When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to Daniel Amos and the Music of Terry Scott Taylor

Description

When Worlds Collide, sub-titled A Tribute to Daniel Amos and the Music of Terry Scott Taylor, is a multi-artist compilation featuring 18 songs written by Terry Scott Taylor of Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies and the Lost Dogs fame, independently released on Ferriswheel in July 2000. Artwork by Doug TenNapel.

If any artist ever deserved recognition for his or her contributions to a specific genre of music, it’s Terry Scott Taylor. In his 20 plus years of writing, producing, playing, and recording with his primary band Daniel Amos (DA, da), and his side projects Lost Dogs and Swirling Eddies, as well as his solo career, Terry has composed a body of work that that includes some of the most literate and creative music ever made.

Terry’s passionate faith, caustic wit, and irreverent sense of humor, coupled with his love for old Beatles records and a commitment to excellence, has created a totally unique style that has deeply affected those intimately acquainted with his songs.

The Townsend brothers, who now maintain the Daniel Amos website (as well as websites for The 77’s, Phil Madeira, and others) were the braintrust behind the release of When World’s Collide, and have assembled a fine collection of songs, contributed by a wide range of artists, some familiar and some not, who came together to honor the music of Daniel Amos and Terry Taylor.

As I understand it, there were a number of artists whose contributions weren’t able to make it on this particular disc; leaving the possibility of a Volume 2 in the near future.

Standout cuts include the bluesy, experimental take on «Alarma», by Phil Madiera, who toured with Terry this past fall; the acid country of «Shotgun Angel» performed by the 77’s, the sparse reading of «Beautiful One» by Randy Stonehill, and the gloomy «Through The Speakers» performed by Brian Healy’s Dead Artist Syndrome.

Starflyer 59 lend their signature sound to a nice version of «Shedding The Mortal Coil». Other artists involved include Mike Knott’s webmaster Jeff Elbel of the band Ping and former Charlie Peacock/Vector guitarist Jimmy A, who also released two fine solo albums in the late 80’s/early 90’s.

Several lesser known (but no less talented) artists appear, and all profits from the sale of this disc go to Compassion International, so you know what to do …… Order from: DanielAmos.com [Danny Thweatt, Sanctified Press]

> Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/album/when-worlds-collide-a-tribute-to-daniel-amos-and/425078122)

CD tracklist:

01. Rick Altizer – I Love You #19 – 3:32
02. Erin Echo – William Blake – 5:21
03. The 77s – Shotgun Angel – 5:23
04. Phil Madeira – Alarma! – 4:15
05. Robert Heirendt – Stone Away – 5:05
06. Starflyer 59 – Shedding the Mortal Coil – 1:31
07. Jeff Elbel and Ping – Hell Oh – 2:43
08. Street Angel – Strange Animals – 3:37
09. Randy Stonehill – Beautiful One – 2:04
10. JAP – The Pool – 4:01
11. Sideways8 – Hold Back the Wind, Donna – 4:03
12. Jimmy A (of Vector) – Blowing Smoke – 4:19
13. Dead Artist Syndrome – Through the Speakers – 3:24
14. Joy Gewalt – Real Girls – 3:06
15. Truck – Incredible Shrinking Man – 4:10
16. Larry Norman – The Hound of Heaven – 4:48
17. Poole – (It’s the Eighties, So Where’s Our) Rocket Packs – 3:38
18. The Throes – (Out Of) The Wild Wood – 5:34

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