Dead Fingers @ Drake Underground
Dead Fingers @ Drake Underground[/caption]
. : : November 13th, 2011 : : .
Speaking of bands that opened for Maria Taylor that I haven't uploaded in the better part of a decade...
Maria's sister, Kate Taylor, and brother-in-law Taylor Hollingsworth formed an alt-country "cowpunk" bluesy husband-and-wife band known as Dead Fingers. Some four-months before their debut album dropped, with only a three-song sampler to their name, Maria took the duo on the road with her to help generate some buzz.
It must've been effective, because the duo was listed as one of the top 12 bands you should know in Alabama by Paste Magazine shortly thereafter. A follow-up disc, Big Black Dog, was issued in 2014, but the band has been radio silent since. While Hollingsworth continues to regularly release as a solo artist, Kate seems to have transitioned to a part-time role in the scene (perhaps to care for the couple's daughter, born shortly after the eponymous debut).
A shame, really, because both spouses have the support of indie rock darling Conor Oberst, who has featured both, separately and together, in various incarnations of his bands and has even released a cover of Hollingsworth's song Dominos with Phoebe Bridgers.
