Otis Taylor's fourteenth album Hey Joe Opus Red Meat offers a meticulously crafted collection of songs and instrumentals. His earlier recordings but it approaches only in the sense that the music again escapes a simplistic categorization. Of course, blues and folk elements essential component, but also refers Otis Taylor psychedelic rock, jazz and Americana with a. The resulting therefrom hybrid he calls himself trance blues.
The focus of Hey Joe Opus Red Meat Taylors are reflections on decisions about the changes to which such decisions in our lives - can lead - and that of our families.
The overarching theme of the designed as a single piece in ten parts new album is the song Hey Joe, heard in two different contrasting versions. More songs, song forms and instrumental parts merge. Are often flavored airy musical fabric and the interlocking guitar structures through prudent interspersed violin and brass passages.
In addition to his band distinguished guests are on Hey Joe Opus Red Meat represented: Guitar powerhouse Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers, The Dead and Gov't Mule), acoustic guitarist Bill Nershi (The String Cheese Incident), singer-songwriter and guitarist Langhorne Slim and guitarist Daniel Sproul, who has toured with Eddie Van Halen, Warren Haynes, the Black Crowes and Otis Taylor.