ALBUM:
On the Border Between Two Worlds
TAYLOR USED:
410e
SONG CLIPS:
Shadows
28K | 56K | MP3
Those Old Country Roads
28K | 56K | MP3
CONTACT INFO:
Bound For Glory Records
P.O. Box 4265
San Diego, CA 92164
E-mail:
ttaravella @aol .com
Web:
www.bound for glory records .com
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Tony Taravella's latest collection of adult acoustic material drifts through blues, rock, folk, Tex-Mex and Latin jazz
terrain, plumbing the pleasures and pitfalls of his subjects' terminally runaway hearts - the lonely American GI
stationed abroad and competing for the affections of opportunistic Asian women who prospect by rank; everyday Joes
and their old-fashioned yearnings for love; a roundup of barstool cowboys and the story-swapping bravado that resurrects
their glory days. Taravella draws from personal experiences as an army serviceman, bartender, taxi driver, night
watchman, and shipyard worker, filtering the emotional struggles of life through working class perspectives and a
folk sensibility influenced by Woody Guthrie (a homage invoked in Taravella's label, Bound For Glory Records).
Taravella started playing guitar at age 20 while in the army. His tastes were shaped by Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Simon,
Jerry Garcia, The Beatles, Doc Watson, and The Eagles. A longtime San Diego-area resident, Taravella has played in
the San Diego State Jazz Ensemble, San Diego City College Jazz Ensemble, The Blue Heaven Guitar Duo, Windbourne, and an
assortment of church praise bands. He released his first CD, Where Does the Railroad End? in 1995, and has performed
locally at coffeehouses and church services. He's also serving his second year as president of the San Diego Songwriters
Guild. On the Border Between Two Worlds features Taravella on vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, keyboards and
synthesizer, mixing a handful of instrumentals in with his accounts of love's two worlds - inhabited by the smitten and the bitten.
"The performances on this recording are dynamic and moving. With his fresh perspectives on traditional folk elements, Tony Taravella delivers a critical commentary on American lifestyles, tempered by simple truths."
— Songwriters Notes, February 2000
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