Gene Taylor (pianist), Date of Birth
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American blues rock and boogie-woogie pianist
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About Gene Taylor (pianist)
- Gene Taylor (born July 2, 1952, Norwalk, California, United States) is an American musician. He began his musical training as a drummer at age eight but two years later he had picked up both the guitar and his initial piano skills from boogie-woogie pianist-neighbours.
- Around the age of 16 he began working with some of the big names in the West Coast blues scene including Big Joe Turner and T-Bone Walker.
- In the mid-seventies he joined the James Harman Band and had a stint as pianist for boogie group Canned Heat between November 1974 and May 1976.
- From 1981 to 1984 he toured with The Blasters, and in 1986 finally recorded his first solo album, Handmade.
- His The Return of the Formerly Brothers, recorded with Amos Garrett and Doug Sahm in 1987, won a Juno Award the following year for Best Roots & Traditional Album. From 1993 to 2007, Taylor played with The Fabulous Thunderbirds amongst various other projects.
- He recorded an eponymous second solo album for Pacific Blues in 2003 partly accompanied by James Harman and Bill Bateman.
- This album included a version of "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie". Since 2007, he has been based in Belgium, playing and recording with Fried Bourbon, CC Jerome's Jet Setters, Dave Alvin and Jo' Buddy.
- Currently he is touring as the Gene Tayler Trio, with drummer Nico Vanhove, and the guitarist Bart De Mulder.
- He played at the Brussels Boogie-Woogie Festival of 2012, which took place at the Théâtre St Michel on November 24.
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