truck stop kids pop - mr.oscat says. buy it for the kids, watch it stay in dad's car.

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KIDS/FAMILY: Kid Friendly, KIDS/FAMILY: General Children's Music

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âI can write songs like that,â Olen Taylor tells his daughters, Caitlin (10) and Alison (6), a few years back, while watching âNogginâ one morning on the television set in their home in Bakersfield, California. And why shouldnât he be able to -- Taylor was the singer-songwriter of the big melody/hook laden "truck-stop pop" of Southern California roots-rock band, âThe Wichitasâ including co-writer of âGreetings From Bakersfield,â which was on â The Bakersfield Californian'sâ list of their 18 essential songs about Bakersfield (10-9-05) -- along with songs by Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Billy Mize and Red Simpson! Taylor had âretiredâ from the scene after leading The Wichitas for eleven years, from the early years in the bars (such as âSuds Tavernâ and âGuthriesâ in B-Town, and âThe Palominoâ âThe Mintâ and âJackâs Sugar Shackâ in Los Angeles), through the gigs opening for the classics (Buck, Merle, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, George Jones), the mainstream (Los Lobos, Marty Stuart, Elvin Bishop, Chris LeDoux), and Americana artists (Rev. Horton Heat, Randy Weeks, John Doe, Hank Williams III), and many others.

After a few failed attempts to record the âkid friendlyâ songs which Taylor had written, some with his wife, Susan, who is a wealth of ideas (as she says, have kids, and youâd have ideas for songs too), on the family p.c., they purchased an i-Mac computer and embraced the âGaragebandâ recording software that came with it. Along with the loops and midi files from the computer, and the acoustic guitar and vocals of Taylor and the girls, they finished their first song, âDucks In A Rowâ and released it on CD for their family and friends, under the name âOlen Taylor and the Taylorettes." After the positive reaction they got about the song, they decided to rename the âbandâ mr.oscat (the first initial of their first names and the âtâ in Taylor). mr.oscat continued recording a full c.d which is being finished right now, due for release in early November 2007.

And funny enough, Taylor was correct, he CAN write songs "like that". Some of the songs to be included on the debut CD are âWhatâs That Smellâ âAll You Wanna Do Is Playâ and âMama Wants You to Dress Up (But You Donât Want To)," along with "Ducks In A Row." mr.oscat is pure Americana music with all the hooks and all the charm of The Wichitas, with âkid friendlyâ lyrics -- a mix that will remind you that the whole family CAN enjoy the same music.