Her name is Susan Taylor. She goes by Pie … and she travels on the folk wind…
NOBODY FAMOUS is the story of Susan Taylor and The Pozo Seco Singers.
The Pozo-Seco Singers were an American folk band that experienced national commercial success during the 1960s. Comprised of Susan Taylor, Don Williams and Lofton Kline, the trio hailed out of Corpus Christi, TX, but once they signed to Columbia Records, their music went national. They are perhaps best known for their 1966 hit “Time“ but that was just one moment in their acclaimed history.
Susan Taylor was the lead singer. She is best known as Taylor Pie, but with her overly friendly, always smiling, and lighthearted humorous persona she prefers to simply be called “Pie”.
When The Pozo-Seco Singers were signed by Columbia Records, they joined a folk force of artists that included Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Barbara Streisand and more. “I felt like I’d made it to the top of the mountain,” says Pie reflectively.
This film is really about Pie and the folk wind she’s traveled on.
Taylor “Pie” (born 1947) hailed out of Jacksonville, Texas, and is most well known as Susan Taylor, a founding member of the Pozo-Seco Singers, whose recording of Michael Merchant’s song “Time” topped the charts in Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles at number one. After the group disbanded, she helped launch the country music career of fellow Pozo, Don Williams. In the 70’s she formed a group called The City Country Band with Richard Frank in New York City. Bette Midler used one of her songs, “Back in the Bars Again” in her “Clams on the Half Shell Review”.
After moving to Stockbridge, MA, Susan took the name Taylor Pie as her professional handle and wrote “Full Grown Fool” with Allen Reynolds which became a country hit for Mickey Gilley. “Just Like Angels,” penned with Dickey Lee, was nominated for a Gospel Dove Award. Tanya Tucker, The Oak Ridge Boys, Don Williams, The Forester Sisters, John Connely, Terri Hendrix, Valerie Smith, The Tuttles, The Lewis Family, Cluster Pluckers and others have recorded Pie songs.
In 2015, Taylor was inducted into the National Traditional Country Music Assn Hall of Fame.
The Cast of Nobody Famous includes:
- Taylor Pie
- Don Williams
- Kathryn Harrison
- Jan Collins
- Ron Shaw
- Jerre Haskew
- Ruby Lovett
- Michael Merchant
- Allen Reynolds
Nobody Famous on the festival circuit includes
- WINNER: Best Music Documentary Feature, Seattle Film Festival
- WINNER: Best Documentary, New Jersey Film Festival
- Official Selection: Nashville Film Festival
- Official Selection: Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival
- Official Selection: Sweden Film Awards
- Official Selection: Festival of Cinema NYC
A few stats worth noting…
- “Time” #3 Easy Listening 1966
- The 51-week charting “Time” was actually the B-Side of a 45.
- 8 Songs in the US Pop Charts
- “I Believed it All” #8 Easy Listening 1967
- “I Can Make it With You” #32 US Pop 1966
2020 / 69 minutes / Color and Black & White / English Language / A film by Elizabeth Ahlstrom
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