Blues music visionary Otis Taylor reflects on the African American experience in a timely release on the Trance Blues Festival label. Fantasizing About Being Black is Otis Taylor’s poetic musical exploration from the voyages of slave ships to the Mississippi Delta with a raw and haunting multi-instrumental blend that reveals the connection of history to modern day events; features musical guests Jerry Douglas, Brandon Niederauer and Ron Miles.
To date Otis Taylor has received 20 Blues Music Award (BMA) nominations.
Tracklist:
01. Twelve String Mile
02. Walk on Water
03. Banjo Bam Bam
04. Hand on Your Stomach
05. Jump Jelly Belly
06. Tripping on This
07. D to E Blues
08. Jump out of Line
09. Just Want to Live with You Baby
10. Roll Down the Hill
11. Jump to Mexico
Personnel:
Otis Taylor, vocals, guitar, banjo
Brandon Niederauer, guitar
Jerry Douglas, Koa wood lap guitar
Anne Harris, Geige
Ron Miles, Cornet
Todd Edmunds, bass
Larry Thompson, drums
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