Bill Bachmann & Chip Taylor @ The Towne Crier Cafe in Pawling @ 9pm

Aug 14

To visit the Towne Crier Cafe website, click HERE.

Singer, songwriter, and guitarist BILL BACHMANN (a New Castle home boy) has earned the title of a “musician’s musician” from his collaboration with some of the best instrumentalists and songwriters in New York City.  Of Bill’s 2009 CD “Big World Out There,” Wildy’s World said, “The ironic part is that guitar might be Bachmann’s second talent, as there are few in the Folk world or out of it who can tell a story with quite the same zest, wit and intelligence without compromising the inherent musicality of a song.”  Indie-Music.com added, “His songwriting approach generally falls into two broad categories: clever, humorous use of the craft for purposes of wordplay and whimsy, and personal, poetic takes on the moments and corners of life and reality that are the stuff that always intrigues artists. He’s good at both.”  Mark S. Tucker of Folk and Music Exchange wrote, “I dare ya to find a release quite the equal of this. And you’ll have to do so on your own, ‘cause I ain’t lettin’ loose of my copy.”  Bill’s originality and versatility as a songwriter and guitarist reflect a singular passion to create unforgettable music – from the satirical to the sublime!  Visit billbachmannmusic.com.

To call Chip Taylor’s life an incredible story is almost an understatement.  As a songwriter, Taylor has hit the charts in five decades now.  He wrote “Wild Thing,” one of the primary songs of the rock’n’roll canon since it was a #1 hit for The Troggs in 1966.  His song “Angel of the Morning” has been a hit for Merilee Rush, Juice Newton and most recently Shaggy, whose chart-topping version earned Taylor the status of having the longest span of #1 hits in music history.  As No Depression magazine noted, “Maybe somebody else has had cuts by Jimi Hendrix, Frank Sinatra and Willie Nelson, but it’s got to be a pretty elite club.”  Taylor has also been a spectacularly successful professional gambler, as well as a recording artist and producer of such acts as the young James Taylor (no relation) and pop superstar Neil Diamond.  He was an integral part of the bustling New York pop songwriting scene in its 1960s Brill Building heyday, one of the pioneers of the progressive country style that was the grandfather of today’s alternative country movement, and is today a respected elder statesman of the singer-songwriter scene.  Visit trainwreckrecords.com.