Macyn Taylor | 1952 Vincent Black Lightning recorded at Independent Studios MKE 2020.

Finger-style guitarist Macyn Taylor recently received her Master's degree from UW-Milwaukee (UWM) at age 19. When she was just 17, she graduated with a fine arts degree from UWM's Peck School of the Arts guitar performance program. This is Macyn's rendition of the Richard Thompson song "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" played on a Kopp acoustic guitar owned by Leo Kottke. "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" is a song by guitarist Richard Thompson from his 1991 album Rumor and Sigh. It tells the story of a thief named James and the girl Red Molly whom he charms with a ride on his 1952 Vincent Black Lightning motorcycle. In 2011 Time magazine listed the song in its "All TIME 100 Songs", a list of "the most extraordinary English-language popular recordings since the beginning of TIME magazine in 1923. Read about Macyn's success at UWM here: http://www5.uwm.edu/news/?p=12696