Mick Taylor’s Birthday – January 17^th, 1949

Conversation Starters

• Happy Birthday to Mick Taylor! The Rolling Stones guitarist turns 64 years young today; did you see his performance on the Stones’ PPV event? http://youtu.be/weoP4Ljpb20
• Shout out to Mick Taylor, who turns 64 today. Is he the greatest guitarist The Rolling Stones ever had?
• Happy Birthday to Little Mick aka Mick Taylor! Name your favorite Stones song that Taylor played on!

Fast Facts

• Birth Name: Michael Kevin Taylor
• Born on January 17, 1949 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
• Picked up a guitar at age 9 after being inspired by his guitar-playing uncle
• As a teen, played in bands called the Juniors and the Gods
• Got his break at the young age of 16 when he sat in with respected blues band John Mayall’s Bluebreakers for the second half of a gig, replacing ERIC CLAPTON who hadn’t turned up; he then became the band’s guitarist
• Replaced Brian Jones in 1969 in The Rolling Stones
• Part of The Rolling Stones from 1969-1974
• Taylor left the Rolling Stones because of musical differences and substance abuse
• He played on Bob Dylan’s ‘Infidels’ in 1983 and toured with the music legend
• He has released six solo albums between 1979 and 2007
• Taylor was elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, as a member of The Rolling Stones
• Most recently, Taylor performed at one of the Stones’ 50^th anniversary shows, which was broadcast on Pay-Per-View

Discography (The Rolling Stones)

• Let It Bleed, 1969
• Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out, 1970
• Sticky Fingers, 1971
• Exile on Main Street, 1972
• Goats Head Soup, 1973
• It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll, 1974

Discography (Solo)

• Mick Taylor, 1979
• Stranger in This Town, 1990
• Too Hot for Snakes, 1991
• A Stone’s Throw, 2000
• Shadow Man, 2003
• Little Red Rooster, 2007

Links

• Clip from a 2012 concert of Mick Taylor playing with Rolling Stones on stage – http://youtu.be/weoP4Ljpb20
• Clip of a press conference announcing Mick Taylor is joining The Rolling Stones –

http://youtu.be/TlH0MIlwN_g

• ‘Gimme Shelter’ video showing off Mick Taylor and Keith Richards strumming those strings –

http://youtu.be/IUBEBYuMnYQ

Sources

• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852909/bio
• http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mick-taylor-mn0000470588
• http://www.rollingstones.com/artist/mick-taylor/

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