
, Larry Norman
, Animator and Musician Doug TenNapel
, Amy Grant
, Michael W. Smith
, Isaac Air Freight
, Deliverance, Starflyer59, Jonathan Coulton
, and others. Collective Soul
, which released several successful alternative rock singles during the 1990s and early 2000s, cite Daniel Amos as a major inspiration for their work. Taylor's work on Dreamworks videogame soundtracks and Nickelodeon animated series have been used as backing music for Olympic performances and become a favorite of other soundtrack composers like Bill Brown
, Actor Ben Affleck
, comedian Drew Carey
, and other celebrities.
United States
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songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and founding member of the bands Daniel Amos
Daniel Amos
Daniel Amos is a rock band formed in 1974 by Terry Scott Taylor on guitars and vocals, Marty Dieckmeyer on bass guitar, Steve Baxter on guitars and Jerry Chamberlain on lead guitars. Current members include bassist Tim Chandler, guitarist Greg Flesch and drummer Ed McTaggart...
and The Swirling Eddies
The Swirling Eddies
The Swirling Eddies are a band that began as an anonymous spinoff from the band Daniel Amos, along with new drummer David Raven.-Career:For each Swirling Eddies release, band members adopted pseudonyms for the liner notes; "Camarillo Eddy" , "Berger Roy Al" , "Gene Pool" , "Arthur Fhardy" , "Spot"...
(credited as Camarillo Eddy). Taylor is also a member of the roots
Traditional music
Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...
and alternative music group, Lost Dogs
Lost Dogs
Lost Dogs are an American musical supergroup formed in 1991, comprising vocalists, songwriters, and guitarists from multiple Christian alternative rock bands. Their current lineup includes Terry Scott Taylor , Michael Roe , Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong . The original lineup included Gene...
. He is currently based in San Jose, California
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, USA.
Taylor is highly regarded for his songwriting skills. These often include allusions to and reworkings of material ranging from Elizabethan poets to modern authors. Foremost among Taylor's influences is William Blake
William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
. The Daniel Amos album title Fearful Symmetry
Fearful Symmetry (album)
Fearful Symmetry is a 1986 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Frontline Records.Fearful Symmetry is a lush, synthesizer driven pop album, lyrically wrapped in puzzles that the listener has to decipher...
was drawn from Blake's poem "The Tyger," and numerous songs across The Alarma! Chronicles series of albums have Blake-inspired references. Some other poets who have influenced Taylor's work are T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
Thomas Stearns "T. S." Eliot OM was a playwright, literary critic, and arguably the most important English-language poet of the 20th century. Although he was born an American he moved to the United Kingdom in 1914 and was naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39.The poem that made his...
and Christina Rossetti
Christina Rossetti
Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems...
. Eliot's poetry inspired the song "Hollow Man" from the Doppelgänger
Doppelgänger (Daniel Amos album)
Doppelgänger is the title of a 1983 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Alarma! Records.Doppelgänger was a much darker, more haunting album than the album that preceded it, ¡Alarma!....
album. "Where Dreams Come True" from Taylor's solo LP A Briefing for the Ascent
A Briefing for the Ascent
A Briefing for the Ascent is the title of the second solo album by Daniel Amos frontman, Terry Scott Taylor, released in 1987 on Frontline Records....
draws heavily from Rosetti's poem "Echo."
The inspiration for many Daniel Amos and Taylor songs from the mid-1980s can be found in the book Behold, This Dreamer: Of Reverie, Night, Sleep, Dream, Love-Dreams, Nightmare, Death. This book, compiled by Walter de la Mare
Walter de la Mare
Walter John de la Mare , OM CH was an English poet, short story writer and novelist, probably best remembered for his works for children and the poem "The Listeners"....
and published in 1939, contains poems and essays that appear in Taylor's songwriting. De la Mare is thanked in the liner notes of the final installment of The Alarma! Chronicles, Fearful Symmetry
Fearful Symmetry (album)
Fearful Symmetry is a 1986 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Frontline Records.Fearful Symmetry is a lush, synthesizer driven pop album, lyrically wrapped in puzzles that the listener has to decipher...
. References to contemporary authors also appear in Taylor's songs. One example is the song "Shape of Air" from the LP Darn Floor-Big Bite
Darn Floor-Big Bite
Darn Floor - Big Bite is the title of 1987 album by rock band Daniel Amos , released on Frontline Records. It was later remastered and re-released in 2008 by Arena Rock Recording Co...
. The song explores the mystical musings of Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard is an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and non-fiction. She has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 1974 work Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the 1974 Pulitzer Prize for General...
found in her Pulitzer prize-winning book, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. The album is also heavily inspired by the works of Czesław Miłosz. This is especially evident in songs like "The Unattainable Earth" (which was named after one of Miłosz' books), "Safety Net", "Pictures of the Gone World", "Divine Instant", and "Half Light, Epoch, and Phase". On Taylor's 1998 release, John Wayne (album)
John Wayne (album)
John Wayne is the title of the third solo album by Daniel Amos frontman, Terry Scott Taylor, released in 1998 on KMG Records.-Track listing:# "Writer's Block" # "Mr...
he credits more influences; Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor
Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American novelist, short-story writer and essayist. An important voice in American literature, O'Connor wrote two novels and 32 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries...
, Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager is an American syndicated radio talk show host, syndicated columnist, author, and public speaker. He is noted for his conservative political and social views emanating from conservative Judeo-Christian values. He holds that there is an "American Trinity" of essential principles,...
and Frederick Buechner
Frederick Buechner
Frederick Buechner is an American writer and theologian. Born July 11, 1926 in New York City, he is an ordained Presbyterian minister and the author of more than thirty published books thus far. His work encompasses different genres, including fiction, autobiography, essays and sermons, and his...
.
During the 1990s and into the new millennium, Taylor's songwriting for the Lost Dogs
Lost Dogs
Lost Dogs are an American musical supergroup formed in 1991, comprising vocalists, songwriters, and guitarists from multiple Christian alternative rock bands. Their current lineup includes Terry Scott Taylor , Michael Roe , Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong . The original lineup included Gene...
and on other projects turned away from more esoteric themes. The songs crafted during this phase of Taylor's career marked a shift toward "Americana
Americana (music)
Americana is an amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles...
" and, in some ways, a return to the country music sound of Daniel Amos in the early 1970s. The primary vehicle for this phase of Taylor's songwriting career is the Lost Dogs
Lost Dogs
Lost Dogs are an American musical supergroup formed in 1991, comprising vocalists, songwriters, and guitarists from multiple Christian alternative rock bands. Their current lineup includes Terry Scott Taylor , Michael Roe , Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong . The original lineup included Gene...
, with a number of noteworthy solo projects. The Lost Dogs began in 1991 as a one-time collaboration between vocalists and songwriters from four different bands at the behest of their label
Word Records
Word Records is a Christian record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a division of Word Entertainment , which, itself is co-owned by Warner Music Group and Curb Records...
at that time. Taylor, Gene Eugene
Gene Eugene
Gene "Eugene" Andrusco was a Canadian born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician. Andrusco was best known as the leader of the funk/rock band Adam Again, a member of The Swirling Eddies and as a founding member of the roots music supergroup Lost Dogs.-Acting:Andrusco was a child...
(of Adam Again
Adam Again
Adam Again was a rock band founded and led by vocalist Gene Eugene, with Riki Michele on vocals, Paul Valadez on bass, Jon Knox on drums, Greg Lawless on guitar...
), Derri Daugherty
Derri Daugherty
Derri Daugherty is an American record producer, songwriter, guitarist and singer, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for band The Choir....
(of The Choir), and Michael Roe
Michael Roe
Michael Roe is an American record producer, songwriter, guitarist and singer.-Career:Although he has released several solo albums since the mid-1990s, Roe is primarily known as the lead singer and lead guitarist for the rock band The 77s...
(of The 77s
The 77s
The 77s are an American rock band consisting of Michael Roe on vocals/guitar, Mark Harmon on bass, and Bruce Spencer on drums.-Scratch Band:...
) have released several eclectic albums of traditional American music (country, folk, blues, rock) over the last decade.
Career highlights
Many of Taylor's early bands opened for many of the popular bands and artists of the '60s and '70s including Van MorrisonVan Morrison
Van Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
, Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...
's band Big Brother and the Holding Company
Big Brother and the Holding Company
Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene that produced the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Airplane. They are best known as the band that featured Janis Joplin as their...
, and Quicksilver Messenger Service
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American psychedelic rock band, formed in 1965 in San Francisco.-Introduction:Quicksilver Messenger Service gained wide popularity in the Bay Area and, through their recordings, with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe and several of their albums ranked...
.
After a number of years performing with local California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
bands and folk trios like Good Shepherd, Judge Rainbow and the Prophetic Trumpets, The Cardboard Scheme, and The Scarlet Staircase, Taylor formed Jubal's Last Band with Steve Baxter, Kenny Paxton, and Chuck Starnes in 1972. In 1974, the band recorded a demo tape together to shop around to record labels. Later that year, the band lost Paxton and Starnes, and added bassist Marty Dieckmeyer
Marty Dieckmeyer
Marty Dieckmeyer was the bass guitar player for the Christian rock band Daniel Amos from 1974 to 1981. Dieckmeyer sang the lead vocal on the song "Props" from the ¡Alarma! album in 1981...
and guitarist Jerry Chamberlain
Jerry Chamberlain
Jerry Chamberlain , is a United States singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies ....
to the line-up.
Sometime in the middle of 1975, Jubal's Last Band (minus Baxter) auditioned for Maranatha! Music
Maranatha! Music
Maranatha! Music began as a non-profit outreach of Calvary Chapel in 1971. The Jesus People of the late 1960s and early 1970s began to write new hymns and worship songs with a folk-rock style. Maranatha! Music was founded at this time in order to publish and promote this new type of Christian...
and Calvary Chapel
Calvary Chapel
Calvary Chapel is an evangelical association of Christian churches with over one thousand congregations worldwide. Calvary Chapel also maintains a number of radio stations around the world and operates many local Calvary Chapel Bible College programs. It presents itself as a "fellowship of...
in hopes of signing a recording and performance contract. Another band at the meeting, led by Darrell Mansfield
Darrell Mansfield
Darrell Mansfield is an American gospel/blues musician.-Biography:Mansfield got his musical start in 1974, releasing his first album Gentle Faith in 1976. He later formed the Darrell Mansfield Band...
, had a similar name - Jubal. The two bands decided to change their names to avoid confusion. Mansfield renamed his band Gentle Faith
Gentle Faith
Gentle Faith was a Christian country rock band in the 1970s, during the Jesus Music era, before the rise of the CCM industry. The group formed in 1974 and released one self-titled album in 1976 under the Maranatha! label....
, and Jubal's Last Band became Daniel Amos
Daniel Amos
Daniel Amos is a rock band formed in 1974 by Terry Scott Taylor on guitars and vocals, Marty Dieckmeyer on bass guitar, Steve Baxter on guitars and Jerry Chamberlain on lead guitars. Current members include bassist Tim Chandler, guitarist Greg Flesch and drummer Ed McTaggart...
. Daniel Amos succeeded in landing a recording and performance contract, and quickly recorded their first song for the label, Taylor's "Ain't Gonna Fight It" featuring ace sessionplayer Michael Omartian
Michael Omartian
Michael Omartian is an Armenian-American singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and music producer. He has been a participant in over 350,000,000 albums and CD’s sold worldwide, as a producer, arranger, artist or musician, during a career that has spanned over 38 years...
(Steely Dan
Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band; its core members are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop...
) on Rhodes. A full album, produced by Al Perkins
Al Perkins
Al Perkins is a Texas-born American guitarist. The Gibson guitar company called Perkins "the world's most influential Dobro player", and even began producing an "Al Perkins Signature" Dobro in 2001 - designed and autographed by Perkins....
, followed. Taylor and the members of Daniel Amos went on to record numerous albums and change musical styles with nearly every one of them, including the four part Alarma! Chronicles series in the 1980s.
In 1986, Taylor released his first solo album, Knowledge & Innocence
Knowledge & Innocence
Knowledge & Innocence is the title of the first solo album by Daniel Amos frontman, Terry Scott Taylor, released in 1986 on Shadow Records....
, which included songs inspired by the death of his grandfather and the miscarriage of his and his wife's first child. The following year, Taylor released his second solo album, A Briefing for the Ascent
A Briefing for the Ascent
A Briefing for the Ascent is the title of the second solo album by Daniel Amos frontman, Terry Scott Taylor, released in 1987 on Frontline Records....
, this time inspired by the loss of his grandmother. That year, Taylor also became the production director for Frontline Records
Frontline Records (1980s)
Frontline Records was a Christian record label founded in 1986 by James Kempner. The label focused primarily on modern rock, rap, and hip-hop...
and went on to produce many of the label's releases.
In the early 1990s, Taylor teamed up with Adam Again
Adam Again
Adam Again was a rock band founded and led by vocalist Gene Eugene, with Riki Michele on vocals, Paul Valadez on bass, Jon Knox on drums, Greg Lawless on guitar...
's Gene Eugene
Gene Eugene
Gene "Eugene" Andrusco was a Canadian born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician. Andrusco was best known as the leader of the funk/rock band Adam Again, a member of The Swirling Eddies and as a founding member of the roots music supergroup Lost Dogs.-Acting:Andrusco was a child...
, The Choir's Derri Daugherty
Derri Daugherty
Derri Daugherty is an American record producer, songwriter, guitarist and singer, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for band The Choir....
and The 77s
The 77s
The 77s are an American rock band consisting of Michael Roe on vocals/guitar, Mark Harmon on bass, and Bruce Spencer on drums.-Scratch Band:...
' Mike Roe to form the alt-country/roots band, Lost Dogs
Lost Dogs
Lost Dogs are an American musical supergroup formed in 1991, comprising vocalists, songwriters, and guitarists from multiple Christian alternative rock bands. Their current lineup includes Terry Scott Taylor , Michael Roe , Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong . The original lineup included Gene...
. Although it began as a "one time" arrangement, the band soon took on a life of its own and has continued to tour and make albums to this day.
In 1995, Taylor began a creative partnership with animator Doug TenNapel
Doug TenNapel
Douglas Richard "Doug" TenNapel is an American musician, animator, Eisner Award-winning artist, author, essayist and Christian. He is best known for creating Earthworm Jim, a character that spawned a famous video game, cartoon series, and toy line.-Early life:TenNapel was born and raised in the...
by scoring two of TenNapel's projects. The first was a cartoon series for CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
called Project G.e.e.K.e.R.
Project G.e.e.K.e.R.
Project G.eeK.eR. is an animated television series that premiered on CBS on September 14, 1996. It was created by Douglas TenNapel, creator of Earthworm Jim, with original music by Shawn Patterson...
and the second was a popular PC CD-ROM video game entitled The Neverhood
The Neverhood
The Neverhood is a 1996 PC CD-ROM adventure video game created by animator Doug TenNapel and released by DreamWorks Studios. It features claymation graphics and music by composer Terry Scott Taylor...
. That soundtrack
Imaginarium: Songs from the Neverhood
Imaginarium: Songs from the Neverhood is the title of a soundtrack CD released in 2004 on Stunt Records. The 2-disc collection includes 77 songs performed by Daniel Amos frontman Terry Scott Taylor for the Douglas TenNapel created video games The Neverhood, Skullmonkeys, and Boombots...
earned many awards and critical acclaim and continues to sell well on CD. Taylor went on to score two more video games for TenNapel, 1998's Skullmonkeys
Skullmonkeys
Skullmonkeys is the sequel to the video game, The Neverhood, created by animator Doug TenNapel. Rather than being a PC adventure game like its predecessor, it is a platform game for the PlayStation...
and 1999's Boombots. Both games were created for Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
's PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
video game console. The best known track from Skullmonkeys
Skullmonkeys
Skullmonkeys is the sequel to the video game, The Neverhood, created by animator Doug TenNapel. Rather than being a PC adventure game like its predecessor, it is a platform game for the PlayStation...
is the "Li'l Bonus Room" track, regarded by many in the video game industry as the single funniest track ever written for a video game.
In 1997, Taylor became the head of West Coast A&R for the Killen Music Group (KMG Records
KMG Records
KMG Records was a Christian record label. The label was established in 1997 by Buddy Killen as a subunit of the Killen Music Group / Buddy Killen Enterprises and sold in late 1998 to Cal Turner III, who is related to the Cal Turner of Dollar General stores...
), a Nashville-based record label. The following year Taylor's third solo album, John Wayne
John Wayne (album)
John Wayne is the title of the third solo album by Daniel Amos frontman, Terry Scott Taylor, released in 1998 on KMG Records.-Track listing:# "Writer's Block" # "Mr...
, was released at the Cornerstone Festival
Cornerstone Festival
Cornerstone Festival is a Christian music festival put on by Jesus People USA and held annually around the 4th of July near Bushnell, Illinois. In a given year, many artists that play at Cornerstone also play at other events such as Creation Festival and mainstream festivals and tours such as the...
. In 1999, a number of artists and fans of Taylor's came together to create When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to Daniel Amos
When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to Daniel Amos
When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to Daniel Amos is an indie tribute album by a variety of artists that pays musical tribute to the band Daniel Amos and its chief songwriter Terry Scott Taylor. It was released in July 2000 by Ferris Wheel....
. The album contained nearly 20 songs written by Taylor and performed by other artists, including The 77s
The 77s
The 77s are an American rock band consisting of Michael Roe on vocals/guitar, Mark Harmon on bass, and Bruce Spencer on drums.-Scratch Band:...
, Randy Stonehill
Randy Stonehill
Randall Evan "Randy" Stonehill is an American singer-songwriter from Stockton, California, best known as one of the so-called "fathers of contemporary Christian music". His music is primarily folk rock in the style of James Taylor, but he has assayed other styles, with various albums focused on...
, Phil Madeira
Phil Madeira
Phil Madeira is an American songwriter, producer, musician and singer from Nashville, Tennessee. He was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island and attended Taylor University, which he graduated from in 1975....
, Starflyer59, Jimmy Abegg
Jimmy Abegg
Jimmy Abegg aka Jimmy A, is an American guitarist, composer, director, photographer and artist, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee....
, Larry Norman
Larry Norman
Larry David Norman was an American Christian musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer, who worked with Christian rock music...
, The Throes
The Throes
The Throes is the debut album by indie rock duo Two Gallants released in 2004 .The album was remastered and released as The Throes Remix on December 12, 2006 on vinyl. It also included a bonus track called "Anna's Sweater" a cover of song a by defunct San Francisco band Blear that was originally...
and others. The project was completed and released in the summer of 2000, along with Taylor's fourth solo project, the acoustic Avocado Faultline
Avocado Faultline
Avocado Faultline is the fourth solo album by Daniel Amos frontman, Terry Scott Taylor, released in 2000 on Silent Planet Records.-Track listing:# "Cowboys with Engines"# "Startin' Monday"# "Capistrano Beach"# "Pie Hole"# "The Afternoon"...
. Two years later, Taylor returned with an EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
entitled, LITTLE, big
LITTLE, big
LITTLE, big is the title of the fifth solo album by Daniel Amos frontman, Terry Scott Taylor, released in 2002 on Stunt Records.The album is named after the novel, Little, Big by John Crowley.-Track listing:# "LITTLE, big"# "Lovely Lilly Lou"...
.
In 2005, Taylor composed the soundtrack to another TenNapel cartoon series (this time, for the Nickelodeon network) called Catscratch
Catscratch
Catscratch is a American animated television series created by Doug TenNapel airing on Nickelodeon in 2005 and on Nicktoons in late 2007 . It was also shown on Nickelodeon UK/Ireland in 2006. It is a light-hearted adaptation of TenNapel's graphic novel, Gear, which is also the name of the cats'...
.
Taylor produced a number of albums over the years with singer/songwriter Randy Stonehill
Randy Stonehill
Randall Evan "Randy" Stonehill is an American singer-songwriter from Stockton, California, best known as one of the so-called "fathers of contemporary Christian music". His music is primarily folk rock in the style of James Taylor, but he has assayed other styles, with various albums focused on...
, including Equator
Equator (Stonehill album)
Equator is the title of an album by Randy Stonehill, released in 1983, on Myrrh Records.-Track listing:All Songs Written By Randy Stonehill, except "Light Of The World" By Randy Stonehill And Wayne Berry And "Hide Them In Your Love" By Randy Stonehill And Gary Morris.-Side one:# "Light Of The...
(which included the Stonehill concert favorite "Shut De Do"), the dreamy Wonderama
Wonderama (album)
-Track listing:All songs written by Randy Stonehill except as otherwise noted.# "Wonderama" – 6:20# "I Will Follow" – 3:00# "Barbie Nation" – 4:57...
, and the 2001 Children's album Uncle Stonehill's Hat, which also featured Taylor's daughter Noelle contributing her voice to the story. Throughout his entire career, Taylor has produced albums for countless bands and artists including Randy Stonehill
Randy Stonehill
Randall Evan "Randy" Stonehill is an American singer-songwriter from Stockton, California, best known as one of the so-called "fathers of contemporary Christian music". His music is primarily folk rock in the style of James Taylor, but he has assayed other styles, with various albums focused on...
, Riki Michele
Riki Michele
Adam Again chanteuse Riki Michele is a female Christian alternative music artist. She has also recorded four eclectic solo records....
, Tom Howard
Tom Howard (musician)
Tom Howard was an American pianist, musical arranger and orchestral conductor.In 1983, Howard helped the rock band Daniel Amos form the Alarma! Records label....
, The Altar Boys, Crystal Lewis
Crystal Lewis
Crystal Lewis is an American contemporary Christian/Gospel vocalist, songwriter and author.-Early years:Lewis grew up singing in her father's church...
and Wild Blue Yonder, Jacob's Trouble
Jacob's Trouble
Jacob's Trouble was an American, Christian, rock band formed in Atlanta, Georgia area in the 1980s. The group originally consisted of members Jerry Davison , Mark Blackburn , and Steve Atwell , with Davison and Blackburn handling the lead vocals.-Biography:In 1989, Jacob's Trouble released their...
, Scaterd Few
Scaterd Few
Scaterd Few was a Christian punk band originating from Burbank, California. CCM magazine described their music as "pure punk for dread people," stating that it was a cross between Janes Addiction and Charlie Mingus.-Sin Disease era:...
, Deliverance, Mercy River, Starflyer 59
Starflyer 59
Starflyer 59 is an alternative rock band from Riverside, California that was founded in 1993 by Jason Martin, brother of Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric. While Jason Martin has written nearly all of Starflyer 59's songs, the band has included a number of different musicians over the years, including...
's Leave Here a Stranger
Leave Here a Stranger
Leave Here a Stranger is the sixth full-length album by Starflyer 59. Unlike most contemporary albums, it was recorded and mixed in mono as opposed to stereo...
, Fine China
Fine China (band)
Fine China was an American indie rock band from Phoenix, Arizona, comprising Rob Withem , Greg Markov , and Thom Walsh . The band was formed in 1996 as a project of acquaintances , but turned serious once the band started booking gigs...
's You Make Me Hate Music, Mortal
Mortal (band)
Mortal was a Christian industrial/dance band fronted by Jerome Fontamillas and Jyro Xhan. Both members went on to found the alternative rock group Fold Zandura, and for a time were members of both bands simultaneously...
, Poor Old Lu
Poor Old Lu
Poor Old Lu was a pioneering alternative Christian band based in the American Northwest. The band experimented with a variety of sounds and genres, particularly grunge, funk and psychedelic rock. The band consisted of Scott Hunter with the vocals, Jesse Sprinkle as the drummer for the band, Aaron...
, Tourniquet
Tourniquet (band)
Tourniquet is a Christian thrash / heavy metal band that was formed in 1989 by Ted Kirkpatrick, Guy Ritter and Gary Lenaire in Los Angeles, California, USA. They are known for incorporating elements of thrash, neo-classical and progressive metal into their music...
, Rich Young Ruler, Derri Daugherty
Derri Daugherty
Derri Daugherty is an American record producer, songwriter, guitarist and singer, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for band The Choir....
, an assortment of children's records including the MegaMouth series and the Harry Whodunit? series. He also wrote and produced a tribute to surf music
Surf music
Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Orange County and other areas of Southern California. It was particularly popular between 1961 and 1965, has subsequently been revived and was highly influential on subsequent rock music...
entitled Surfonic Water Revival
Surfonic Water Revival
Surfonic Water Revival is the title of a various artists compilation album which was recorded and released in 1998 by KMG Records. The album pays tribute to the pioneers of Surf music like Brian Wilson, Jan and Dean, the Belairs, the Hondells, the Surfaris, the Ventures, Beach Boys, Dick Dale and...
, which featured performances by Phil Keaggy
Phil Keaggy
Phil Keaggy is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 50 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets...
, Smalltown Poets
Smalltown Poets
Smalltown Poets is a Christian rock band formed in 1996. It was formed in Atlanta, Georgia by high school friends Michael Johnston , Danny Stephens , and Byron Goggin , along with Nashville musicians Kevin Breuner , and Miguel DeJesus .Smalltown Poets achieved recognition with their eponymous...
, Chuck Girard
Chuck Girard
Chuck Girard is a pioneer of Contemporary Christian music. He was born August 27, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, and moved to Santa Rosa, California in his young teens...
, Paul Johnson, Havalina Rail Co., Rick Altizer, Plumb
Plumb (singer)
Tiffany Arbuckle Lee is a Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter who uses the stage name Plumb...
, The Supertones, All Star United
All Star United
All Star United is a Christian rock band that was formed by solo artist Ian Eskelin in 1996. The band is known for clever and sometimes sarcastic lyrics, as they frequently use their songs as vehicles to lampoon perceived excesses in Western culture...
, Skillet
Skillet (band)
Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1996. The band currently consists of husband and wife John and Korey Cooper , along with Jen Ledger and lead guitarist Seth Morrison. The band has released eight albums, two receiving Grammy nominations: Collide and Comatose...
, Silage, Rebecca St. James
Rebecca St. James
Rebecca St. James , is a Christian pop rock singer, songwriter, musician, author, and actor. She began performing in Australia in the late 1980s and released her first full-length studio album in 1991. In 1993 she was signed to the record label ForeFront Records and released her major label debut a...
, The Insyderz
The Insyderz
The Insyderz are a Christian ska-punk band from Detroit, Michigan. They formed in 1996 and disbanded in 2005, but have recently reunited and are working on new music. The Insyderz are one of the "big three" bands which represented the Christian ska scene, alongside the Supertones and Five Iron Frenzy...
, and others.
Taylor performs yearly at Cornerstone Festival
Cornerstone Festival
Cornerstone Festival is a Christian music festival put on by Jesus People USA and held annually around the 4th of July near Bushnell, Illinois. In a given year, many artists that play at Cornerstone also play at other events such as Creation Festival and mainstream festivals and tours such as the...
in Bushnell, Illinois. and nationally with his band The Lost Dogs.
Influence
Taylor's work has received recognition and praise in USA Today, The Door, Time Magazine, and numerous national and regional newspapers and magazines, yet his career has essentially flown under the radar outside of the music industry. Taylor's music, both as a member of Daniel Amos and through his solo work, has been a major influence within the music industry. Aside from the obvious influence on artists that Taylor has worked with over the years, numerous notable people have named Taylor and DA as musical heroes over the years including artists like U2U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
, The Ocean Blue
The Ocean Blue
The Ocean Blue, formed in Hershey, Pennsylvania in 1986, is an American indie pop band that combines melodic guitars and synthesizers. Its core original members included David Schelzel on lead vocals/guitar, Steve Lau on keyboards/saxophone, Bobby Mittan on bass guitar and Rob Minnig on drums and...
, Randy Stonehill
Randy Stonehill
Randall Evan "Randy" Stonehill is an American singer-songwriter from Stockton, California, best known as one of the so-called "fathers of contemporary Christian music". His music is primarily folk rock in the style of James Taylor, but he has assayed other styles, with various albums focused on...
, The 77s
The 77s
The 77s are an American rock band consisting of Michael Roe on vocals/guitar, Mark Harmon on bass, and Bruce Spencer on drums.-Scratch Band:...
, Phil Keaggy
Phil Keaggy
Phil Keaggy is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 50 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets...
, Steve Taylor
Steve Taylor
Roland Stephen Taylor , is an American Christian singer, songwriter, record producer and film director.-Early life:Taylor, the eldest of three children, was born in Brawley, California. Taylor's father, Roland Taylor, was a Baptist minister. When Taylor was six years old, the family relocated to...
, Jimmy Abegg
Jimmy Abegg
Jimmy Abegg aka Jimmy A, is an American guitarist, composer, director, photographer and artist, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee....
, Phil Madeira
Phil Madeira
Phil Madeira is an American songwriter, producer, musician and singer from Nashville, Tennessee. He was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island and attended Taylor University, which he graduated from in 1975....
, Crystal Lewis
Crystal Lewis
Crystal Lewis is an American contemporary Christian/Gospel vocalist, songwriter and author.-Early years:Lewis grew up singing in her father's church...
, This Train, Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends is a Contemporary Christian musician, songwriter, and author based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.-Musical career:Arends began her career as a songwriter at Benson Music Publishing. In 1995, Carolyn began touring and releasing albums as a singer and guitarist. Her debut release...
(Arends actually used to perform DA songs in one of her early bands), Ventriloquist Terry Fator
Terry Fator
Terry Wayne Fator is a ventriloquist, impressionist, comedian, and singer from Dallas, Texas. Fator is capable of doing over 100 ventriloquial impersonations, and uses 16 different puppets in his act. He was the winner of Season 2 of America's Got Talent, and received the million dollar prize...
, Brian Healy, The Throes
The Throes
The Throes is the debut album by indie rock duo Two Gallants released in 2004 .The album was remastered and released as The Throes Remix on December 12, 2006 on vinyl. It also included a bonus track called "Anna's Sweater" a cover of song a by defunct San Francisco band Blear that was originally...
, The Choir, Mortal
Mortal (band)
Mortal was a Christian industrial/dance band fronted by Jerome Fontamillas and Jyro Xhan. Both members went on to found the alternative rock group Fold Zandura, and for a time were members of both bands simultaneously...
, Larry Norman
Larry Norman
Larry David Norman was an American Christian musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer, who worked with Christian rock music...
, Animator and Musician Doug TenNapel
Doug TenNapel
Douglas Richard "Doug" TenNapel is an American musician, animator, Eisner Award-winning artist, author, essayist and Christian. He is best known for creating Earthworm Jim, a character that spawned a famous video game, cartoon series, and toy line.-Early life:TenNapel was born and raised in the...
, Amy Grant
Amy Grant
Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...
, Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith
Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...
, Isaac Air Freight
Isaac Air Freight
Isaac Air Freight is a Christian comedy team formed in 1976. It originally consisted of three people, Dave Toole, Dan Rupple, and Larry Watt. Watt left after the release of their first album. He was replaced by Mitch Teemley, who largely did serious or "good guy" parts, for the second and third...
, Deliverance, Starflyer59, Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton is an American singer-songwriter, known for his songs about geek culture and his use of the Internet to draw fans...
, and others. Collective Soul
Collective Soul
Collective Soul is an American rock band originally formed in Stockbridge, Georgia. Collective Soul broke into mainstream popularity with their first hit single, "Shine", which came from their debut album Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid, released in 1993...
, which released several successful alternative rock singles during the 1990s and early 2000s, cite Daniel Amos as a major inspiration for their work. Taylor's work on Dreamworks videogame soundtracks and Nickelodeon animated series have been used as backing music for Olympic performances and become a favorite of other soundtrack composers like Bill Brown
Bill Brown (composer)
Bill Brown IV is an American composer.-Video games:*Jurassic Park: Trespasser *Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six *Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear *Michael Crichton's Timeline...
, Actor Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck
Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt , better known as Ben Affleck, is an American actor, film director, writer, and producer. He became known with his performances in Kevin Smith's films such as Mallrats and Chasing Amy...
, comedian Drew Carey
Drew Carey
Drew Allison Carey is an American actor, singer, comedian, photographer, sports executive, and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, Carey eventually gained popularity starring on his own sitcom, The Drew Carey Show, and serving as...
, and other celebrities.
Solo discography
- Knowledge & InnocenceKnowledge & InnocenceKnowledge & Innocence is the title of the first solo album by Daniel Amos frontman, Terry Scott Taylor, released in 1986 on Shadow Records....
, 1986 album - A Briefing for the AscentA Briefing for the AscentA Briefing for the Ascent is the title of the second solo album by Daniel Amos frontman, Terry Scott Taylor, released in 1987 on Frontline Records....
, 1987 album - John WayneJohn Wayne (album)John Wayne is the title of the third solo album by Daniel Amos frontman, Terry Scott Taylor, released in 1998 on KMG Records.-Track listing:# "Writer's Block" # "Mr...
, 1998 album - Avocado FaultlineAvocado FaultlineAvocado Faultline is the fourth solo album by Daniel Amos frontman, Terry Scott Taylor, released in 2000 on Silent Planet Records.-Track listing:# "Cowboys with Engines"# "Startin' Monday"# "Capistrano Beach"# "Pie Hole"# "The Afternoon"...
, 2000 album - LITTLE, bigLITTLE, bigLITTLE, big is the title of the fifth solo album by Daniel Amos frontman, Terry Scott Taylor, released in 2002 on Stunt Records.The album is named after the novel, Little, Big by John Crowley.-Track listing:# "LITTLE, big"# "Lovely Lilly Lou"...
, 2002 ep - City on a Hill: It's Christmas TimeCity on a Hill: It's Christmas TimeCity on a Hill: It's Christmas Time is the third album released in the City on a Hill series of compilation albums by popular CCM musicians.-Track listing:#"I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day"#"It's Christmas Time" -...
, Various Artists, 2002 - All Day Sing and Dinner on the Ground, with Michael RoeMichael RoeMichael Roe is an American record producer, songwriter, guitarist and singer.-Career:Although he has released several solo albums since the mid-1990s, Roe is primarily known as the lead singer and lead guitarist for the rock band The 77s...
, 2002 ep - Songs for the Day After Christmas ep
- Swine Before Pearl, Vol.1, Standard & Deluxe Editions (2010)
- Madness and Blindness and Astonishment of the Heart, Swine Before Pearl Vol 2 (2011)
Soundtrack albums and compilations
- Surfonic Water RevivalSurfonic Water RevivalSurfonic Water Revival is the title of a various artists compilation album which was recorded and released in 1998 by KMG Records. The album pays tribute to the pioneers of Surf music like Brian Wilson, Jan and Dean, the Belairs, the Hondells, the Surfaris, the Ventures, Beach Boys, Dick Dale and...
, 2000 tribute to Surf musicSurf musicSurf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Orange County and other areas of Southern California. It was particularly popular between 1961 and 1965, has subsequently been revived and was highly influential on subsequent rock music... - Making God Smile: A Tribute to Beach Boy Brian WilsonBrian WilsonBrian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...
Various Artists, 2002 album - Come As A Child Or Not At All, 2003 Compilation memorial with Theo Obrastoff
- Imaginarium: Songs from the NeverhoodImaginarium: Songs from the NeverhoodImaginarium: Songs from the Neverhood is the title of a soundtrack CD released in 2004 on Stunt Records. The 2-disc collection includes 77 songs performed by Daniel Amos frontman Terry Scott Taylor for the Douglas TenNapel created video games The Neverhood, Skullmonkeys, and Boombots...
, 2004 Soundtrack album - Random Acts and Hodgepodge, Expanded Edition, (2008)
- An Intimate Evening with Terry Scott Taylor, Tour collection with three new tracks, (2009)
Daniel Amos Discography
- Daniel AmosDaniel Amos (album)Daniel Amos released their self-titled debut album in 1976 on the Maranatha! Music label. This eponymous album was produced by Al Perkins....
, 1976 debut album - Shotgun AngelShotgun AngelShotgun Angel is the title of a 1977 album released by Daniel Amos. The album itself is named after a song written by Bill Sprouse Jr.. For additional information on the song itself, see "Shotgun Angel "....
, 1977 album - Horrendous DiscHorrendous DiscHorrendous Disc is the title of the third studio album by the rock band Daniel Amos, that was recorded in 1978 and released in 1981 on Solid Rock Records.-Background:...
, 1978, 1981 album - ¡Alarma!, 1981 album
- DoppelgängerDoppelgänger (Daniel Amos album)Doppelgänger is the title of a 1983 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Alarma! Records.Doppelgänger was a much darker, more haunting album than the album that preceded it, ¡Alarma!....
, 1983 album - Vox Humana, 1984 album
- Fearful SymmetryFearful Symmetry (album)Fearful Symmetry is a 1986 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Frontline Records.Fearful Symmetry is a lush, synthesizer driven pop album, lyrically wrapped in puzzles that the listener has to decipher...
, 1986 album - The RevelationThe Revelation (album)The Revelation is the title of a 1986 remix album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Frontline Records.The Revelation is a reworking of the popular "side 2" of the band's 1977 album, Shotgun Angel. All of the tracks were remixed, and one bonus track was recorded, the Phil Spector inspired Soon...
, 1986, re-issued 2000 - Darn Floor - Big Bite, 1987 album
- Live Bootleg '82Live Bootleg '82Live Bootleg '82 is the title of a 1990 live album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Stunt Records.Recorded in St. Louis, Missouri by Bruce A. Brown, this officially released bootleg gives fans a glimpse into a typical D.A. concert in the early 1980s...
, 1990 - KalhounKalhöunKalhöun is an album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records in 1991. The album marked the return of the band after a number of years working on side projects like The Swirling Eddies....
, 1991 album - MotorCycleMotorCycleMotorCycle is the title of a 1993 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records. The album was dedicated to the memory of songwriter Mark Heard.MotorCycle is a lush, pop rock album, which marked the return of longtime D.A...
, 1993 album - BibleLandBibleLandBibleland is the title of a 1994 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records.Bibleland is a rough and gritty rock record with lots of noise and distortion recorded mostly live-in-the-studio....
, 1994 album - Preachers From Outer Space!Preachers from Outer Space!Preachers from Outer Space! is the title of a 1994 live album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Stunt Records.Preachers chronicles a bit of what the band was doing in those "missing years" of 1978-1981; after much of the Horrendous Disc album had been finished, and about four years before it...
, 1994 An historic night, recorded live at the Anaheim Convention Center, Easter Weekend 1978 - Songs of the HeartSongs of the HeartSongs of the Heart is the title of a 1995 album by Christianrock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records.The album's concept is a musical journey down legendary Route 66 with the fictional couple Bud & Irma Akendorf. This concept was partially conceived after discovering an LP hanging on the wall...
, 1995 album - Mr Buechner's Dream, 2001 double CD. CD 1 entitled: Mr. Buechner's Dream, CD 2 entitled: And So It Goes.
Videos
- Swirling Eddies - Spittle and Phleghm, 1989 VHS / 2002 DVD
- Daniel Amos Live in Anaheim 1985Daniel Amos Live in Anaheim 1985Daniel Amos Live in Anaheim 1985 is the title of a DVD released in 2003 by the American rock band Daniel Amos on Stunt Records.The 90 minute concert film was created by Dave Perry, who went on to work with the band on its cover artwork for the Darn Floor - Big Bite album and the Swirling Eddies...
, 2003 DVD - The Making of Mr. Buechner's DreamThe Making of Mr. Buechner's DreamThe Making of Mr. Buechner's Dream is the title of a DVD released in 2005 by the American rock band Daniel Amos on Stunt Records.The 90 minute film was edited together from over nine hours of randomly filmed home movies and footage made while the band was recording their epic 32 song album, Mr...
, 2005 DVD - Instruction Through FilmInstruction Through FilmInstruction Through Film is the title of a DVD released in 2007 by the American rock band Daniel Amos on Stunt Records.The two hour film was edited together from a variety of home movies, interviews, television appearances, rehearsals, promotional films and other footage filmed between the early...
, 2007 DVD
Swirling Eddies Discography
- Let's Spin!Let's Spin!Let's Spin! is the title of the debut album by rock band The Swirling Eddies, released in 1988 on Alarma Records.Although the true identities of the Swirling Eddies were later revealed, it remained a complete mystery for most people at the time of this albums release. Frontline Records helped to...
, 1988 album - Outdoor ElvisOutdoor ElvisOutdoor Elvis is the title of the second album by rock band The Swirling Eddies, released in 1989 on Alarma Records.The title track found the Swirling Eddies in search of the elusive Elvis Presley who, according to the song, escaped the city by faking his own death and decided to make his home in...
, 1989 album - Zoom DaddyZoom DaddyZoom Daddy is the title of the third album by rock band The Swirling Eddies, released in 1994 on Alarma Records. It was released almost simultaneously with Terry Scott Taylor's other project the Daniel Amos album Bibleland....
, 1994 album - The Berry Vest of The Swirling EddiesThe Berry Vest of The Swirling EddiesThe Berry Vest of The Swirling Eddies is the title of compilation album featuring music by the rock band The Swirling Eddies, released in 1995 on Alarma Records....
, Best of album featured a bonus track on the tape version only reversing the usual convention of the time of putting bonus tracks on the CD only, 1995 Compilation - Sacred CowsSacred CowsSacred Cows, subtitled "The Songs That Helped Us," is the title of an album featuring the rock band The Swirling Eddies, performing their own less-than-serious versions of popular CCM hits, released in 1996 on StarSong....
, 1996 album - The midget, the speck and the moleculeThe midget, the speck and the moleculethe midget, the speck and the molecule is the title of the latest album by rock band The Swirling Eddies, released in 2007 on Stunt Records....
, 2007 album
Lost Dogs Discography
- Scenic RoutesScenic RoutesScenic Routes is an album by roots music band Lost Dogs, released on BAI Records in 1992.The album began as a one time recording effort from the frontmen of four creative rock bands; Gene Eugene, from the funk/rock band, Adam Again; Terry Scott Taylor, from the bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling...
, 1992 album - Little Red Riding HoodLittle Red Riding Hood (album)Little Red Riding Hood is an album by American roots music band Lost Dogs. It was released on WAL Records in 1993.-Track listing:# "No Ship Coming In" # "Imagine That" # "You Satisfy"...
, 1993 album - The Green Room Serenade, Part OneThe Green Room Serenade, Part OneGreen Room Serenade, Part One is an album by American roots music band Lost Dogs. Named after Gene Eugene's Huntington Beach recording studio, The Green Room, it was released on BAI Records in 1996.-Track listing:#"The Green Room Serenade"...
, 1996 album - Gift Horse, 1999 album
- Real Men CryReal Men CryReal Men Cry is an album by Roots music band Lost Dogs, released on BEC Records in 2001.This was the first album by the Lost Dogs after Gene Eugene's death in March 2000 and is a tribute to him....
, 2001 album - The Green Room Serenade, Part Tour, 2002 live-album
- Making God Smile: A Tribute to Beach Boy Brian Wilson Various Artists, 2002 album
- Nazarene Crying TowelNazarene Crying TowelNazarene Crying Towel is an album by Roots music band Lost Dogs, released on BEC Records in 2003.-Track listing:# "Moses In the Desert" # "There You Are" # "Deeper In The Heart" # "Come Down Here"...
, 2003 album - MUTT, 2004 album
- Island DreamsIsland DreamsIsland Dreams is an instrumental album by Roots music band Lost Dogs, released on Fools of the World records in 2005.-Track listing:# "Escape to Paradise" # "Wikki Tikki"...
, 2005 album (instrumental) - The Lost Cabin and the Mystery TreesThe Lost Cabin and the Mystery TreesThe Lost Cabin and the Mystery Trees is the title of an album by Roots music band Lost Dogs, released on Fools of the World records in 2006.-Track listing:# "Broken Like Brooklyn" # "Devil's Elbow"...
, 2006 album - We Like To Have ChristmasWe Like to Have ChristmasWe Like To Have Christmas is the title of an album by Roots music band Lost Dogs, released on Fools of the World and Lo-Fidelity Records in 2007. Special guests include Gene Eugene, Riki Michele, Dr...
, 2007 ChristmasChristmasChristmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
album - Old AngelOld AngelOld Angel is the title of an album by Roots music band Lost Dogs, released on Fools of the World and Stunt Records in 2010. The songs were composed by the band while traveling down Route 66 in 2009, and recorded in Nashville.-Track listing:...
, 2010 album
Videos
- The Lost Dogs... Via Chicago,2003 DVD (plus bonus CD)
- Via Chicago (All We Left Unsaid) (2006) DVD (plus bonus CD)