Larry Joe Taylor

b. 31 July 1950, Texas, USA. After studying business at Tarleton State University Taylor worked at various jobs in commerce, agriculture and industry. He also was deeply interested in rodeo until an injury forced him to stop riding. Meanwhile, he taught himself to play guitar and in his spare time sang in bars, sometimes writing his own material. Taylor formed bands and thus maintained his links to music. Over the years, his attachment to the traditional, earthier aspects of rural music, which later spawned ‘outlaw' music, developed to the point where he decided to launch his ...