TAYLOR MADE 1995

950109A  9th January: ANTHONY THISTLETHWAITE.
                   CD 'Cartwheels' (Rolling Acres ACRE 002). Producer: Anthony Thistlethwaite.
                   Recorded in London, Dublin and Oxfordshire between June 1993 and March 1994.
                   Incl.
                   - Cartwheels (Anthony Thistlethwaite)
                   - Farming The Right Acres (Anthony Thistlethwaite)
                   - Misgrating Bird (Anthony Thistlethwaite)
                   - Atlas (Anthony Thistlethwaite)
                   Musicians: MT (gtr)/Anthony Thistlethwaite (voc, gtr, mand)/Dave Ruffy (dr)/
                                      Jim McCarty (dr)/Roy Dodds (perc, tamb, hand dr)/Youth (bass)/
                                      Simon Edwards (bass)/Tony Lambert (org, p)/Kate Fennell (vibes)/
                                      Zoe Martlew (cello)/Steve Wickham (fiddle, violin)/Honeyboy Hickling
                                      (harm)/Angie Brown & Melanie Williams (bvoc)/Kevin Wilkinson (dr)/
                                      Robbie Overson (gtr)/Wayne Hussey (gtr)/Liam O'Maonlai (p)

950115A 15th January: ALL STAR BAND. San Francisco, California, DNA Lounge, 'Urban
                   Blues Summit'
                   MT jams with Harvey Mandel (gtr), Elliot Easton (gtr) and others.

950118A 18th January: San Diego, California, Banx
950126A 26th January: Austin, Texas, Babe's

950201A  1st February: MICK TAYLOR & THE HOLLYWOOD BLUES KINGS.
                   Santa Monica, California, 14 Below
                   Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Joe Houston (sax)/Paul Ill (bass)/Jeffrey Barr (keyb)/
                                  Ronnie Ciago (dr)/Bobby Owsinski (gtr)
                   Note: Soundboard recording was made by Bobby Owsinski for an upcoming
                              live album (see 950701A).

950327A  27th March: TOM NEWMAN.
                   CD 'Fine Old Tom' (Voiceprint MSIF 3290, -Japan). Producers: Jon
                   Field and Tom Newman. Sound engineer: Dan Cooper. Recorded in
                   London, The Manor House in October 1974. Re-release incl.   
                   - Day Of The Percherons (Tom Newman) -alternate mix
                   Line-up: MT (bvoc)/Tom Newman (voc, cymbal, gtr)/Jon Field (flute
                                  orchestra, p, bvoc, flageolets)/Chris Butler (snare dr)/Fred
                                  Frith (bass dr)/John Ayton (bvoc)
                   Note: For more info, see 750200A.

950330A  30th March: German TV (RTL) 'Gottschalk Late Night', Munich, Bavaria Studios.
                   - interview with MT by Thomas Gottschalk
                   - You Shook Me (Willie Dixon)
                       Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Christoph Pauli (p)/Pete Wrba (dr)/Enrico Coromines
                                      (gtr)/Oliver Hahn (keyb)/Laurentius Retzer (bass)  

950402A  2nd April: Putney, England, The Half Moon
                   Line-up: see 950404A, plus Mel Collins guesting on sax on You Shook Me.

950404A  4th April: French TV (French Supervision) ‘Mick Taylor En Concert’,
                   Genève, Switzerland, Arthur’s Club. Incl.
                   - You Gotta Move (Fred McDowell/Rev. Gary Davis)
                   - I Wonder Why (Albert King)
                   - Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (MJ/KR)
                   Line-up: MT (voc, gtr)/Snowy White (gtr)/Kuma Harada (bass)/John ‘Rabbit’
                                  Bundrick (keyb)/Jeff Allen (dr)
                   Note: Telecast in June 1995. Also You Shook Me was played and recorded, but
                              remained unaired until French TV (M6) did a re-broadcast in May 2000.

950415A  15th April: Bryon Bay, Australia, Belongil Fields '6th Annual East Coast Blues
                    Festival'
                   Note: With David Bentley on keyboards.

950416A  16th April: Bryon Bay, Australia, Belongil Fields '6th Annual East Coast Blues       
                    Festival'
                   Note: With David Bentley on keyboards.

950400A  mid-April: Cairns City, Australia, Johno's Blues Bar
                   Note: With David Bentley on keyboards.

950400B  April: Australian TV  (Channel 7) 'The Times', Bryon Bay, incl.
                    - interview with MT

950422A  22nd April: Sydney, Australia, The Bridge Hotel
                   (Jam/You Gotta Move/I Wonder Why/Laundromat Blues/You Shook Me/
                    Hide Away-"Come Back Baby"/Little Red Rooster/I Can't Help Myself)
                    Note: MT played with a native backing band called Mother Hubbard.
                              Title of 'I Can't Help Myself' is unsure.

950423A  23nd April: Sydney, Australia, The Bridge Hotel
                   (Instrumental jam/You Gotta Move/I Wonder Why/You Shook Me/
                    Laundromat Blues/I Can't Help Myself/Red House)
                   Note: see 950422A.

950500A  May: CARLA OLSON.
                   CD 'Gotta Get Back Home - The Best Of Carla Olson' (Bad News Records
                   BN - 016, -Japan). Producers: Carla Olson & Charles Rook. Incl.
                   - Special (MT) -composer credit only!
                   Note: Greatest hits-compilation of Mrs. Olson, incl. the previously unreleased
                             song listed above, written by MT, but he doesn't perform on it.

950506A  6th May: PETER SCHLEICHER BAND. Vienna, Austria, ZU-GA-BE.
                   (Jumpin' Jack Flash/Gimme Shelter/You Gotta Move/She's So Cold/I'm
                    Free/Honky Tonk Women/Sympathy For The Devil)
                    Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Peter Schleicher (voc)/& Peter Schleicher's Band
                    Note: A private video of all the songs above exists.
                              MT sang lead vocals on 'You Gotta Move'. All other songs have been
                              sung by Peter Schleicher with new lyrics in Viennese dialect.

950507A  7th or 8th May: MICK TAYLOR. Unidentified studio, Vienna, Austria.
                   Recording session. Producer: ?.
                   - Jumpin' Jack Flash (MJ/KR)
                   - Start Me Up (MJ/KR)
                   - Under My Thumb (MJ/KR) -unverified
                   Musicians: MT (gtr)/… (gtr)/… (bass)/… (dr)

950508A  8th May: FINIS TASBY.
                   CD 'People Don't Care' (Shanachie Records 9007, -US). Producer: Charles E.
                   Collins. Sound engineer: Steve Pouliot. Recorded in 1994 at Red Zone Studios,
                   Hollywood, California. Incl.
                   - You Don't Have To Worry (John Herron/David Harvey)
                   Line-up: MT (gtr)/Finis Tasby (voc)/Charles E. Collins (dr)/Mark Goldberg
                                  (bass)/Robert Lieberman (gtr)/Robert Martin (p)/Joe Sublett (sax)/
                                  Darrell Lenard (tp)/Ken Tussing (tb)/Cynthia Manley, Jessica Williams,
                                  Patricia Hodges and George Merrill (bvoc)/Jay Fitzgerald (harm)

950622A  22nd June: Weybridge, England, The Flintgate

950625A  25th June: Internet audio stream (www.micktaylor.com)
                   - phone-interview with MT by Gary Paranzino (New York City)
                   Note: Soundbites were downloadable as real audio-files.

late June - early July: MICK TAYLOR & THE HOLLYWOOD BLUES KINGS.
                  West Coast Gigs.
                  Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Bobby Owsinski (gtr, voc)/Paul Ill (bass)/Bob Lunar
                                 (keyb; surname unsure)/& maybe Ronnie Ciago (dr)

950627A  27th June: Santa Monica, California, 14 Below. Rehearsals. Incl.
                   - Love In Vain (Robert Johnson)
                   Note: Unverified.

950628A  28th June: Santa Monica, California, 14 Below
                   (Oh, Pretty Woman/Fed Up With The Blues/I Wonder Why/Red House/
                    Little Red Rooster/Laundromat Blues/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking/Kansas City)
                   Note: With special guest Joe Houston on sax.

950630A  30th June: Ventura, California, Nicholby’s
                   (Tramp/Coastin’ Home/Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad/Oh, Pretty Woman/
                    You Gotta Move/I Wonder Why/Fed Up With The Blues/unidentified fast blues/
                    Can't You Hear Me Knocking)

950600A  late June or early July: Los Angeles, California, The Wick

950701A  1st July: MICK TAYLOR & THE HOLLYWOOD BLUES KINGS.
                   CD 'Coastin' Home' (Shattered Music SHA007-2, -US). Producer: Bobby
                   Owsinski. Recorded live in Santa Monica, 14 Below on the 1st February 1995.
                   - I Wonder Why (Albert King)
                   - You Gotta Move (Fred McDowell/Rev. Gary Davis)
                   - You Shook Me (Willie Dixon)
                   - Can't You Hear Me Knocking (MJ/KR)
                   Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Joe Houston (sax)/Paul Ill (bass)/Jeffrey Barr (keyb)/
                                  Ronnie Ciago (dr)/Bobby Owsinski (gtr)
                   Note: The Japanese version (titled) ‘Live At 14 Below’ (2WA Entertainment
                              2WA-002) and a later edition of the US version of Coastin’ Home includes
                              Dead Amanda’s 'Turns To Gold' as bonus track (see 940620A).

950701B  1st July: Los Angeles, California, Santa Carita Brewing Co.
950700A  early July: Los Angeles, California, The Monkey Bar

950708A  8th July: Schondorf, Germany,
                   (Fed Up With The Blues/You Gotta Move/Red House/I Wonder Why/
                    Can’t You Hear Me Knocking/Jumpin' Jack Flash)

950709A  9th July: Galejan, Sweden, 'Jazz And Blues Festival'
                   (Fed Up With The Blues/You Gotta Move/I Wonder Why/Red House-Goin’
                    Down Slow-Red House/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking/Jumpin' Jack Flash)
                   Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Snowy White (gtr, voc)/John ‘Rabbit’ Bundrick (keyb)/
                                  Kuma Harada (bass)/Kevin Morris (dr)

950710A  10th July: Belgrade, Serbia,
950711A  11th July: Skopje, Macedonia,
                    Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Snowy White (gtr, voc)/John ‘Rabbit’ Bundrick (keyb)/
                                   Kuma Harada (bass)/Juan van Emmerloot (dr)

950818A  18th August: from Ottawa, Canada.
                    - phone-interview with MT (in New York City) by Al Lewis 

950901A  1st September: BORIS GREBENSHCHIKOV & AQUARIUM.
                   CD ‘The Navigator’ (Red Astriariros Rediit AM 064, -Russia). Producer:
                   Boris Grebenshchikov. Recorded at Melodya Studios, St. Petersburg, Russia.
                   - Ne Kosi (Boris Grebenshchikov)
                   - Tamozhennyj Blues (Boris Grebenshchikov) -with Anthony Thistlethwaite on
                         harmonica
                   Line-up: MT (gtr)/Boris Grebenshchikov (voc, gtr)/A.N. Zubarov (gtr, p)/Oleg
                                  Sakmarov (recorder)/Alexander Titov (bass)/Andrej Vicharov and
                                  Andrej Surotdinov (perc, dr)

950907A  7th September: South Shields, England, Cellar Club
950908A  8th September: South Shields, England, Cellar Club
950912A  12th September: Weybridge, England, The Flintgate

950915A  15th September: Kiev, Ukraine,
                    (You Gotta Move/I Wonder Why/Red House/You Shook Me/Blind Willie
                     McTell/Fed Up With The Blues/Laundromat Blues/Band Introduction/
                     Can't You Hear Me Knocking)
                    Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Snowy White (gtr, voc)/Tim Hinkley (keyb)/
                                   Kuma Harada (bass)/Jeff Allen (dr)
                    Note: Soundboard recording was made.

950923A  23rd September: London, The Mean Fiddler
                   (You Gotta Move/I Wonder Why/You Shook Me/Fed Up With The Blues/Blind
                     Willie McTell/Band introduction/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking/Band introduction 2)
                    Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Snowy White (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/
                                   Kuma Harada (bass)/Jeff Allen (dr)
                    Note: With special guest Anthony Thistlethwaite (sax) on Can’t You Hear Me
                              Knocking.

950900A  September: SAVAGE ROSE.
                  CD ‘Black Angel’ (Mega Records MRCD 3294, -Denmark). Producers:
                  Thomas Koppel & Annisette. Recorded at various studios in Los Angeles,
                  California and Copenhagen, Denmark in 1995. Incl.
                   - Black Angel (Thomas Koppel/Annisette) -Crenshaw Highschool Elite Choir
                        on backing vocals
                   - Early Morning Blues (Thomas Koppel/Annisette) -Oli Poulsen and
                        Thomas Koppel (perc programming)
                   Line-up: MT (gtr)/Annisette (voc)/Thomas Koppel (org, keyb)/Bryon Miller
                                  (bass)/Ricky Lawson (dr)/Ray Fuller (gtr)

951203A  3rd December: BLACK CAT BONE. Tübingen, Germany, Neckarsound Studios
                   - piano improvisation by MT
                   - MT & Black Cat Bone listen to a playback of Wake Up Call
                   - MT & Hans-Joerg Mueller play overdubs on Slow Blues
                   - MT & Black Cat Bone listen to a playback of Slow Blues
                   - MT & Hans-Joerg Mueller play overdubs on The Stumble
                   - MT plays overdubs on Mick’s Song
                   - MT & Black Cat Bone listen to a playback of Mick’s Song
                   - MT plays more overdubs on Mick’s Song
                   Note: All these footage circulates on private video.
                              For info about the actual sessions, see 970414A.