The Captain Meets Joanne Shaw Taylor 

Joanne Shaw Taylor is a great artist and deserves more recognition as a guitar virtuoso and excellent songwriter.

Saw Joanne live in Manchester last night. My first gig of the year and it was awesome. Great songs accompanied with some fun banter. I'll definitely be going to see her perform again.

I really like these "Captain Meets" episodes. 9 times out of 10 it's someone interesting I know nothing about so I get an hour or so of entertaining guitar chat and a bunch of new music to listen to on top. More please :)

Joanne Is an Amazing Musician Full stop....Live she is Incredible.. and I have had the opportunity to get to many of her shows.. However I still don't understand why she is not more appreciated as she is right up there as one of the finest guitarist around.

A group of us went to see Joe Bonamassa at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne Australia probably 12 years ago I guess. Support act was JST and none of us had heard of her before then and as support acts go we didn’t expect much. How wrong we were! She walked on stage and blew us away instantly like a lightning bolt had hit. I kid you not as it was so unexpected and so awesome it’s stuck in my mind I think forever. Been a huge fan ever since. Her playing and her voice with that edge to it is bliss.

Joanne Shaw Taylor is the real deal, honest, and pure talent. Love your music , love your attitude, can't wait to see you in the States.

Watched her twice live! So great! "Jealousy" is my fav song!

THIS!!! SHE TOTALLY ROCKS MAN!!! wow. Have I been living in a cave? How did I not know about this artist?

I’ve never understood why she’s not a big big star! I love her❤she’s so talented

Saw her at a sold out show at brudenell social club in Leeds in late 2018.she was absolutely brilliant. Amazing guitar player

I'm lucky enough to have tickets to see Joanne perform twice this year! Once here in Leeds in March and again at the HRH Blues fest in Yarmouth in November. I've seen her play before and she always gives a phenomenal performance.

You guys should try to get Derek Trucks at some point. He’s by far on of my favorite guitarists in the world right now.

Been waiting for this one. She's making some of the best guitar based music out there today. Looking forward to seeing her in London in March.

Another excellent interview... long live the blues! Thanks!

Very enjoyable interview! This was the first time I'd had the opportunity to get a sense of Joanne's personality. She's bright and positive, and a real joy as a person. It's great to see that! I'm also glad to know that her career is going well. I enjoy her singing and playing very much. I still remember the first time I heard her. I bought her "White Sugar" CD several years ago. The first track really grabbed me, like Whoa! This is fantastic! Wishing you all the best, Joanne!

Wow, just listened To her on Spotify. Thank you Lee for introducing her. I now have a new artist to my list of favorites.

The one I've been waiting for 👍🥰🥰🥰

Great artist, and her latest album I feel is really growing the more I listen to it. As always a very interesting interview!

Joanne Shaw Taylor's a great guitarist, but her VOCALS give me shivers,...seriously up and down the spine,...enchanting

I am 30 minutes from Detroit . . i have never heard of her . . its amazing the treasures in your back yard that go unnoticed

About 4 years ago I got to meet Joanne in a little town called Ellsworth , Maine. Tiny little hole in the wall bar called Chummies. It was so cool to see her and her band playing on a stage I regularly played. Totally knocked my socks off. Thank you for this interview Lee!!!!

Absolutely love Joanne, great job Lee

Great JST interview Cap't! & Happy BREXIT all you UKers!!! Congrats.

The Captain Meets Myles Kennedy please🤙🏽🤙🏽

Nice that you included so live snippets too. This seems to be new style of production and hope you do more. Great interview and once again another guitarist I should have known of. Thank you

Really cool opening. Thanks for introducing us to such great players! Really inspiring.

Love Joanne Shaw Taylor, cracking player!!! 😁

Just saw Joanne Shaw Taylor in Milwaukee. Incredible artist and guitarist. Looking forward to seeing her again.

I love JST she is so genuine and real in a fake world. Brilliant player and great singer.

Great interview as always thanks

:-) Top shelf! 50mins and 41seconds well spent, thank you :-)

a really deserved episode, Joanne its great and her music too

BAAM! right away in that intro playing i have found something i have been looking for well for ever! a female that plays like that that style that has so much power it rips the paint off there guitar think srv,phillips sayce,john mayer at his best and BOOM! there it is!!

“The dog became a comedian?” Priceless. Great great session here. Thank you

New album 6/7. "Heavy Soul." Can't wait.

What an enjoyable interview!

Lee great interview keep up the great work. Please more interviews, very interesting.

Joanne is in Salem, Oregon, April 7th, 2023. I have my tickets. 🎶

Good for you Joanne! You knew what you liked early on and went for it! Love your sound. I have loved the blues for years and also have done some songwriting and singing. But I'm much older now. About the same age as Cheryl Crow. I understand the struggle with girls vs boys should be such and such. I have great respect for you and enjoy listening to you! I know the industry is hard. You are doing well for yourself. Happy for you! It's rare now to find a woman who plays guitar, sings and writes her own songs. So glad I found you on RU-vid. I will be looking for a concert near me.

She is amazing. I knew nothing about her until 2 years ago in Chicago at Buddy Guy's, a video of her playing there was on the screen and i heard her go ballistic. She has ever since been one of my favorites. Well done guys, loves this episode.

I saw Joanne a few years ago at Birmingham Town Hall. Still one of the best gigs I've been to.

Joanne, I really enjoyed her concert. Great voice great guitarist.

What a great musician / player

OMG the greatest female guitar I've ever heard; so glad she's on here!

Amazing!!!

Great episode. Hadn't heard of her until now. I'll make sure to catch her in Austin. Cap's been killing these lately

Lets get Andertons to a million subscribers in 2020.

Great records, I love her stuff. Killer song from the new album is Reckless Heart, the title track. One of those that is good and keeps getting better and better... I wish her all the success in the world. Greets from Germany.

This is the best interview the Captain has ever done

Have been waiting a while for this - anyone who hasn't caught her live make sure you do, she is awesome on stage.

fabulous artist , i hear a fair bit of southern rock in her music too

They're BACK!

Great guitar player and beautiful singer!

Saw her play at the Musical Instrument Museum in Arizona last year. Great show.

Seen JST live 5 times, she's the real deal, and a total fox🔥

Can’t wait for this show see you at the robin 2

A top 5 current guitar player. The best i have personally seen. Rhythm /lead- she has it all.

I spy a Duesenberg Paloma.... Great vid as always guys! Thanks Joanne!!!

Love learning from these videos what inspired these noted musicians to play guitar.

Joanne is an amazing guitarist. If you can try to get ''Samantha Fish'' she is a great guitarist too.

Love the interview!! Can we PLEASE get a Captain Meets Nathan King? Would love to see some in depth conversation between the two or you.

YES BOTH NEIGHBOURS and home and away are still going!

Again I couldn't click on this fast enough, JST is awesome.

Love her!

Yay, claiming Jo as a fellow yam yam. I first saw her supporting The Blues Band at The Robin , I think, about 14 years ago and seen her as a headlining artist a couple of times since. I also did a couple of support gigs back in the day at The Robin so if Lee wants to interview me I’ll clear my diary...

Good interview. You can hear Joanne’s music in America on Cable Television Music Blues Channel and on the radio at Sirius XM Radio the Blues Channel. Matt has his own Two Rock model amp and he is most definitely endorsed by Two Rock Amplification. Howard Dumble will build you an amp if you are an advanced skilled known musician. You can expect at least one year for the build to be finished after spending around six months playing for him and getting to know your style, he then builds what he thinks would suit you best. Nice Albert Collins Custom Shop Tele and story behind it Joanne. I love your music and hope to see you playing the New Orleans Jazz Festival. Samantha Fish, who now lives in New Orleans, Carolyn Wonderland and Ruthie Foster are showing up pretty much on a regular basis and you need to as well. After New Orleans, a lot of the musicians go to the west coast and then work their way back across America and later into the summer, they end up in the northeastern part of the U.S. due to the heat outdoors. Thanks.

This lady is an awesome guitar player!!! :)

Keep em peeled!

Joanne Shaw Taylor ❤️🎸🥰🎤 #BlackestDay 👌🏻 #RecklessHeart 🙌🏻

That tele looks amazing, the but of playing was fun too

Excellent video

Free-Flight Blue Bird *;* Great seeing you at the National...

great stuff

I saw Joanne in Phoenix, Az over a year ago . If you have a chance go see her . Had no idea she lives in Detroit of all places.

Great interview and what a lady :-O

Refreshing. A blues player

Nice to see an English woman playing electric guitar for a change, sounds great, I can image you have asked lots of guitarists in for a chat but please try for Bill Nelson as he really is special when it comes to guitar music.

Her song summertime with Joe b is amazing

Where do you find these people? Because that was a freakin' awesome! Never heard of her before, but will be streaming her stuff for the next few days. Keep it up!

I had never heard of this lady, no doubt because I am not resident in the UK, she has some good videos on YT

I really should make the effort to see Joanne play again - the first (and only) time I've seen her was in support of Jack Bruce, Robin Trower and Gary Husband back in 2009.

Great interview. Phenomenal talent. If you don't know Joanne's music and like a great guitar solo check out the track Wild is the Wind from the Wild album. There's a great solo at the end of the track, it sounds like the song is about to finish and then Joanne goes for another solo and just takes it to another level. Check it out, enjoy.

Nice!

Whoa! Damn.

Thank you Ms Taylor .. and Lee of course Right after this I dug out my LP copy and jammed Red House - Taylor, Gales & Koz My dog died yesterday so I wuz feelin' the blues somewhat ... 😢. He had a good long life though. Still sad nevertheless .. I'm slowly turning from a pretty good all round bass player into an absolutely third class thin string guitarist (third class may be boasting a bit 😜).

She's cool as hell

Joanne is a complete musician, great guitar player, amazing voice, front woman on stage and beautiful composer. That's all.

This woman murders the guitar! Killer player with soul.

Plini is playing Guildford this year. You better get him on for an interview!

I have VIP tickets for Nell's so I am very much looking forward to seeing JST stumble from the tour bus in her PJ's

Finally you got someone I know,girl is the schiz

The story about the tele and JB was hilarious. I wonder if his dad threatened to ground him.

Thank you Lee, for having women on the show. Too many YT gear-oriented channels ignore them, and I just don't get why.

Holy Shit!

I just love her! Talented, modest and a great sense of humor. I just wish she had more range in her voice! Somebody said her voice was a "little gritty". A little gritty? She makes Jonny Lang sound like a choir boy!

What’s up Captain!

I’m from Wednesbury (the Black Country) and proud but my missus is from Solihull so I get your frustration Joanne. Please say you’re a yam yam forever. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🤣

TONE!

Captain, tienes que hacer las entrevistas en un escenario de barra de bar de película de western y tu vestido de camero de la época. Quedarían de Puta madre!

Bonnie Raitt is without a doubt the best female guitarist I've ever seen live. Blues or country or rock her name should be mentioned all the time IMO. She used to be backup vocals for Little Feat in the early years. Watching Lowell George? not a bad thing lol. Today it's cool there are many more female guitarists. Bonnie for me will always be at the top. Hats off to Joanne she can really play that Albert Collins Tele.