Instruments Guitar Years active 1980s–present | Name Chad Taylor | |
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Born November 24, 1970 (age 53) ( 1970-11-24 ) Origin Baltimore, Maryland, United States Genres Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock, pop rock Occupation(s) Musician, producer, writer Labels Radioactive RecordsEpic RecordsQuestionable Entertainment Similar Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk | ||
Chad taylor live s stomping guitarist
Chad David Taylor (born November 24, 1970, in York, Pennsylvania ) is an American guitarist and backing vocalist in the bands The Gracious Few and Live. Live have sold over 20 million records, including the 8x platinum album Throwing Copper.
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- Chad taylor live s stomping guitarist
- Career
- Personal life
- With Live
- With The Gracious Few
- Equipment used
- References
Career
Taylor is the original lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the band Live and has appeared on all their albums to date. He met his future Live bandmates aged 13 in middle school in York, Pennsylvania. When vocalist Ed Kowalczyk left the band in 2009, Taylor formed the band The Gracious Few along with Live bandmates Patrick Dahlheimer and Chad Gracey and Kevin Martin and Sean Hennesy from Candlebox. They released their debut album The Gracious Few in 2010. In 2011, he announced that that Live would reform without Kowalczyk. In 2012, Live reformed with new lead singer Chris Shinn
Taylor has produced records for other artists, including the 1996 album Happily Ever After by Solution A.D. and Play the Piano Drunk, the debut EP of his brother Adam Taylor.
Chad is a principal partner in the company Aurora Creative Group, which has developed shows for The History Channel, Discovery Channel, Telemundo, Food Network, HBO and Speed Channel. In addition he co-produced the feature films Home and Another Harvest Moon and was executive producer of the video The Barkan Method: Hot Yoga which features his wife Lisa.
Personal life
Taylor is married to Lisa, a yoga practitioner. They have three children, Ruby Lou, Scarlett and Delilah. They live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
With Live
With The Gracious Few
Equipment used
Taylor's equipment was listed in a September 2010 interview with Guitar Edge magazine.