Dolores River Brewery
Dog Friendly on a leash
accepting to-go orders
970-882-4677 (HOPS)
100 S 4th St.
Dolores, Co.
Tue - Sun - 4 pm
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Monica Taylor
Fri, Sep 06
|Dolores River Brewery
This red dirt girl grew up in the heart of Red Dirt music country – near Stillwater, Oklahoma. The Cimarron river flows just a mile to the south, the sky is big and full of colors in the early morning, and those last few minutes of the day.
Time & Location
Sep 06, 2024, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Dolores River Brewery, 100 4th St, Dolores, CO 81323, USA
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About the event
Check out Monica's latest video here! Rescues
Monica and her partner Travis are in the area playing Four Corners Folk Fest and are excited to play a gig (maybe two if we're lucky) at the Brewery. These amazing musicians have traveled from Oklahoma, so we hope to give them a warm Colorado welcome.
Hailing from different regions of Oklahoma, Monica, the Cimarron River Valley in Perkins, OK,
and Travis from Northeastern "green country" of Oklahoma, (Muskogee and Tahlequah), each
artist come to the table with their own unique musical influences and performance traditions.
Monica grew up with Southern Gospel and Bluegrass as her primary influences. From an early
age, Taylor sought out the performers and songwriters she was hearing on the airwaves and
recorded music. One formative moment occurred at the Sander's Family Bluegrass festival in
McAlester, Oklahoma, when Monica age 12, who had been playing guitar for 3 years, waited
offstage for the legendary Bill Monroe to finish his performance. After waiting in the wings,
Monica, asked for Monroe's autograph. Taylor said, "I've been playing your songs on my guitar
and I love bluegrass!" He told her "that's great that the younger generation is playing these old
songs.
Then a sweat-drenched Bill Monroe gave Taylor a hug leaving Monica's entire left side
covered with sweat. She vowed to never take a bath again!
Travis similarly was surrounded by a variety of musical styles in his youth. Blues, Jazz early
east coast R&B and outlaw country were some of the sounds coming from the record player.
Leo Kottke, once a resident of Muskogee in his youth, was a friend of Travis' father. It was not
uncommon for Leo to "drop in" during the 1970's while he was touring the country to spend
an entire night playing acoustic music to a small group of friends sitting cross legged on the
floor in the the Fite's residence. "Leo would just show up and usually play all night long," says
Fite, "just a free-flow of his best solo material. That was the first time I heard someone play
slide guitar in person, when I was about 6 or 7. I remember his frenetic blues-folk slide sound
resonating with me at a very earty age.
In 2009, Monica enlisted the help of producer and multi-instrumentalist,