Positively Beautiful - Lewis Taylor News Issue Three: Everybody's Getting Stoned Now Positively Beautiful, The News This issue continues with news, views, and reviews: celebrations of Lewis' recently released album Stoned | Part One. Also included are upcoming events and other interesting information related to Lewis and his activities, so read ahead to catch it all. Our Newsletter's Purpose The Positively Beautiful newsletter brings you real news of Lewis Taylor and what he's up to. For the fans and by the fans, along with - wherever appropriate and possible - official confirmation and/or input from Lewis' camp. One thing's for sure - if you see news here it's real, not rumour! We aim to provide for fans pertinent information, previews and reviews of all things Lewis Taylor, over time. News will always be confirmed before it appears here, or definite possibilities clearly stated if they're unconfirmed. If you have an opinion, however, about a Lewis gig, have an album review, related links, comments, suggestions or questions, send them along! This newsletter is truly for the fans and by the fans - we want to know what you'd like to see here, and we welcome contributions appropriate to the spirit of this newsletter. Something that Positively Beautiful would like to initiate along the way is a Question & Answer section about and/or for Lewis. We offer no guarantees at all in connection with any Q & A - but if you do have questions feel free to send them along. We'll do our best to get you the real answers, with input from Lewis himself if possible. Subterania Gig Today: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 To everyone attending this first big gig since 2000 - have a great time, take lots of pictures and send them in with your reviews afterwards, please! Knock 'em - blissfully - out, Lewis! Mark Ede reports on various issues of interest to fans: Show Times As I understand it doors will open at 8pm, Lewis's core band (maybe with guest singer) will act as a support doing a shortish warm up set at 9pm (well worth catching) and Lewis will be on stage between 9:30 and 10 pm with the purpose of concluding before 11:30 pm so people can catch tubes home or come down to the aftershow. Support Act Not entirely sure there will be any support although one idea was for the band (Ital, etc.) to warm up with a couple of instrumentals or whatever. Or with a 'Lewis' karaoke where fans can come up one by one and murder LT classics. Ticket Sales Sales are going very well by all accounts - talk of a sell out, so.... The Aftershow Hoping a band (led by Pete Adams) will be playing at the NR that night but that they might be willing to let Dave and Lewis and any other band members have a blow if they are up for it. Editor's note: The aftershow is being held at the Noble Rot club (http://www.noblerot.com/) after the Subterania gig, attendance by guest list. There still seems to be time before the gig to get your name on the guest list, if you haven't already! Mark says fans can continue to post their interest on this thread at the forums: http://www.lewistaylormusic.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=201&page=3 The Recent Past An absolutely fabulous review submitted by David Halpern - don't skip over this! POSITIVELY LEWIS TAYLOR david.halpern@virgin.net 29.10.02 Seeing Lewis Taylor live over several appearances around London in the run up to his new CD release is an uplifting reminder that transcendental artists are real people breathing the same air as you or me. Alongside the mysterious sorcery of his studio recordings his live persona is that of a well-travelled musical gypsy choosing his own course through the sequins of showbusiness. Now he wants to bring it on… A swish Piccadilly nightclub. Invitation-only long-time devotees, friends and musical associates rub expectant shoulders with "quality" and "industry" press critics. Any day now his new CD will be released on his own record label. What occurs when a musical forcefield with big name fans in high places as well as on the "nu/neo/psychedelic/prog soul" street sets his own agenda without corporate interference? The answer seems to be: enjoy himself. At every turn hype and pretension are punctured and the guaranteed delivery of passionate music shines through. Most performers to whom the word genius gets attached would stay hidden at their record industry showcase until taking the mic.. Hang on, here’s the star of the show carrying his own amp into the room, tuning up and then taking time to personally welcome the well wishers in the room. He seems sweetly amused by the reverence with which his work gets hailed as fine art - taking every opportunity to calm the fevered brow of the swooning fan. What he doesn’t play down is the music. On stage he’s a natural, musically and personally. At the series of Noble Rot club dates the man is downstairs and down-home - kicking back with top musicians whose expression and company he enjoys. Knowing that the crowd wants him to light the touchpaper on one of his own guitar solos, instead he’s nodding the band’s accomplished MC, guitarist Dave Ital, to repeatedly take first spotlight. Later on the main man is requesting "any guitarists in tonight" to take his stage, stepping into the crowd himself while they take their own solo. All in all it’s not what your average "critically-lauded artist" giving an invitation-only media "showcase" for his "long awaited new CD" does. Here’s the deal: he doesn’t do clichÈ. More like a good bloke having a really good time. The set on these band nights as well as acoustic appearances at Kashmir centres on new songs or those from his breakthrough first CD. Those masterpieces that place him possibly uncomfortably on a pedestal? They get kicked off with casually confident but self-effacing take-it-easy-and-enjoy-yourself remarks: "Hey, here’s a good one", "Here we go then," "This next one was a big hit… in my living room" etc. It’s a quirky combination of deflatory etcetera chat between precious musical diamonds which followers have been charmed with for some years now. The difference is there’s less of the bemusingly unnecessary self-critical remarks when dissatisfied with a performance detail. Now if he’s feeling the need to apologise for a less than perfect note he picks up on the comedy rather than the tragedy of life. It looks like Lewis can enjoy taking it as easy as he encourages his audience to do. Set wise it’s a fact that apart from the title track of "Lewis II", songs from the second CD are left out in the cold. If the second release lacked the singular identity of an all-time great album it stands as a masterful display of diversity. Modern torch songs such as "Blue Eyes" and "Satisfied" sat revue style alongside the freshly sliced funk of "You Make Me Wanna", all taking a powerful heritage one step beyond. Yet none of these are to be heard during this set of comeback previews. Indeed it was the more conventionally labelled "soul" songs which he ever gave live exposure. And today an artist’s refocus on where he’s coming from, rather than a professional situation he got into, may mean some fine achievements stay rejected, tarred by the brush of bad experience for more time yet. When the new songs are introduced they spin upwards and onwards in Lewis’s unique musical give and take. The irony, whether intentioned or not, is that most have just what you’d imagine the cigar-chomping, bean-counting mandarins of a certain previous record factory had been tub-thumping for all along: more catchy numbers less musical cubism. Inside the new sound some terrible weight has lifted. No one gets put on the witness stand in "Send Me An Angel" and with "When Will I Ever Learn" the only one at fault is an author accepting human frailty. Where the demons still curse, such as in the stand-out live track "Shame", earlier songs’ supremely textured hurt accusations and caged frustrations are now harnessed into a hot thunderbolt – one which walloped the live stage at HMV Oxford Street last night. In the midst of these reappearances there’s a lot to take in. The new, the old – and the new old. Premiered at Lewis’s Kashmir acoustic appearances, were the startlingly beautiful reworkings of established material . At Noble Rot they returned or became solo intros. Until now Lewis Taylor’s band lineups may have changed but they stuck rigidly to recorded versions. This has been a confusing creative limitation with the artist’s shows - as if the stage was not a valued space to explore the songs. However, the Noble Rot group rocked on out into a feelgood juke-joint jam. Improvising made for a great musical event - but the several stripped down versions of older songs signalled an event in music. Could it be that the futuristic hypnotism of his studio sound obscured full recognition of the good old-fashioned craft of an inspired songwriter at work? Recording creativity sent us these angels in a starry night sky fumblingly called "psychedelic soul". Now they rise up from the earth as delicate jazz and country blues creations. This new flowering puts the current vogue of pretty jazz girls and unplugged but undistinguished singer-songwriters to shame. It’s a stunning reminder that the best songwriting can be infinitely rearranged and rediscovered any old way you choose it. Not better or worse than the record – just going further inside the song. But wherever Lewis is going the future plays with the past. The aptly titled "Postively Beautiful" will trigger knee-jerk comparisons to Marvin Gaye, especially the words and music of his "Hear, My Dear" twinset and pearls. Taylor confirms nor denies comparisons. At the last Noble Rot gig he feels lyrics from the under-celebrated Gaye classic "If I Should Die Tonight" and drops them into the closing of "Damn". His music includes an undefensive celebration of all the known and unknown influences he rides into town. Now he’s doing what fellow musically encyclopaedic artists such as Elvis Costello use the stage to get over: threading not only inspiration but actual excerpts from classics through his own work, deepening the resonance of his own originality. But why do we feel the need to describe and pin down what Lewis Taylor is up to? His own recent comment about what he is and isn’t, should and shouldn’t sound like is plain: "It’s only music – don’t get out yer pram". That’s his truth - however black or white the listener might want to be about it. Be who you are and listen up. We only need to possess Lewis Taylor’s music and to let it possess us. Lewis Out and About: Promoting Stoned Part One HMV Mega Store mini-gig - 6 pm October 28, 2002 Matthew Best: A few people made it - me for one, ribot and Terry, and David Halpern, and Mark, of course. Lewis, Ash, Phil and the girls were all there, but no Dave Ital and no keyboard player at all, which was a bit odd. Lewis had managed to sort out backing/click tracks with keyboards so they weren't missed too much. In fact it made the show sound more like the album which may have been a good thing for an audience of people who may not even have known who LT was. (But I'll be happy to see the full band again at Subterania, nonetheless.) They only did songs from the new album - which from memory were "Stoned Pt 1", "Lewis IV", "Shame" "From The Day We Met", "Lovin' U More" (with Hawi Gondwe playing guitar - he'll be at the Kashmir Klub next week too) - I think there must have been another song, but I can't remember what it was (hey - I've been up all night...). Ali Staton was there as well, and Terry, ribot and I chatted to him afterwards - he was very entertaining, and I only wish I could remember even half of what he said, as most of it was about unreleased LT songs. I reckon a good few albums must have been sold, as Lewis was signing and chatting for nearly an hour afterwards and I was nearly two hours late for work! Bring on Subterania! Citizen: I was there, but dunno what all you guys look like otherwise i'd have said hello! Great stuff from Lewis... vocals sounding really sharp and big congrats to the b/vs... I said in an earlier post after the media launch that I felt they needed to 'sing up' and make themselves heard... well they are now doing just that and have clearly been working really hard on the (tough) material. Well done ladies! All in all, it was great publicity for LT, loads of people seemed to be drawn in as they entered the store or came down the lifts. Looking forward to 19th. Katie: I thought Lewis was great, vocals and guitar playing were really good... shame about the really nasty suit he had on!! And who is the drummer, he was a sexy guy? Looking forward even more to seeing Lewis on 19th now I have had a taster last night at HMV. The songs from the new album definitely sound a lot better played live than they do on cd. markp: I was there too - thought it was absolutely brilliant. The album's fantastic anyway, but it sounded even better live. Stoned was amazing, and Shame (which isn't really one of my faves on the album), was awesome. I was completely impressed by the whole thing - surely he must have made some new fans? However, In the rush to get there, forgot to pick up my Lewis CDs from home, and felt like a scab getting him to sign a postcard, so didn't meet him. Did anyone else, what did he have to say? And did anyone see the lovely, and extremely talented Sia in the audience? She was stood right next to me and seemed to be really diggin' the performance. Duet anyone?? Matthew Robbins: I think bass player Francis Hylton (Lynden David Hall, etc) was standing near me... not certain though! Mark Ede: Guitarist from Brand New Heavies too? (in the pit?) Lewis on Jazz FM Radio, November 13/02 Mark Ede: Lewis on Jazz Fm (7 pm live studio guest Jazz FM 102.2 FM) So, who heard the primetime national radio slot with LT on Jazz Fm then? Good half hour chat with 'Lovin U More', 'Lucky' and 'Sheneverdid' played in full. Lewis mentioned a forthcoming single and plugged the Subterania gig and the album. Presenter Helen Mayhew is obviously a huge fan and coming to Sub. Aaron: I was glad to hear that Helen Mayhew knew her stuff, asked some good questions and seemed to be a real fan. Lewis on the other hand seemed a bit blase about everything (imho), maybe this is the new chilled out Lewis or maybe he was having an off day. I was very surprised when he said he doesn't listen to soul music and has never really been into it, when his music is so soulful especially melody wise...Very confusing? Anyway, that aside it was still good to hear our hero on the radio and his tunes being played. Lewis on Kiss 100 Radio, November 17/02 citizen: Lewis on Kiss 100 (Midnight 17th, live studio guest on Kiss FM 100 FM) Good 20 minute slot on Kiss (London-based dance music station) last night with the fantastic Patrick Forge (check out his latinhouse project Da Lata) on a seriously groovy show... Lewis came on about 1am after "Sheneverdid", talked about the new record, again sounded remarkably sympathetic with Island records' predicament and philosphical about the split. Forge played "Lovelight" and then more chat... Lewis saying he'd pretty much disowned "Lewis II" - saying it came at a bad time with wierd things going on in terms of his own life and relations with the record company - he says although there are some good things on there, he cobbled it together quickly (I love the record - don't disown it LT!!!). He again talked about the new band and how in the past he tried to over-MD the band, now it's rawer and more "rocknroll" !!! Forge closed by playing "Positively Beautiful" and plugging the gig. So well worth the early-morning effort! Now we need to target Gilles Peterson on Radio1. Aaron: Lewis was definitely more up for this one and Patrick Forge also knew his stuff, especially when he mentioned "Pie In Electric Sky" saying he also loved that psychedelic side of his music. Lewis said there would be more of that stuff to come after he releases his next album. Let's hope there's a full house at tomorrows gig... Can't wait. Press and Media Reviews Appearing posted by ribot: This one was found in The Times supplement called PLAY: Lewis Taylor is an enigma. He may sell out gigs in hip London venues but his twisted mix of Seventies-flavoured soul and prog-rock tends to leave all but the most fashion concious muso perplexed. Stoned Pt 1, his third album tries to address this. While the quirky arrangements will be familiar to his fans, Taylor's tunes are now much more catchy. The psychedelic blues of tracks such as 'Shame' will not catapult him onto Top of the Pops, but perhaps the album will extend his appeal beyond the capital's trendsetting cliques. It got 4 stars baby! Mark Ede reports (November 9/02): Nice review in today's Daily Telegraph (major UK broadsheet daily) too. Q Magazine review, posted by Jake: North London's Maverick Marvin Gaye. Lewis Taylor Stoned Part 1 slowreality SRCD01 | 49:39 mins. * * * * (4 stars rating) Self-financed and home-made right down to the cover art, Taylor's third solo outing is a wonderfully groovesome reminder what solid graft, sharp musicianship and a splash of inspiration can still achieve. It may have cost peanuts, but with banked vocals to make Brian Wilson swoon as well as nods to Norman Whitfield (Positively Beautiful) and Ernie Isley (check Shame's seeting guitar) you'd never know it; nor are the vocal comparisons with Gaye spurious either. That he once slung axe for hairy agit-rockers The Edgar Broughton Band only doubles the pleasure. Peter Kane Hear this: B-sides and unreleased tracks at www.lewistaylormusic.com/ Like this? Try this: Marvin Gaye, Midnight Love (CBS, 1982) © EMAP Metro Ltd. Uncut Magazine review and interview, posted by Phil: STONED SOUL PICNIC London's hard-sell eclectic whizz softens into own distinctive voice on third album. * * * * (4 stars rating) Lewis Taylor has suffered in the past from being perceived as a muso's musician - gifted, revered by critics, but lacking the hooks to push him towards pop awareness. It's received wisdom that his genre-hopping 'psychedelic soul' is too white for smooth groovers, too black for indie kids. It's a shame, and suggests that if Marvin Gaye emerged tomorrow he'd be too fluid, too subtle, to catch on. Island couldn't pitch Taylor profitably, so he's launching his third LP on his own label (the name of which is an anagram: go on you'll get there). Far from disappearing up his own unearthly talents, Taylor's honed his sound and focussed his forays into soul, funk, rock and reverie. Stoned Part 1 is a velvety delight, exquisitely produced, which gets stronger with every play. On the surface it seems polished, but dig in and the emotion and invention are seductive and heartfelt. You can still play spot-the-source, from Sly Stone to Abbey Road, from late Temptations to later Isleys, but his own utterances underscore the grand ambition: this time it's personal. Taylor's blood runs as richly red as, say Jamiroquai's runs transparent. Singling out tracks would be like snipping a minute from a symphony. The title track opens with rolling thunder wah-wah funk and shows off his dexterous voice. 'Til The Morning Light' caresses rarefied peaks from every musical decade in living memory. 'Shame' shudders into a rock section that's both prog (LT was briefly in the Edgar Broughton Band) and tasteful. Every piece defies predictability, yet the album hangs together as a dauntingly impressive, intricate work. Maybe, in constructing his elegant castles in the air, Taylor has accidentally built a bridge to the real world. Trust his imagination. CHRIS ROBERTS Q & A Lewis Taylor on sound, vision, soul and psychedelia UNCUT: Can you force the feel? TAYLOR: A lot of it's down to my co-producer, Sabina Smyth. I've let myself be produced, which initially was difficult, but worth it. If you're doing everything yourself - writing, recording, singing, engineering, playing guitar - you tend not to give each the attention it deserves. So it was great having someone to bounce ideas off, and to stop me before I ended up sounding like Tubular Bells. UNCUT: How was the shift to your own label? TAYLOR: There's much less pressure. I'm more relaxed. Ironically, it sounds, if anything, more commercial. On a major label I made 'difficult' records: now I'm suddenly Abba.... UNCUT: Of course, you remain "too black for indie, too white for soul.." TAYLOR: I'm hoping we've overcome that. This time the references are a lot less obvious. Rather than aping legendary soul singers, I'm in a place now where what comes out really is Lewis Taylor, not a bunch of very well done mannerisms. UNCUT: Is it a dope album? TAYLOR: Not necessarily! It's "you stone me"; it's about going out with somebody who's chaotic, a bad influence, and you end up being all over the place like them Mojo review, posted by Matthew Best: Finding himself out of contract, north London's own psychedelic soul auteur set up on his own. The ensuing surge of creative freedom has resulted in a collection of heavy soul with a lighter heart - a subtle, stealthy charmer of an album, packed with good things. Fans of his debut frustrated by the second album's more straightforward approach should be happier, though Stoned retains Lewis II's pop instincts. Send Me An Angel and the two-tier epic From The Day We Met feel as much like soul standards as their titles suggest. Positively Beautiful sounds as if Norman Whitfield's in the room. Morning Light is visited by Crosby Stills And Nash and a McCartney bass line. The nimble title track, the moody Lewis IV and the impressive, slinky Sheneverdid all continue the Sly-In-Space feel of the debut, while Lovelight, with its beautiful JJ Cale-and-Marvin Gaye-go-Krautrock groove, points somewhere entirely new. Nobody does this better. In fact, nobody else does this at all Posted by loz (November 8/02): Stoned Part One on British Hit Singles website have a look! British Hit Singles displays the Stoned Part One album cover prominently on their 'Latest News' Page with these words: So you reckon they don't make soul records like they used to? British soul heavyweight Lewis Taylor does, and he's just released a new lp 'Stoned Part 1'. Do your record collection a favour and buy this record. http://www.britishhitsingles.com/ Help Spread the Word About Stoned Part One Mark Ede suggests: Be great if people could spread the word on other websites giving limited marketing product. I'm not so sure of which sites are best but maybe start with those artists who admire lewis? (as may be their fans do too?) Lets all do at least 3 sites each and spread the word organically. Official Lewis News Availability Don't forget to check the home page of the fansite - http://www.lewistaylormusic.com/ . There's a box on the right side of the page where official current and upcoming news is kept updated by management. News right now includes the last live radio interview dates, information about the Subterania gig, and also the following note about upcoming gigs: "Further noted venue gigs in early new year awaiting final confirmation - further details to follow." Need Stoned Part One Lyrics? http://www.lewistaylormusic.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=300 Lewis fans are starting to transcribe lyrics for the tracks on Stoned Part One. Jake has contributed lyrics for Lovelight and YinYan posted the lyrics to Lewis IV. Keep an eye on the forum thread above, if you're one of those 'need lyrics' peeps - and while you're there please post any that you've transcribed yourself! Lewis Influences Other Musicians' Creativity W sent this in for other fans' attention: Try this link for a great Lewis-influenced song by German band vincent, their other stuff is a lot more 80s influenced (think a cross between Mr Mister and Peter Gabriel or something) but this thing sticks out http://www.vincentsite.de/The_album/fire.rm (link to the song). if you go to the main site (http://www.vincentsite.de/) and click on their 'News' link, you'll find where they mention how this song (linked to), Playing With Fire, is influenced by Lewis (and they link to lewistaylormusic.com). 'Positively Beautiful - Lewis Taylor News' Archives Available Soon Thanks to hadena for the great idea to archive the Positively Beautiful newsletter online for posterity. That'll happen soon(ish) and the address will be announced in the newsletter so all fans may access any past issues at any time. In the meantime, fans can always get back-issues by emailing their requests to loz at positivelybeautiful@telus.net . Follow-Up on the Kashmir Klub Webcast (from PB Issue 2) As mentioned in the last issue of Positively Beautiful, the Kashmir Klub's online webcast - on which many of us were able to catch Lewis playing live a few times - was threatened with extinction. Great news - the KK is going back online! The following taken from the Kashmir Times: Issue 14 newsletter (November 17/02): "...it is on it's way, just a little delayed. We will be switching to QUICKTIME instead of realplayer so we advise all our online fans to download the latest (FREE) quicktime player from www.apple.com asap and make sure it is intalled ready for the new broadcasts. We are being supported in our bandwidth by a very dynamic company called MAILBOX.net.uk. We hope to be up and running next week, so keep an eye on the website or look out for a special Kashmir Times update..." Congrats go to Tony Moore and all the Krew at the Kashmir Klub, along with thanks for all the wonderful music we've been getting - including Lewis'! - via their webcast. Kudos to Apple Computers and to MAILBOX.net.uk for supporting the KK, a really wonderful little klub and online experience. Keep an eye out for the webcast's return and don't forget to drop into the KK's chatroom while you watch, where tonysmum (her chatroom name - a lovely lady who many of us Lewis fans have already met) is the official 'unofficial' chatroom host. More congrats to the KK - coming up is their 5th anniversary on Saturday, November 23, 2002. They're promising a 'stupendous' line-up, so call 0207 224 2556 to book before they run out of space, or check to see if the webcast is available by then for viewing (from what we last heard it likely will be), at http://www.kashmirklub.com/. Best wishes for your continued success in all your future endeavours, Tony & Krew. A Few Extras These aren't new, so possibly a number of you have seen them before. The first three are great reads on past Lewis gigs/albums though, so we thought them worthy to include. Thanks to Jake for contributing these! http://www.josaka.com/Reviews/2000/LewisTaylor021000.htm (Hanover Grand, Oct. 2000) http://www.greatwest.ca/ffwd/Issues/2000/1012/cd2.htm (Lewis II, FFWD Weekly review) http://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/ronnie_scotts/ronniescotts/128/128_10.htm (Lewis at Racing Green London Jazz Festival, 2000, mentioned under 'How Was it For You?') http://www.theurgicseed.com/newsgallery/article10.html (interesting... is this 'our' Lewis writing this, or could it be another Lewis? yes, there IS another Lewis Taylor, but he's a graphic artist, not a musician. He's recently been introduced to our Lewis, and is apparently now checking out the music.) Lewis-Lovers' Links http://www.lewistaylormusic.com/ - Fansite with hugely popular forums... this is the place for Lewis fans to hang out online, and Lewis himself contributes from time to time. Lots of information, mp3s and pictures here. There's even a forum specifically for questions to and answers from Lewis, whenever he is able and/or has inclination to answer. http://fanclub.lewistaylormusic.com/ - Lewis Taylor's Fan Collection. a site for and about Lewis fans. Show your love of and support for Lewis' music by going visible online with all the other fans there - or just have some fun checking out who else loves Lewis' sounds. http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Arena/7463/ - The first fansite online; still there, though not updated in ages. Still lots of great Lewis-related info, though. http://www.soul24-7.com/ - The hugely popular internet radio station with a soul forum to post messages at. Hear Lewis music played regularly by the What's The Word team on their show, or try requesting a Lewis tune by emailing direct to any DJ on-air at studio@soul24-7.com. The more requests received and forum posts made about Lewis, we believe, the more likely the station will get behind The Man and his new album! http://www.slowreality.com/ - Lewis' official record company site. The site is currently being built... don't give up checking the link, even if you get a 'holding page' notice currently; keep checking back because it's coming soon - even sooner than our last mention! Contact Positively Beautiful: All questions, comments, contributions and suggestions are happily received at positivelybeautiful@telus.net. We thank all fans for their valued and interesting contributions to the newsletter. Until our next issue - take care, keep the Lewis faith, and spread the Lewis word! The Legend is back! 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