Kate Taylor..Tunes from the TIPI and Other Songs from Home

Please  join the Unstoppable Frankie Picasso and co host Wendy Allyn for The Frankie and Johnny Music Hour TONIGHT, April 5th, at 8:00 pm est, www.blogtalkradio.com/frankie-johnny as  Frankie and Wendy  head east towards Martha's Vineyard for a campfire chat under the Tipi, with the multi-talented  and engaging Kate Taylor.

 With a brand new LP and an autobiographical DVD released, Kate is blooming and sprouting up everywhere!

'Fair Time' is Kate's 7th album, and one that just  happened to be voted one of the top 25 albums of 2009 by WMVY Radio. Each song either memoralizes her life in  Chapel Hill, or the years spent on Martha's Vineyard . They are a generous mix of great rock, folk, country and a whole lot of Kate's soul.

 

 Coinciding with the
 release of  Fair Time is a DVD biography of Kate entitled "Tunes from the Tipi and Other Songs from Home," Tunes from the Tipi and other Songs from Home that is beautifully filmed, produced, and directed by her daughter Liz Witham. Included in the film is some delightful color footage of UNC and downtown Chapel Hill from the early sixties. There is also an array of photos and film clips of the entire Taylor family growing up. 

Kate grew up the only girl among 4 brothers and it  doesn't seem that the lack of  estrogen hurt her any. In fact, all of the siblings seem extraordinarily close.

Each of the Taylor sibs chose to reside as adults on Martha's Vineyard, as it was a bohemian paradise full of musicians, artists, and writers.  Each  were blessed with an abundance of musical talent and have enjoyed careers in music, often playing with one another. 

Although it was brother James who became the household name, fame really  could have happened to any of them.  When James's signed with Apple records, he took Kate to England with him and a year later, Kate had her first album produced in America entitled Sister Kate produced by James's friend and manager Peter Asher. The album is a masterpiece and tour de force of great songs, with back up musicians including Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, her brother James, J.D. Souther, and Bernie Leadon. After a brief career in music, Kate returned to Martha's Vineyard and met her soul mate, Charlie Witham and started her family.