I spent a few days in July of 2018 recording stripped down, mainly acoustic (with a few exceptions) versions of songs I’ve written all along the way.

Some date back to the Love Coma days right on up to just a few years ago.

I wanted to set these songs in a new light. Strip them to their musical core with a guitar and some vocal melodies. I left all the imperfections you might get from an acoustic performance. I'm not too precious about it all - if it has "the vibe".

Several songs have a shining electric guitar played by Mitchell Connell because it’s so good... why not let the notes ring out?

Most everything was recorded in one or two takes. Some of these songs I haven’t played since shortly after recording them.

I recorded the background vocals because if you've ever seen a solo or duo show of mine... then I want you to hear what I hear inside my head while I'm playing these songs.

Bruce Neher mastered this album so it wraps around you as you vibe out through your car stereo speakers.

I love this set of songs and I hope you will too!

I've been a mega-fan of Bob Dylan since 1989. I came to his music late in the game but it was Oh Mercy that caught my attention and since then I've purchased just about everything he's released and have dozens of bootlegs and have heard studio session tapes from different albums throughout the years. I've been playing 2-3 hour shows of nothing but Bob Dylan songs... just as a whim. So it only seemed a natural next step to record them and release them to you. It was impossible to pick only 9 of my favorite Dylan songs, so I just started recording and these were the first 9 I finished. There are way too many songs I didn't choose, I figured they were best listened to by the master himself. Here are nine of my favorites & hopefully soon to be nine of your favorites too! If, for some reason you've never been a fan of Bob Dylan but like my music... don't miss this opportunity to see what I see in his music. It's just a glimpse but oh, what a picture he paints! Oh... in case you're wondering, the title of this album came from a song on his Down In The Groove album, Ninety Miles An Hour (Down a Dead End Street) written by: H. Blair and D. Robertson. It jumped out at me...

Check out this recent interview with myself and my favorite Irish Wiseman, Steve Stockman, all about the making of Down A Dead End Street:

https://stocki.typepad.com/soulsurmise/2017/10/living-in-the-songs-of-bob-dylan-chris-taylor-talks-to-soul-surmise-about-his-dylan-covers-record.html