Ty Taylor (born January 5, 1969, in

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) is an American musician best known for being the lead singer of

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soul rock band

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. He is the voice of character Lester Grimes on the

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series ''

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'' created by

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and

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. Taylor has two songs, " Cha Cha Twist" and " The World Is Yours," featured on the 2016

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album ''Vinyl: Music from the HBO Original Series, Volume 1''. He was formerly the guitarist and vocalist of R&B group Dakota Moon and was also a contestant on the

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'' Rock Star: INXS''.

Music career

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was a significant influence on Taylor, having sung in a

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in his youth. Other musical influences include

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and

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. After leaving ''Rockstar: INXS'', he was asked by

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to sing guest lead vocals for his band

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. In 2008, he formed the group Ghost Hounds and recorded a debut album, two songs from which were released as downloadable content for the video game ''

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''. He has toured with many artists including

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, and Robert Taylor. Taylor appeared on the cast recording of Jason Robert Brown's ''

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'' recorded in 1996. Taylor also appeared as a guest singer on the bonus album given away with ''Shout,'' recorded by

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, on the song "Bring on the Music." Other guests included

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, and

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. Most recently, Taylor has been the front man for the

soul rock band

. Notable performances include a supporting performance at the final concert of the annual free Summer Concert Series at The Americana at Brand where Vintage Trouble opened for

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and

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, a headlining performance on the second stage of the California AIDS Walk (Taylor also performed

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's "

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" on the main stage at the same benefit), and their weekly Tuesday night residency at Harvelle's Blues Club in

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. Vintage Trouble has supported rock acts like

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, the

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and

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on the 2015

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Discography

2019 Chapter II—EP II

/ Composer, Group Member, Lead Vocals
2018 Chapter II—EP I

/ Composer, Group Member, Lead Vocals
2016 ''VINYL: MUSIC FROM THE HBO® ORIGINAL SERIES – VOLUME 1'' /

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2015 1 Hopeful Rd. /

/ Composer, Group Member, Lead Vocals
2015 Walt Disney Records the Legacy Collection: The Aristocats /

/ Primary Artist
2014

The Swing House Acoustic Sessions Vintage Trouble (sometimes abbreviated as VT) is an American rhythm & blues band. The band formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Hollywood, California, in 2010. They have released five albums: ''The Bomb Shelter Sessions'' (2011), ''The S ...

/ Lead Vocals
2013 Sound the Alarm /

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/ Composer, Group Member, Lead Vocals
2013 Shout! /

Gov't Mule Gov't Mule (pronounced "Government Mule") is an American Southern rock jam band, formed in 1994 by guitarist Warren Haynes, bassist Allen Woody (both of The Allman Brothers Band at the time) and drummer Matt Abts (whom Haynes had worked with in ...

Featured Artist, Primary Artist
2012 Dr. Seuss' the Lorax riginal Songs from the Motion Picture/ Primary Artist
2012 It's Good to Be Live /

Pablo Cruise Pablo Cruise is an American pop/ rock band from San Francisco currently composed of David Jenkins (guitar and vocals), Cory Lerios ( keyboards and vocals), Sergio Gonzalez (drums), Larry Antonino (bass and vocals), and Robbie Wyckoff (vocal ...

Featured Artist
2011

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Composer, Group Member, Lead Vocals
2010 Disney Sing-Along: Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam / Vocals (Background)
2010 Happily Ever After / Primary Artist
2009

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/ Primary Artist
2009 Rock On /

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Vocals (Background)
2008 Bounce (Oryon album), Bounce / Oryon / Composer
2008 Selling Tenderness / Yi Feng Zhuo Composer
2007 Reality TV Stars, Vol.1 / Composer, Primary Artist
2007 Waiting on Tomorrow / Travis Mitchell Member of Attributed Artist, Guitar, Guitars, Banjo, Guitar (Bass), Vocals (Background), Bass, Vocal Harmony
2005 Rock Star: A Night at the Mayan Theatre / Primary Artist
2005 Rock Star: INXS / Primary Artist
2002 A Place to Land (Dakota Moon album), A Place to Land / Dakota Moon Vocals, Guitar, Composer
2002 Here We Go Again (Steve Ewing), Here We Go Again / Steve Ewing Vocals (Background)
1997

/ Performer, Primary Artist, Vocals
1990 The Legendary V-Disc Masters (1943-1944), Vol. 1 / Red Norvo & His Overseas Spotlight Band / Primary Artist

Musical theater

Taylor studied at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama and music. In addition to his work with Dakota Moon and ''Rock Star: INXS'', Taylor's music career has included parts in Broadway Musical theatre, musicals ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', ''Pippin (musical), Pippin'', ''

'', ''Grease (musical), Grease'', and ''We Will Rock You (musical), We Will Rock You''. Taylor also played the role of "Freddie" in a Los Angeles performance of the musical ''Chess (musical), Chess'', written by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. He also co-starred in the spoof ''Rogers the Musical'' with Adam Pascal, featured in the Marvel Cinematic Universe show ''Hawkeye (miniseries), Hawkeye''.

References

External links

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Official site of Vintage Trouble

Ty Taylor's Band Ghost Hound

Interview with Ty Taylor on Rockstargohome.com

Warner Music Group Atlantic and Warner Bros. Records Create Groundbreaking Musical Experience for Vinyl, the New HBO® Drama Series from Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, and Terence Winter
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Ty 1969 births Living people Musicians from Montclair, New Jersey Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni Participants in American reality television series Vintage Trouble members