MONICA TAYLOR – Trains, Rivers & Trails (CD)

MONICA TAYLOR – Trains ,Rivers & Trails (CD) – 6-panel eco-wallet w/ booklet

Horton Records 078 – Released 07.29.2022

A Perkins, OK native, Monica Taylor’s musical roots are at The Farm, which is still the epicenter of Red Dirt Music. Her nickname, The Cimarron Songbird, was given to her by Jimmy LaFave and Bob Childers, thanks to her distinctive singing style and her home near the Cimarron River. She sings from the heart, telling stories of red dirt roads, home, fence posts, trains, and sharing her Cherokee Indian heritage as well as her Scottish roots.

Recommended if you like: Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, Iris Dement, Claire Lynch

1. The Sound Of A Train
2. Gentle On My Mind
3. Salty Tears
4. Rescues
5. Down In Louisiana
6. The Ballad Of Easy Rider
7. Minor Key
8. When You Let Your Love Light Shine
9. Just Came In To Say Goodbye
10. Train Take Me Away
11. The Ocoee Love Song

Recorded at Soultree Studio
Additional Recording at Ripley Farm Studio
Produced by Travis Fite, Jared Tyler, Monica Taylor Fite
Engineered by Travis Fite
Mixed by Jared Tyler
Mastered by Sarah Register
Artwork and Layout by Lydia Teehee
Cover Illustration by Nancy Kamm
Back Cover photo by Phil Clarkin

Monica Taylor – acoustic guitar, vocals
Travis Fite – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dobro, mandolin, harmonies Jared Tyler – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dobro, banjo, Weissenborne guitar, harmonies
John Fullbright – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer, accordion, lead vocals on “Minor Key”
Jake Lynn – drums, percussion
Casey van Beek – electric bass
Luke Bulla – fiddles, mandolin
Roger Ray – pedal steel