“The band’s original members, including guitarist Kurt Layell and drummer Clay Stirewalt, along with Tayloe and Norris, started performing and recording together while they were all students at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. They’ve shared bills with Langhorne Slim, Phil Cook, Steep Canyon Rangers, The Wood Brothers, Joe Pug, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, and many more. “Time Sawyer has performed on the stages of some of the Southeast’s most iconic festivals, including MerleFest, FloydFest, Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion, Rhythm n’ Blooms, Carolina in the Fall and IBMA’s Bluegrass First Class. Time is a muse for songwriting it’s the thread that runs through life, bringing new experiences and giving us a sense of urgency, while still connecting us with our past. The character Tom Sawyer evokes the rural background and love of home that lead vocalist/guitarist Sam Tayloe and vocalist/banjo player Houston Norris, share. “The folk rock band’s name reflects the pull between the past and the future. From introspective ballads to high-energy crowd-pleasers, Time Sawyer’s songs land in that rootsy sweet spot where folk, alt-country, and rock gather for a good time. “Time Sawyer blends a grassroots feel with heart-felt lyrics to put on an entertaining show. Time Sawyer’s website describes the band best: I promise if you give them a listen, you will feel the same way, too. Founders Tayloe andvocalist/banjo player Houston Norris and company didn’t disappoint at either show and left me wanting to hear more. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit I first had the chance to hear Time Sawyer open for alt-country-folk-rock Annabelle’s Curseat a winery near Elkin, North Carolina, two summers ago and most recently when both bands performed at The Garage in Winston-Salem. If you are interested in hearing more, and I am sure you are, make plans to attend the album release party on Saturday, March 18, in Charlotte’s NODA Neighborhood Theatre, 511 East 36th St. Here’s an exclusive “First Listen” to “Queen City on Fire.” It highlighted, for me, how all of our actions and reactions are connected, especially today with our digital capabilities.” Lead vocalist/guitarist Sam Tayloe says, “It’s about being able to see the affects of something so devastating travel such a great distance. Of course, it wears two hats and brings that old ‘love and loss’ side to the party as well. I can’t stop listening to this album that is made up of real songs about real people and real events, including “Queen City on Fire,” written about the wildfires in the North Carolina/Tennessee mountains in 2016 that lit up the skies. “Wildest Dreams” is being touted as the band’s most mature work to date, perhaps thanks in part to recording for the first time under the direction of Grammy-award winning producer Mike Ashworth of Steep Canyon Rangers fame and inside the walls of the acclaimed Echo Mountain Studio in Asheville, North Carolina. If you are a fan of the Marshall Tucker Band and similar sounding ‘70s “Southern Fried Rock” groups, you are going to be a fan of Time Sawyer and this alt-country, folk-rock band’s newest release, “Wildest Dreams.”Īfter a four-year hiatus, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based band is introducing its sixth studio album as a follow-up to its well-received, “Disguise the Limits.”
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