Terence Martin "Terry" Taylor (born 28 August 1948) is an English

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and

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, who started to become known in the latter half of the 1960s as a band member of the group The End, who had a few singles and also a 1969 album release called Introspection. They were produced by Bill Wyman and the album included

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playing

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on the song Shades of Orange. Taylor was one of the members that then played in the follow-up band

Tucky Buzzard Tucky Buzzard were a British hard rock band formed in 1969 by three former members of The End. The original lineup was Jimmy Henderson (vocals), Terry Taylor (guitar), David Brown (bass), Paul Francis (drums), and Nick Graham (keyboards). Half ...

, who were produced by

Bill Wyman William George Wyman ( né Perks; born 24 October 1936) is an English musician who was the bass guitarist with the rock band the Rolling Stones from 1962 to 1993. Wyman was part of the band's first stable lineup and performed on their first 19 ...

Career

In 1979, after the ITV strike caused a curtailment in that year's autumn term schedules, Terry Taylor's guitar tunes "The May Dance" and "Les Trois Enfants", were used as interval tracks as an accompaniment for the schools programmes interval slides. After Tucky Buzzard broke up, after an introduction by Wyman, Taylor joined the band Arrows for their second television series, '' The Arrows Show''. After the death of Alan Merrill in March 2020, Taylor is now the last surviving member of Arrows. Taylor co-founded the band The Rhythm Kings with Wyman in 1997 and is currently a member.

Personal life

Taylor has one son, Daniel, a result of his relationship with ex-wife Eva Dyrinda Taylor.

References

External links

The Arrows Show informationTerry Taylor with the Rhythm Kings
* * 1948 births Living people English rock guitarists Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings members Arrows (British band) members {{UK-guitarist-stub