The Beautiful Mystery of Terry Scott Taylor (Part 1)
On the eve of the release of his long-awaited and almost overwhelming 21-song solo masterwork, This Beautiful Mystery, singer/songwriter Terry Scott Taylor gives us a remarkably transparent and vulnerable look into his creative and spiritual formation as an artist. It’s impressive enough for any musician to be producing the best work of their career in their seventies, but what keeps a “restless creative” pushing so hard, and digging so deep, after decades of relative obscurity and even direct opposition? Between his work with the ground-breaking band Daniel Amos, the collaborative Lost Dogs project, the light-hearted Swirling Eddies spin-off, or his more personal solo work, Taylor has set, and re-set, standards as a writer, an artist, and a producer of others’ work. And yet so few people even know his name.
In this first of two installments, we hear about Terry’s roots, his influences, and his general formation. In Part Two we will explore This Beautiful Mystery in great detail; as both the present culmination of a well-traveled journey and as a roadmap for another generation of restless creatives looking to make soulful sense in these crazy days.
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IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE don’t miss:
Natalie Bergman’s Jesus Music for a New Generation
The Electric Jesus Story (So Far…) w Chris White, Brian Baumgartner, Daniel Smith and the Cast
Larry Norman (It’s Complicated)
Daniel Smith (Danielson, and the composer for Electric Jesus)
See the full list of previous episodes HERE
The Terry Taylor Spinning Songbook of Love
Featured Music
Daniel Amos:
¡Alarma!
Ain’t Gonna Fight It
Divine Instant (Instrumental Mix)
Better (Instrumental Mix)
Finale: Bereshith Overture
Horrendous Disc (UK Version)
Hound of Heaven
Here I Am (Instrumental Mix)
Dig Here Said the Angel
Terry Scott Taylor:
Worried Waters
Be That As It May
In Our Waning Days
This Beautiful Mystery
Glory Road (1971 demo)
High Tech Tribulation Force (Patreon demo)
Swirling Eddies: Potential
Lost Dogs:
Jesus Loves You, Brian Wilson (TV Mix)
Be My Hiding Place
Eleanor It’s Raining Now
Mortal: Painkiller
Contextual Music
Randy Stonehill: Intermission at the Wonderama
Jimmy A: Improvisation on “Touch of Love”
Love Song: A Love Song
Little Eva: Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
The Beach Boys: Let’s Go Away for Awhile (Stereo Mix)
The Byrds: I Am a Pilgrim (Original Chris Hillman vocal)
The Beatles: Flying