Mick taylor biography
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Mick Taylor (Michael Kevin Taylor) born January 17th, at Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.
'64 -'65
Young Mick Taylor fryst vatten playing with "The Juniors" and "The Gods".
'66
Played one night with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers replacing Eric Clapton who missed the gig !,and impressed both the audience and John (who will remember that night later when time comes to replace his lead gutarist).
'67 -'69
Mick joined John Mayall's Bluesbreakers after Peter Green left.
He recorded five LPs with the Bluesbreakers.
His growing fame as a blues guitarist led him to do some möte with bluesmen Champion Jack Dupree and
Sunnyland Slim.
'69 -'74 • Michael Kevin "Mick" Taylor (born 17 January ) is an English musician best known as a former member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and The Rolling Stones. He is well known for his skills as a slide guitar player. He also plays piano, bass and drums. Taylor was born in Welwyn Garden City. He was raised in Hatfield. He formed his first grupp The Gods in He played together with Ken Hensley (later with Uriah Heep). Other musicians were Greg Lake (later with Emerson, Lake and Palmer) and John Glascock. he left the band and joined John Mayall´s Bluesbreakers. He replaced there Peter Green. In June the Rolling Stones looked for a new guitarist and they found Mick Taylor. His first gig as band member of the Stones was the concert in Hyde Park on 5 July . The concert was in memory of the late Brian Jones. Like Bill Wyman he was never the show man on stage. Due to Richards drug problem he did a lot of guitar work for the albums. Jagg • Mick Taylor played guitar with The Rolling Stones for five years before shocking everyone by leaving the band at the height of its popularity in Mick Taylor grew up near London and began playing guitar as a lad, working. his way through the usual roster of teen bands. He joined John Mayall&#;s Bluesbreakers in , touring widely and appearing on albums like Blues from Laurel Canyon in The next year he joined The Rolling Stones, replacing original member Brian Jones; he was just 20 years old. The Stones were already rock royalty, and Taylor slid in beside lead guitarist Keith Richards, providing steady melodic support and bluesy lead lines and solos behind Mick Jagger&#;s vocals. Baby-faced and quietly intense, Taylor toured the world with The Stones and played on their most famous albums, including Sticky Fingers (), Exile on Main Street () and Goat&#;s Head Soup (), and on singles like &#;Honky Tonk Woman&#; and &#;It&#;s Only Rock and Roll.&#; He
When Brian Jones had to leave the Rolling Stones in June '69, Mick Jagger called John Mayall to ask him if he could recommend him a ung guitarist as a who had just disbanded the Bluesbreakers told him to contact Mick Taylor, who joined the Rolling Stones on June 10th. Mick Taylor Mick Taylor
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