Chad Taylor

For the writer, see Chad Taylor (writer).

Chad Taylor
Background information
Born	November 24, 1970 (1970-11-24) (age 40)
Origin	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock, pop rock
Occupations	Musician, producer, writer
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1980s–present
Labels	Radioactive Records Epic Records Questionable Entertainment
Associated acts	Live, The Gracious Few

Chad Taylor (born November 24, 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.) is a guitarist in the bands The Gracious Few and Live. Live have sold over 20 million records,^[1] including the 8x platinum album Throwing Copper.^[2]

Biography

Taylor playing with The Gracious Few in October 2010

Chad is a founding member of the band Live and has appeared on all their albums to date. He met his future Live band mates 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 Patrick Dahlheimer and Chad Gracey of Live and Kevin Martin and Sean Hennesy from the band Candlebox. They released their debut album The Gracious Few in 2010. Taylor has acted as spokesperson for Live since Kowalczyk's departure and in 2011 announced their intention to record new material with an as yet unnamed new lead singer.

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.^[3]

Chad is a principal partner in the company Aurora Creative Group,^[4] 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^[5] and Another Harvest Moon^[6] 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 currently live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.^[7]

Discography

With Live

• all albums to date

With The Gracious Few

• The Gracious Few (2010)

Equipment used

Chad's equipment was listed in a September 2010 interview with Guitar Edge magazine.^[8]

• Guitars: Two Gibson ’59 Les Paul Reissues.
• Amps and Cabinets: Early ’60s Marshall JMP, Marshall 4x12 cabinet with Celestion 30-watt Greenbacks, Orange AD30HTC.

References

1. ^ "LIVE to Perform at The Pools at The Palazzo on June 11" Reuters - May 7, 2009.
2. ^ (Gold and Platinum) RIAA.com (note: enter Throwing Copper in the search box to see it's entry)
3. ^ "Adam Taylor Bio" tippingpointentertainment.net
4. ^ Aurora Creative Group auroafm.com
5. ^ Home - Full cast and credits IMDb
6. ^ Another Harvest Moon - Full cast and credits IMDb
7. ^ Paula Wolf, "For Lisa Taylor, yoga is an exercise in healthful living" findarticles.com - July 9, 2006
8. ^ Prudencio, Lisa "Style File: The Gracious Few " Guitar Edge - September 23, 2010

External links

• The Gracious Few (official website)
• Friends of Live (official website)
• Aurora Creative Group

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Name	Taylor, Chad
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