Ain't No Game - Music

Dudley Taft Grew Up In A Country Called The "Midwest" Where He Learned The Values Of Friendship Roots Blues Rock 'n' Roll And A Good Ear Of Corn. Local Guitar Hero Rob Swaynie In Indianapolis Taught Dudley The Value Of Music Theory Interspersed With B.B King Led Zeppelin And ZZ Top Riffs. By The Time Dudley Headed For His Tour Of Duty At The Taft School In Conneticut Named After His Great-Grand Uncle President William Taft Music Was Already In His Blood. Most Taft's Go On To Be Politicians Lawyers And Businessmen But Dudley Knew What He Wanted To Do. While At Taft He Founded The Band “Space Antelope” With Friend Trey Anastasio Of Phish Fame . After High School Dudley Moved To California To Attend Claremont College And Took A Stab At The Windling Rock Scene Of The Late 80's In LA Until A Friend Mentioned To Him About What Was Happening In Seattle. This Was Just What He Was Looking For And Dudley Headed North In The Summer Of 1990. Of Course At This Time Seattle Was The Place To Be For Rock Musicians And Dudley Took Full Advantage Of The Situation Starting The Mega-Popular Seattle Band “Sweet Water”. That Outfit Provided An Opportunity To Share The Stage With Some Of The Biggest Names In The Rock World At The Time Such As Alice In Chains Candlebox Soundgarden Pearl Jam And Even Included A Rare Opening Spot For A Temple Of The Dog Show And An Unlikely Encounter With A True Rock Legend. As The Story Goes When Sweetwater Was Mixing Their CD In London At Tim Palmer's Studio The Guys Were Sitting Around In The Flat They Were Staying In When They Saw A Landrover Pull Up Out Front. Dudley's Bandmates Were In Shock When They Saw Led Zeppelin Front Man Robert Plant Get Out Of His Rig And Start Heading Their Direction. Timmy P. Introduced Robert To The Boys And Played "Sleep" For Him....When The Song Got To The Solo Mr. Plant Turns Around And Flashes Dudley A "Thumbs Up" Sign. Legend Has It That Part Of Dudley Is Still Tingling Many Years Later. Another Highlight In Dudley's Career Around This Time Was Being Invited To Sit In And Play Guitar On Stage A Few Times With Alice In Chains While They Were On Tour Together. After The Two Albums For Atlantic Records With Sweetwater He Left The Band To Resurrect “Second Coming”. More Touring Followed With An Album On Capitol Records And A Taste Of Success Thanks To The Single
“Vintage Eyes” Which Made It To #10 On The Rock Radio Charts And The Song "Unknown Rider" For The Bruce Willis Movie "The Sixth Sense". In Total Dudley Taft's Music Has Appeared In Six Movies Including "The Sixth Sense" And "Smoke Signals" As Well As Many Television Shows Like "E True Hollywood Story" Road Rules And Various MTV Programs. He Has Also Shared The Stage With The Following Bands And Musicians Alice In Chains Mookey Blalock Pearl Jam Temple Of The Dog Candlebox Monster Magnet Lenny Kravitz Winger Soundgarden Living Color Godsmack Motorhead Kid Rock Fuel Saigon Kick ZZ Top Sammy Hagar Randy Hansen Heart War Babies My Sisters Machine Anthrax Foreigner Lynyrd Skynyrd The Church Jerry Cantrell Mike Mcready Mike Wilton Lee Oskar Chris Slade Alan White Tal Bachman Roger Fisher Hal Blaine Don Peake Hal Sparks And Ben Smith. After Second Coming Had Run It's Course Dudley Was In A Few More Rock Bands Like Omnivoid And Hapless But Was Growing Tired Of The Rock Scene. In 2005 Dudley Joined The Immensely Popular Northwest Band Spike And The Impalers Which He Stills Plays Guitar. Older And Wiser And Now A Seattle Guitar Legend Dudley Taft Has Turned His Attention Back To The Roots Of The Music That Inspired Him To Pick Up The Guitar In The First Place. Free At Last To Make The Kind Of Music He Wants To Make And Not Worry About Writing Hit Records Dudley Is Playing A Hopped Up Style Of Blues That Pays Homage To His Own Guitar Heroes While At The Same Time Mixing It With Deep Northwest Rock Undertones. Dudley Taft's Freshman Blues Release "Left For Dead" Definitely Has A Bite To It And It Has Gotten Rave Reviews In The USA Canada UK And In Germany. Blues Matters Will Be Featuring A Review Of "Left For Dead" In The December 2010 Issue. The Summer Of 2010 Provided Some Festival Opportunities Including The Miller Stage At The Portland Waterfront Blues Festival Headlining The Poverty Bay Blues Festival And Dudley Recently Opened Up For The Amazing Curtis Salgado In Seattle. At 44 Years Old He's Just Getting Started! read less