Eric Taylor has several albums, all of them good. "Shameless Love," his hard to find first album, is the best, with backing vocals by his then-wife Nanci Griffith. (She's recorded a few of his songs, even after the marriage broke up.) His recent "Scuffletown" is another work of art. Eric Taylor is one of those rare songwriters, like Townes Van Zandt, who has the ability to make a story come alive completely in the music. He also has a unique - and intense - guitar style.

Go see him if you get the chance. I promise it will be worth it.

Dan Schatz