James Michael Taylor

If names really meant anything, my name would be James Michael Singer. Or maybe James Michael “Show and Tell.” I was a sophomore in high school when Buddy Holly died. He and the Everly Brothers were the first music on the radio that sang My Music. THEN, The Kingston Trio sang Tom Dooley and I headed off to college with my banjo and it was hootenanny time. THEN, Dylan sang BLOWING IN THE WING and turned all of us folk singers into song writers. 1,000 songs later I’m on the verge of eighty years on this earth and music has been the wind I have ridden and the thread that has held it all together for me. Funny, I end up back in Oklahoma. It was off to college from the San Joaquin Valley of California to Oklahoma City in 1961 where I spent 2 years mostly singing and playing in trios and duos if I remember right. School never interfered with the music. Meanwhile 25 years a stage hand on everything from Hank Jr. to Pink Floyd but never interfering with my own concerts and movies and raising a tote bag of kids. You’ll just have to come out Friday night if you want to know more… Talk to me…pyropool@earthlink.net https://www.facebook.com/jamesmichael.taylor.39