The Search for Home
Shine! was born from a group of songs I wrote in the two places I call home: the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and West Marin County, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. My life has taken me back and forth between the mountains and the sea — and these songs come from my search for what home means to me and the things I found out along the way here.
 
Ultimately, I guess home truly is where the heart is: right there inside you all along.
 
This album is dedicated to the Light Within us all.
 
Shine On!
t a y l o r   b r o o k s :  s h i n e !
 
On this page you’ll find lots of information about my new CD and the wonderful people who created it with me.
 
 
Liner notes
 
 
Credits
 
 
Press
 
 
 
Song List
  1. 1.Country Style  3:29
  2. 2.Hobo Blues  3:02
  3. 3.SlowDive  3:42
  4. 4.2000 Miles  2:19
  5. 5.Home  2:58
  6. 6.Mountain’s Song  3:24
  7. 7.Over Yonder  2:09
  8. 8.Santa Fe  4:03
  9. 9.Power of Persuasion  3:19
  10. 10.Light From Within / Shine!  6:23
 
Musicians
 
Taylor Brooks (Taylor Brooks Band, H.K?, Continental Drift)
Producer, Composer, Lead & Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion
 
 
Danny Uzilevsky (Chrome Johnson, Rusty Evans, HoneyDust)
Producer, Guitars, Bass, Banjo, Lap Steel, Percussion, Backing Vocals
 
 
Ethan Turner (Jesse Colin Young, Jon Keigwin)
Drums, Recording Engineer, Co-Producer
 
 
Narada Michael Walden (Jeff Beck, Temple of Soul, Ray Charles)
Drums
 
 
Paul McCandless (Oregon, Bela Fleck, Paul Winter Consort)
Saxophone, Oboe, English Horn
 
 
Chris Brown (H.K?, Continental Drift, Noelle Hampton)
Grand Piano, Backing Vocals, Co-Producer
 
 
Chip Roland  (Zero, Doug Kershaw, Lansdale Station)
Hammond B3
 
 
Ethan Okamura (Continental Drift, Grace, This Old Earthquake)
Backing Vocals
 
 
Luke Anderson (HK?, Duke n the Boyz, Stefanie Keys Band)
Guitars, Co-Producer
 
 
Dave Zirbel (Commander Cody, Jenny Kerr, The Mother Truckers)
Pedal Steel
 
 
Phil Richardson (Norton Buffalo, Danny Montana & the Bar Association, Tuck Andress)
Fiddle
 
 
Skip Brooks (Lennie & Bud, Groove Merchant, David, DellaRosa & Brooks)
Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
 
 
Chris Manning (Jellyfish, Carlos Santana, Jesse Colin Young)
Mixing Engineer, Percussion, Co-Producer
 
 
Jon Korty (Vinyl, Chrome Johnson, HoneyDust)
Harmonica
 
 
 
featuring: Danny Uzilevsky Home Country Style Chris Brown Skip Brooks Ethan Turner Jonathan Korty Chris, Dyer, Kai +Cole Manning Santa Fe SlowDive Bonnie Hayes + Dave Burns Taylor Brooks Americana Fury Turner Paul McCandless Ethan Okamura Chip Roland Phil Richardson Narada Michael Walden Luke Anderson Home Great Smoky Mountains Country Style Hobo Blues Shine! Over Yonder Dave Zirbel 2000 Miles Power of Persuasion kick-ass original songs