Tommy Taylor
Tommy
Taylor
Tommy
Taylor
BORN IN:
Denton, Texas in 1957
LIVES IN:
Austin, Texas
DRUMMING SINCE:
1966
CURRENT BAND/PROJECT(S):
The Eighty Sixxed, Antone’s Blue Monday Band, Reunion (dance and casuals group together for 41 years!), The Number 9 Orchestra (Beatles/Lennon Tribute)
BIGGEST INFLUENCE(S):
Gary Chester, Hal Blaine, Bruno Carr, Ringo, Charlie Watts, Earl Palmer, Fred Below, Simon Kirke, Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker, B J Wilson, Nigel Olson…too many to list.
FAVORITE ALBUM PLAYED ON:
“Christopher Cross”, Christopher Cross
FAVORITE ALBUM DIDN’T PLAY ON:
“Free Free At Last”, album “Highway” by Free
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1. Playing two sold out nights at the London Palladium
2. Meeting Smokey Robinson
FAVORITE SABIAN CYMBAL:
I’m very old school – I love AA cymbals.