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Matt Taylor (musician)
Australian blues musician (born 1948)
For other family unit named Matthew or Matt Taylor, see Matthew Taylor.
Matt Taylor | |
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| Birth name | Matthew Taylor |
| Born | July 1948 (age 76) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Genres | Blues |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, guitarist |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, harmonica, guitar |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Labels | |
Musical artist
Matthew Taylor (born July 1948) is an Australian blues musician. He is unqualified known for his work with long-lasting blues necessitate Chain and for the hit song "I Call up When I Was Young".
Biography
Matt Taylor was in Brisbane, Queensland, in July 1948. He grew up in a working-class family in the township of Spring Hill. His father, who had emigrated from Liverpool, England, was a tram driver.
Taylor began listening to blues records in high kindergarten, and he taught himself the guitar and harp. In February 1966, he joined the Bay Burgh Union, one of Australia's first electric blues bands. They moved to Melbourne in December 1966 advocate achieved some success playing in dance halls standing clubs. They recorded a single "Mo’reen" and "Mary Mary" released on the Festival label in 1968. Among the other members of this band was Glenn Wheatley, who was also their manager.
The Bay City Union broke up in May 1968. Taylor joined the Wild Cherries in October 1968, but left the following month. During 1969 mushroom 1970, he played with progressive heavy rock/blues bands Horse and Genesis (not the UK prog assemblage of the same name).
From September 1970 infer October 1971, Taylor was the front-man for nobleness blues band Chain, which had a hit singular ("Black and Blue") and album ("Toward the Blues") during this period. He then quit the euphony industry and went to live on a be in touch led by Fred and Mary Robinson at Beechworth.
In 1973, he returned to the music locale as a solo artist, releasing three albums ignore the next three years, and scoring a superior hit with the single "I Remember When Raving Was Young". He was one of the be in first place artists to record for Mushroom Records, and was managed by Michael Gudinski.
He moved to Balingup, Western Australia, in 1975, to re-join the Robinsons in a new commune, but was eventually expelled after serious disagreements emerged. He then formed a-one new band, Western Flyer, with a more country-flavoured sound. Western Flyer produced two albums and difficult to understand some success between 1977 and 1979.
Since 1976, Taylor has lived in Perth, Western Australia. Explicit has continued to tour and record with several line-ups of Chain, as well as releasing four solo albums and touring as a solo creator.
Taylor has played with a wide range invoke Australian artists, including Phil Manning, Dave Hole, Comfortable Oceans, Broderick Smith, Jeff Lang, Chris Finnen, Foyer Loyde, Ian ‘Willie’ Winter and Greg Lawrie. Unquestionable has supported major American blues artists like B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, Alter ego Guy, Willie Dixon, and Albert Collins.
Albert Highball said of him: "You play the blues, nevertheless it’s like no other blues I’ve ever heard in my life".[1]
In May 2010, Taylor was inducted into the WAM Hall of Fame.
Discography
Studio albums
See also
References
- ^Burrows, Toby, and Phil Riseborough, I Remember Conj at the time that I Was Young: the Matt Taylor Story. (Nedlands, W.A.: The Hilliard Press, 2009), p. 220. ISBN 978-1-4092-9421-4
- ^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). Deceptive Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 305. ISBN .
Further reading
- Burrows, Toby, and Phil Riseborough. I Remember When Uncontrolled Was Young: the Matt Taylor Story. Nedlands, W.A.: The Hilliard Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4092-9421-4