About this Event
Multiple Grammy and Dove Award-winners Russ Taff and Steve Taylor will appear in one electrifying night together on The Almost Farewell Tour. Taff will be both supported and backed on all dates by his longtime friend and collaborator, and his Some Band.
"Maya Angelou said, ‘This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before,” says Russ Taff. “That’s the way I feel about this tour – it’s going to be so unique and different from any I’ve done. Steve and I did a concert together several months ago, and we blew the roof off the place. Steve was stunningly good. It’s been years since I’ve had that much fun on stage! I’m so grateful I get to tour with Steve. I’ve been a fan for a long time. In fact, I remember Mom playing Steve Taylor records when I was like two years old. Ha ha ha, kidding Steve, ha ha ha!”
“I’m mostly doing this tour as an excuse to hear Russ Taff sing every night,” says Steve Taylor. "But I’m also looking forward to re-assembling Some Band and playing songs I haven’t performed in a few decades."
The Almost Farewell Tour follows the recent release of Taff’s acclaimed new album, Cover Story. Executive produced by Taylor (Sixpence None the Richer, Newsboys), produced by John Mark Painter (Fleming & John, Ben Folds, Sevendust), and mixed by Matt Wallace (Faith No More, The Replacements), Cover Story marks perhaps the most singularly special album in Taff’s extraordinary four-decade career, chronicling his remarkable life’s journey with impassioned performances of timeless songs by such masters as Bob Dylan, U2, Prince, Simon & Garfunkel, and more. Highlights include renditions of Depeche Mode’s “People Are People,” Blind Willie Johnson’s “Tear This Building Down,” and an intensely powerful take on The National’s “Demons.”
From a troubled childhood in a small Pentecostal church in California’s San Joaquin Valley to the top of the charts, from impossible heights of creative success to his hard-won battle with the bottle, Russ Taff has told the story of his extraordinary life countless times over the course of his career – but never quite like this. Taff has, of course, had a landmark career by any standard, earning six GRAMMY® Awards, 16 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, and induction into the Gospel Music Association (GMA) Hall of Fame an unprecedented three times— as a solo artist as well as a member of both The Imperials and The Gaither Vocal Band.
Praised by Billboard as “the single most electrifying voice in Christian music,” Taff has inspired like-minded artists from Kings of Leon to MercyMe with an influential singing style and body of work that includes such landmark albums as his GRAMMY® Award-winning solo debut, 1983’s Walls of Glass, 1985’s breakthrough Medals, and 1989’s chart-topping smash, The Way Home. Co-written by Taff with his beloved wife Tori, classic songs such as “We Will Stand,” “I Cry,” “Not Gonna Bow” and “Farther On” have related his spiritual journey with stunning power and deeply personal detail, how he was brought low by trauma and addiction and raised up again through the power of love and faith. In 2018, Taff’s story was further told in the acclaimed documentary, Russ Taff: I Still Believe, which saw a nationwide release in over 700 theaters. Taff has continued to be exceptionally candid regarding his private struggles over the years, most recently including an in-depth interview on Mark Laita’s hugely popular Soft White Underbelly podcast that has received more than half a million views via YouTube.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City, United States
USD 65.10
