Chip Taylor - Behind the Sky '2024

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Do Somethin' good
02. Speakin' of Horses
03. Radiation Song
04. Momma Was the Queen
05. Other Side of the Moon
06. Nurse Joan
07. Without Hearing
08. The Blessing
09. If a Door Slams in Prison
10. Talking Intro to George in Radiation
11. George in Radiation
12. Hey Skip Along With Me

Songwriters Hall of Fame 2016 inductee Chip Taylor has been writing and
performing for over 60 years and is more prolific than ever even in the face of
serious health issues. The New York Times says it best; 'If you only know him as
the as the guy who wrote 'Wild Thing' and 'Angel Of The Morning' - you
don’t know him! Chip Taylor is making some of the most distinctive
acoustic music around today'.

Taylor returns with Behind The Sky, an album with an extraordinary genesis. In
early 2023, Chip was undergoing radiation and chemotherapy for throat cancer.
While undergoing this harrowing treatment, he wrote a series of songs, unsure
whether he would ever be able to perform them. When the treatment was
successful, his band all came together for a concert to celebrate the wonderful
doctors and nurses who were involved. Immediately following this show, Chip and
the band, including guitarist John Platania (Van Morrison), went into the studio
and recorded this brilliant new collection of songs.

Behind The Sky is the first time Taylor has recorded with a full band in the
studio since the Grammy-nominated 'Yonkers NY' album in 2009. It is a
continuation of a particularly busy period for Taylor. During the pandemic he
released four albums (In Sympathy Of A Heartbreak, NY To Norway & Back, Dad &
The Monkey, Can I Offer You A Song), recorded new episodes of his podcast -
Church of the Train Wreck, performed in virtual concerts for his fans, and put
out two major singles (I've Got History On My Side, On The Radio). On The Radio,
used as the closing song for the second series of the Netflix smash Sex
Education, reached #1 on the Tunefind/Billboard TV song chart for 2020 and has
well over 5,000,000 streams on Spotify alone. Fuck All The Perfect People, the
title track from his 2012 album, went viral on Spotify. Its inclusion on the
Netflix smash Sex Education in 2019 has vaulted it over the 10,000,000 stream
mark. The stunning video for Perfect People also has more than 5 million views
on YouTube. Taylor is hoping that his health will improve enough to return for a
European tour in 2024.



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