Artist: James Taplin
Engineer: David Wood

Original artist(s): John Fogarty/CCR

Fortunate Son

Artist: James Taplin
Engineer: David Wood

Original artist(s): John Neil/Harry Nilsson

Everybody's Talkin'

Artist: James Taplin
Engineer: David Wood

Snowblind

Rough and ready demo of this new cover. *CAVEAT: IN ULTIMATE-CRAPPO SOUND!

Original artist(s): Billy Joel

Only the Good Die Young [Cover]*

Just a scrappy little version to test out a home studio setup.

Original artist(s): Mississippi John Hurt

I do not own this song or have any rights to it, however, I am not in any way trying to profit from the creation and publishing of this track... It's just a cover.

Coffee Blues*

JTBLV1 // Recorded on a hot, magical evening in the summer of 2017; Sundown At The Flowerpot details the second set of an amazing show that night at the historic Flowerpot in Derby!

Joined on stage by award-winning zydeco/roots accordion player Lil' Jim Doughty, a local Derby legend [& Mick approved!], and playing for one of the warmest, most up-for-it crowds ever allowed in a beer garden, this first "official" James Taplin bootleg will absolutely delight any fan of Americana, folk or roots music, and all fans of our Jimmy!

Totally free to download, so get it before SoundCloud goes bust! And make sure to copy it and SHARE IT!!

Engineer [live]: Jim Rolley
Recordist: Luke Elston

##Bootlegs Vol. I
##Perfectly ripped audio from somewhere out there on the Internet! Barely tweaked, in genuine bootleg quality for your listening pleasure!
##All covers performed and recorded under fair-use; all intellectual property remains the original artists' in perpetuity

Sundown At The Flowerpot

Deep River Blues

Iko Iko

This Train Is Bound For Glory/This Little Light Of Mine

Blues Jam In E

Catch Another Butterfly

Speedball Tucker

Antidepressant Blues

Long Tail Cat

Dragging My Feet

Don't Mess Around With Jim

My arrangement of Leonard Cohen's Tower of Song, great words great classic chord progression. It's based a bit on Tom Jones' version. Sorry it's a bit hissy but it's a rough demo and I still don't really know what I'm doing.

I do not own this song or have any rights to it, however, I am not in any way trying to profit from the creation and publishing of this track... It's just a cover.

Tower of Song [Cover]

One of South Yorkshire's most talented local musicians - James Taplin performs with deep passion and often total abandon, captivating audiences large and small across the country.

James has little knowledge of modern marketing or networking and, finding self-promotion very uncomfortable, chooses instead to keep the tradition of the itinerant entertainer alive and well through frequent gigs and word-of-mouth. Whilst his musicianship is solid what keeps people coming back is the incredible tone of his singing. No other artist expels air with such commitment and emotion and there's a reason people call him 'The Voice'.

Playing a huge ensemble of hand-picked, left-field covers as well as a growing number of diverse and catchy originals, James is the embodiment of good-hearted music from his lion's mane to his sneaker feet.

Frontman of blues-rock outfit Smoking Beagles, James just wants to play and write great music, and the team of musicians he's assembled are similarly minded. The net result of all this love for the job means of course that they are a lot of fun, if a bit mischievous.

Lead vox/rhythm: JAMES TAPLIN; Lead guitar: TOM LOWBRIDGE; Keys/vox: GARY DRAKETT; Blues harp: MICK HOLMES; Bass: MATT McCORMACK; Drums: RICHARD STOTT.

[Smoking Beagles does not endorse animal testing.]

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