Dudley Taft

Dudley S. Taft
Dudley Taft performing
Background information
Birth name	Dudley S. Taft Jr.
Born	July 4, 1966 (1966-07-04) (age 45)
Origin	Washington, D.C., United States
Genres	Rock
Occupations	composer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, vocalist
Instruments	Guitar
Labels	Atlantic, East West/Elektra, Capitol Records

Dudley S. Taft (born July 4, 1966, Washington, D.C.) is an American musician. Taft is a blues musician that also was a songwriting member of Seattle band Sweet Water and member and chief songwriter of Seattle, Washington based rock band Second Coming.

Career

Sweet Water

Sweet Water, founded in 1990, released its first Record Sweet Water in 1993. The album was produced by Don Gilmore and mixed by Tim Palmer. The band toured behind the album opening up for Winger, Candlebox and Alice in Chains. The accompanying music video for the Head Down single was played on MTV’s 120 Minutes and was added to regular rotation on M2. The band’s music has been used on television in episodes of MTV’s “Daria”, “Amongst Friends” and “Road Rules”, among others. A second record was recorded in 1995, produced and mixed by Dave Jerden. Taft left the band during the 1995 sessions. Sweet Water was dropped later that year by record label East West/Elektra.

Second Coming

In 1995 Taft joined Travis Bracht, Johnny Bacolas and James Bergstrom to form Second Coming. Starting out as a cover band called “FTA”, they wrote songs throughout 1996 and played them live at their gigs. By 1997, they started playing the Seattle area under the name Second Coming. Later that year, the band signed a six record deal with Gary Gersch, then the president of Capitol Records. Their self-titled release resulted in two Rock Radio hits that both went to #16 and #11 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts in 1997 and 1998. In 1998 and 1999 the band toured with VAST, Fuel, Candlebox and Monster Magnet.

Dudley Taft Band

Taft started a blues/rock band in 2007 under his own name, with Scott Vogel on drums and Evan Sheeley on Bass. Their first CD, entitled "Left For Dead" was released in March 2010, with a mixture of originals and traditional blues covers. The album was given five stars by John Vermilyea on [Blues Underground Network][1]. In 2011, Taft signed a two record deal with the German based label M.i.G. "Left For Dead" is scheduled for a world-wide release on June 30, 2011, with the addition of a bonus track "When The Levee Breaks".

Filmography

• 1998: Smoke Signals – Musician – electric guitar
• 1999: The Sixth Sense – Writer: “Unknown Rider”
• 2008: Prom Night – Composer, arrangement, "Making A Memory"
• 2009: Henry Poole Is Here – Composer, arrangement, – "Lucky Man"

Discography

Artist albums

• 1991: TER – CZ Records – Songwriter, Guitar, Vocals
• 1993: Sweet Water – Atlantic Records – Songwriter, Guitar, Vocals
• 1995: Superfriends – East West/Elektra Records – Songwriter, Guitar, Vocals
• 1998: Second Coming – Capitol Records – Producer, String Arrangement, Songwriter, Guitar, Vocals
• 2010: Left For Dead – Songwriter, Guitar, Vocals

Sources

• Dudley Taft on IMDB
• Dudley Taft on Allmusic
• IQ Beats
• Dudley Taft Signs Deal With MIG

External links

• Dudley Taft
• Second Coming
• Sweet Water
• Second Coming at the AMG
• Sweet Water at the AMG

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Name	Taft, Dudley
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Date of birth	July 4, 1966
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