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Johnny Be Goode video from banjo man Todd Taylor
Posted on October 21, 2022 By John Lawless
Ever since he was a young teen, Todd Taylor has been making waves with his banjo, appearing on many different television outlets and on the Grand Ole Opry. The five string first captured his attention when he was only six years old, and soon he family relented to his pleading and got him one of his very own. Before long he was turning heads everywhere he played, and creating a sensation on TV and in live appearances.
All the signs pointed to stardom for this talented, telegenic performer, until Todd became increasingly ill and it was discovered that he had a mitochondrial muscle disease similar to muscular dystrophy. Several doctors suggested that he would become severely handicapped, or even lose his life, but with therapy and determination, Todd has prevailed over his ailment and continues to play his banjo. Understandably, he is a frequent contributor to events hosted by the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and performed several times on the Jerry Lewis Telethon while it was being aired.
Taylor found a unique niche for his musical expression by focusing on bringing the banjo into rock music. Of course he loves bluegrass and grew up playing it, but rock ‘n’ roll banjo brought him attention in an entirely separate market. During the 1980s his arrangement of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Free Bird got noticed by pop and rock radio. He played it using a 3 finger roll technique, and ample use of harmonics, which impressed banjo lovers and rock fans at the same time.
His illness makes it difficult for Todd to tour these days, but he continues to record and reach new heights in the entertainment world. Back in 2007 he set the Guinness World Record for Fastest Banjo by playing Dueling Banjos at 210 beats per minute. He has also played shows with the Oak Ridge Boys, including the Opry.
But we haven’t seen many new releases until this week and Todd Taylor’s rock ‘n’ roll banjo version of the Chuck Berry classic, Johnny Be Goode. Anyone who came of age in the 1950s or ’60s knows just how ubiquitous this song was at the time, when it was first released in 1958, and ever since as one of the most covered rock ‘n’ roll songs ever.
In Todd’s new video for his cut, he not only plays the fire out of the five in his rockin’ style, he sings it with some slightly altered lyrics as well.
Check out the video's
Johnny Be Goode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bygkrTTcTWs
https://bluegrasstoday.com/johnny-be-goode-video-from-banjo-man-todd-taylor/
Music City Memo
Cashbox News
https://news.cashboxmagazine.org/2023/02/south-carolina-banjo-day-in-honor-of.html
South Carolina Banjo Day
https://www.gretsch.com/2021/01/south-carolina-banjo-day-in-honor-of-todd-taylor-2/
Todd Taylor’s Amazing Grace video
https://bluegrasstoday.com/todd-taylors-amazing-grace-video/
Joe Richard - Roots
Testimony:
I was raised in a small town called Loudonville in Central Ohio. Spent the first 32 years of my life playing music in area clubs and bars. As it says in the Bible, sin is fun for a season, but the destruction that is done to your body and to your life in general last a lifetime. I spent those years of my life drinking, taking drugs, and many other things. I was trying to fill the void and the emptiness that I always felt inside.
My family were never church goers when I was growing up so I had never experienced anything like the following story I am about to share with you. In 2001 my wife and I were invited to a baptism of my wife's uncle. Her family's church performed their baptisms in a small river outside of town. When we walked over the hill to a clearing near the river, there were people everywhere lining the creek bank. A couple of preachers lead my mother in law's brother into the water, raised their hands in the air and said, 'we baptize this our brother, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost' and dunked him under the water. When they pulled him up, he had a glow about him and the congregation began singing, lets all gather by the river (It tore me up). At that minute I decided I wanted a change. I was so tired of the life I was living! Conveniently, they had a revival the following week, my wife and I attended, she was saved on Thursday, and I was saved on Friday. A couple of weeks later we were baptized in that same river, and we have been blessed ever since. Thank you Lord for saving Me!!!
Musical Career:
I was raised in a home where I was surrounded by musicians. My Father had a country band called James Paul And The Blue Country featuring little Jimmy on the lead guitar (my older brother). His band always had band practice at our house so their instruments were always set up in the sun room. At five years old I began standing behind the drums and started teaching myself beats that I had saw my dad's drummer playing. My dad took notice and bought me a drum set for my sixth birthday. A year later I join my first band called Iron Fist. We played Kiss, Peter Frampton, and stuff of that era. We played Jr. High school dances and that kind of stuff and we weren't bad.
A year later, My brother Jimmy started a group called The Country Kids, the oldest guy in the band was 13 years old. By this time my brother was 12 and a seasoned veteran, with five years of experience playing with dad. The band was an overnight success, we were playing state fairs, and for other large crowds, then one day we grew up.
We played in several bands throughout the years but our greatest success came when I was in high school, The Ramblin Band. We were opening up for large bands like, Charlie Daniels, David Allan Co, Emilio Harris, Tom T. Hall, Ray Stevens, and many others. We were playing in front of thousands of people every month, playing live on television and even sang on a Christmas special. That group broke up and a few years later I gave my heart to the Lord.
I sing solely for God now and absolutely love what I'm doing....
Cashbox Canada Review https://cashboxcanada.ca/index.php/reviews-album/joe-richard-gets-back-his-roots-moving-song-and-video/5694
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