Otis Taylor, Truth Is Not Fiction - 50m 18s

Tracks & Durations

1. Rosa, Rosa	3:32
2. Kitchen Towel	4:26
3. Comb Your Brown Hair	3:32
4. Babies Don't Lie	3:56
5. Be My Frankenstein	4:46
6. House of the Crosses	4:05
7. Past Times	4:13
8. Shakie's Gone	3:38
9. Be My Witness	4:27
10. Nasty Letter	5:08
11. Walk on Water	5:45
12. Baby, Please Don't Go	2:43

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Review

There is an upbeat style of blues that lightens life's darkest moments by its sheer joyfulness and exuberance. And then there is Otis Taylor's style of blues. On his fourth album, the multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter drags us once again into the seething underbelly of emotional gloom, wallowing in the sadness, hurt, and confrontation of the human condition. It's not pretty, but it's the territory that has been uniquely staked out by Taylor and his stripped-down, percussion-less backing duo of producer-bassist Kenny Passarelli and lead guitarist Eddie Turner. This riveting storytelling music springs from Delta, folk, slave, and prison songs, with many tracks boiled down to a single repeated chord. Mournful cello occasionally fleshes out the sound, but with Turner's slicing lead guitar and Taylor's dusky voice singing harrowing tales of lynching, rape, murder, death, lost love, and nasty letters, the intensity generated--even by the album's only cover, "Baby Please Don't Go"--is off the scale. Not for the squeamish, Taylor's chilling music provokes, angers, and unnerves the listener in ways that are just too powerful for most artists to muster. Otis Taylor's truth is found in the dark recesses and murky shadows. Explore it with caution. --Hal Horowitz

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