Gene Taylor & Geneviève Dartevelle Duo

Gene Taylor, piano
Geneviève Dartevelle, harmonica
Free Entrance
Pianist Gene Taylor played with Canned Heat, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Blasters. During their forty-year friendship Gene Taylor played together wirh James Harman on numerous tours.

Gene Taylor is an extraordinary blues piano-player and singer, born in Los Angeles, California, in 1952. He started finding local work with such L.A.-based blues legends as Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, Lowell Fulson, and Pee-Wee Crayton.

After working for James Harman during most of 1974, Gene was asked to join Canned Heat. He was a member of this legendary band from November, 1974 until June, 1976—giving him his first international exposure.

After leaving Canned Heat, Gene worked as a solo performer around Long Beach, California. He had a 2-year ‘house-gig’ at a notorious Long Beach bar called the Falcon’s Nest, owned by a now-deceased gangster. At this lively spot, Gene’s audience occasionally included various Los Angeles-area celebrities—most notably, actor Robert Blake and poet Charles Bukowski.

In 1993, Gene relocated to Austin, Texas, and joined The Fabulous Thunderbirds, remaining with this internationally-acclaimed band until September of 2006. During his almost-14 years with the T-Birds, he toured the world constantly.

Her shyness, Geniève Dartevelle, transcends it each time she holds a harmonica in her hands. Thanks to her instrument, she expresses herself and tells us the story of Bluesy America. A country she has been to more than once and where she met musicians such as Anthony Paul or R.J. Mischo, among others. For this end of year Geneviève already announces her return on roads but this time in a representational way. » Back one the Road « , her new album arisen from her collaboration with Bob Christopher promises to make you cross the Atlantique ocean without you leaving Belgium. She interprets us, in this video, a solo of a pieces called » Jumping Monkey » which she usually plays in duet with Bob.