« Heffalumps in Loch Ness | Main | 51 Birch Street » Jesse Taylor Years ago, before every scene in Austin was a crowd, we went to a park - I'm pretty sure it was Deep Eddy - to see the Butch Hancock Band, and Jesse Taylor was there shredding the air with his guitar riffs. I'd seen him before, but this was the night I realized how great and unique he was. I think it was his playing on "Fools Fall in Love" that put me over, and the fact that I can still remember that night after 25-30 years says something. Back then we spent a lot of time around live music, and most of it is a blur to me now. And I wasn't responsive to the country/folk/songwriter strain of Austin music, but I looked for opportunities to hear Jesse play again. Sometimes those opportunities found me by accident. One year during SXSW, as I was walking from the convention center to find my parked car, I heard an amazing acoustic blues coming from a building across the street, and when I rounded the corner, I saw that it was Jesse, just playing for the hell of it. Jesse Taylor died March 7. [Link to memorial page .] jon posted this at 8:25 AM |
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