"She said packing pickles it's just not for me"
Nashville, Tennessee's singer-songwriter, musician Cory Taylor Cox writes songs that are earthbound and real, no dream pop or dystopian future stuff, just down to earth realities of life. And not postcard memories of his life but relatable stories oftentimes influenced by his times in cities with deep soulful histories like Muscle Shoals and Memphis, and of family. His latest, Queen of Valley City is an ode to his mother in law written because... well, it would be best if Cory told you the back story in his own words:
"My wife told me that she and her sisters were going to pay an online service to order a custom song written for/about their mother. Naturally, I was somewhat offended to hear that one of the primary exports of our household was being outsourced to a third party.
So I stepped up and wrote a song that I'm proud to say would probably beat the socks off of any $75 online song generator.
'Queen of Valley City' is for my mother-in-law who grew up in a small suburb of a suburb outside of Cleveland, OH. A former librarian and now full-time grandmother, I think she did a hell of a job raising three incredible daughters and also makes a mean Thanksgiving dinner. Shannon, you kick ass. We're all very thankful for you." - Cory Taylor Cox
Cory recorded Queen of Valley City in a closet while in quarantine before shipping it off to Redactstudios to be mixed and mastered by Edsel Holden. The track is a stripped down folk tune with country affections. Cory's melodies are, at once, comforting and dreamy while pedal steel sounds sing along,
"She wrote her name on Neil Young's Chest
She knows what records are the best
She spent some time in the factory
She said packing pickles it's just not for me"
-Robb Donker Curtius
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We all have collections. Yours could be baseball cards, or beanie babies, tattoos, or bad habits. Cory Taylor Cox collects memories and shows them off through his music, influenced by time spent in cities with a soulful history like Muscle Shoals and Memphis. Encouraged by time spent on the road, from singing in all-state youth choir to touring with pop-punk and Americana bands, Cory holds on to memories of vinyl records, Pink Floyd and the Eagles, stashed away in the top of his father’s closet. The quaintness of every coffee shop that exchanged craft-caffeine for acoustic serenades, every hardcore metal band that let him open an all-ages show with emo songs, or folk songs, or whatever, to every PBR-soaked, party-rock, electric guitar cat-call, these are the collections of Cory Taylor Cox.
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'Queen of Valley City' is for my mother-in-law who grew up in a small suburb of a suburb outside of Cleveland, OH. A former librarian and now full-time grandmother, I think she did a hell of a job raising three incredible daughters and also makes a mean Thanksgiving dinner. Shannon, you kick ass. We're all very thankful for you." - Cory Taylor Cox
Cory recorded Queen of Valley City in a closet while in quarantine before shipping it off to Redactstudios to be mixed and mastered by Edsel Holden. The track is a stripped down folk tune with country affections. Cory's melodies are, at once, comforting and dreamy while pedal steel sounds sing along,
"She wrote her name on Neil Young's Chest
She knows what records are the best
She spent some time in the factory
She said packing pickles it's just not for me"
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
spotify
corytaylorcox
soundcloud
We all have collections. Yours could be baseball cards, or beanie babies, tattoos, or bad habits. Cory Taylor Cox collects memories and shows them off through his music, influenced by time spent in cities with a soulful history like Muscle Shoals and Memphis. Encouraged by time spent on the road, from singing in all-state youth choir to touring with pop-punk and Americana bands, Cory holds on to memories of vinyl records, Pink Floyd and the Eagles, stashed away in the top of his father’s closet. The quaintness of every coffee shop that exchanged craft-caffeine for acoustic serenades, every hardcore metal band that let him open an all-ages show with emo songs, or folk songs, or whatever, to every PBR-soaked, party-rock, electric guitar cat-call, these are the collections of Cory Taylor Cox.
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