Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez

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The unlikely duo of Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez is expressively described by the Chicago Sun-Times: “He’s a grizzled 63-year-old New York singer-songwriter whose greatest claims to fame are penning the now-classic ‘Wild Thing’ and ‘Angel of the Morning’ (and being the younger brother of actor Jon Voight). She’s a petite 25-year-old fiddle-playing wonder from Austin, Texas, with a voice that recalls the high-lonesome wail of Iris Dement.” In spite of the obvious differences in their lives and careers, Taylor and Rodriguez have found common ground in their own brand of Americana music. Taylor, who has enjoyed scores of covers over the years by such diverse artists as Frank Sinatra, The Pretenders, Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Cash, Fats Domino, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Linda Ronstadt, Ike & Tina Turner and Shaggy, returned to music in the mid-90s (after a stint as a professional gambler). He first heard Rodriguez perform in 2001 at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, and was so impressed by her talent that he asked her to accompany him on ensuing Texas shows and his upcoming European tour. The end result was a new creative partnership that resulted in Let’s Leave This Town (Lone Star Records 2002), further American and European tours, and now The Trouble with Humans (Lone Star Records 2004).