Lewis Taylor
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Andrew Lewis Taylor is a British multi-instrumentalist musician, born in London
, UK, in the late 1960s. He started in the music business touring with the progrock
band Edgar Broughton Band
. In 1986 he began performing as Sheriff Jack, releasing two albums of psychedelia music, Laugh Yourself Awake (1986) and What Lovely Melodies (1987). As Lewis Taylor, he released his self-titled album in 1996. This album showcases a departure from psychedelia towards Neo soul
.
In June 2006, Lewis Taylor retired from music. However, as Andrew Taylor, he remains active in the music industry. Taylor has since been musical director and bass player for Gnarls Barkley, and guitarist/backing vocalist for the Edgar Broughton Band and The Drivers.
Singles/EPs
Soundtracks and miscellaneous appearances
London
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, UK, in the late 1960s. He started in the music business touring with the progrock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band Edgar Broughton Band
Edgar Broughton Band
The Edgar Broughton Band, founded in 1968 in Warwick, England, is an English Psychedelic Rock group.-Career:The band started their career as a blues group under the name of The Edgar Broughton Blues Band, playing to a dedicated but limited following in the region around their hometown of Warwick...
. In 1986 he began performing as Sheriff Jack, releasing two albums of psychedelia music, Laugh Yourself Awake (1986) and What Lovely Melodies (1987). As Lewis Taylor, he released his self-titled album in 1996. This album showcases a departure from psychedelia towards Neo soul
Neo soul
The term neo soul was originally coined by Kedar Massenburg of Motown Records in the late 1990s as a marketing category following the commercial breakthroughs of artists such as D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, and Maxwell...
.
In June 2006, Lewis Taylor retired from music. However, as Andrew Taylor, he remains active in the music industry. Taylor has since been musical director and bass player for Gnarls Barkley, and guitarist/backing vocalist for the Edgar Broughton Band and The Drivers.
Discography
Albums- 1996 : Lewis TaylorLewis Taylor (Lewis Taylor album)Lewis Taylor is the first album by the British neo-soul composer and multi-instrumentalist Lewis Taylor, released in 1996.-Track listing:#Lucky - 6:34#Bittersweet - 5:36#Whoever- 4:31#Track - 5:11#Song - 4:56#Betterlove - 5:24#How - 3:59...
- 2000 : Lewis IILewis II (Lewis Taylor album)Lewis II is the second album by the British neo-soul composer and multi-instrumentalist Lewis Taylor, released in 2000.-Track listing:#Party - 6:01#My Aching Heart - 5:25#You Make Me Wanna - 4:46#The Way You Done Me - 5:12#Satisfied - 5:53...
- 2002 : Limited Edition
- 2003 : Stoned, Part IStoned, Part I (Lewis Taylor album)Stoned, Part I is the third album by the British neo-soul composer and multi-instrumentalist Lewis Taylor, released in 2003.-Track listing:Slow Reality release#Stoned, Pt...
- 2004 : Stoned, Part IIStoned, Part II (Lewis Taylor album)Stoned, Part II is the fourth album by the British neo-soul composer and multi-instrumentalist Lewis Taylor, released in 2004.-Track listing:#Madman - 4:23#Keep Right on - 5:30#Reconsider - 3:51#When Will I Ever Learn - 3:45...
- 2005 : Limited Edition 2004Limited Edition 2004 (Lewis Taylor album)Limited Edition 2004 is the fifth album by the British neo-soul composer and multi-instrumentalist Lewis Taylor, released in 2005.-Track listing:#Intro - 2:22#Back Together - 4:20#Consider - 4:23#Party - 7:04#No Hope in Here - 6:20#Lovelight - 5:46...
- 2005 : The Lost AlbumThe Lost Album (Lewis Taylor album)The Lost Album is the sixth and final album by the British neo-soul composer and multi-instrumentalist Lewis Taylor, released in 2005....
- 2005 : Stoned, Part I - Hacktone US Re-ReleaseStoned, Part I (Lewis Taylor album)Stoned, Part I is the third album by the British neo-soul composer and multi-instrumentalist Lewis Taylor, released in 2003.-Track listing:Slow Reality release#Stoned, Pt...
- 2007 : The Lost Album - Hacktone US Re-ReleaseThe Lost Album (Lewis Taylor album)The Lost Album is the sixth and final album by the British neo-soul composer and multi-instrumentalist Lewis Taylor, released in 2005....
Singles/EPs
- 1996 : Lucky
- 1996 : Whoever
- 1997 : Bittersweet
- 1997 : Lucky (Reissue)
- 1997 : Lucky (Kruder & Dorfmeister Mixes)
- 1997 : Bittersweet (12")
- 1997 : Bittersweet (Lucas's Mixes 12")
- 2005 : In Session 2005 (digital only release)
- 2005 : Stoned Live (Hacktone 3-track promo-only EP)
Soundtracks and miscellaneous appearances
- 1998 : Mojo soundtrack (tracks Crazy Crazy Momma, Don't Make Me Wait, both credited as Little Lewis)
- 1998 : Lock, Stock and Two Smoking BarrelsLock, Stock and Two Smoking BarrelsLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British crime film directed and written by Guy Ritchie. The story is a heist film involving a self-confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three card brag...
soundtrack (track 18 With A Bullet) duet with Carleen AndersonCarleen AndersonCarleen Anderson is an American soul singer, who has had success in the United Kingdom. She is the daughter of the singer Vicki Anderson and stepdaughter of Bobby Byrd, and is most well known as the lead singer in the Young Disciples as well as for her own solo career.-Early career:Anderson was... - 1998 : Lullabies With a Difference (track Cherry Blossom)
- 1999 : Ophelie WinterOphélie WinterOphélie Kleerekoper-Winter is a French singer and actress.- Biography :Her father David Alexandre Winter, was a Dutch pop singer during the 1970s, while her mother was a French fashion model, who is now her agent...
- Privacy (tracks Move On, Lovin' You More) - 2000 : Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)Randall and Hopkirk , first transmitted during 1969-70, is a British private detective television series starring Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope as the private detectives Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk, respectively. The series was originally created by Dennis Spooner and produced by Monty Berman...
soundtrack (track Blue Eyes) - 2010 : The Last Holiday soundtrack (track Back Together)
- 2011 : Madam Palindrome (track If I Didn't Need You) duet with Deborah Bond