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Michael Kevin Taylor (born 17 January 1949) is an English guitarist, best known as a former member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1967–1969) and the Rolling Stones (1969–1974). As a member of the Stones, he appeared on Let It Bleed (1969), Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!
Guitarist Mick Taylor was only with The Rolling Stones for five years, but during his 1969-1974 stint, writes Louder Sound, the band put out some of its most critically acclaimed albums, including Exile on Main Street, Sticky Fingers and Let it Bleed.
VETERAN ROLLING STONES engineer and producer Glyn Johns witnessed a dramatic change in the group’s guitarist Mick Taylor (above, second from left), who replaced Brian Jones in 1969, after the hedonistic Exile On Main Street sessions in the South of France in 1971.
Mick Jagger stopped just short of an enormous self-made hole when telling Rolling Stone about Taylor in 1995: “He was a very fluent, melodic player, which we never had, and we don’t have now… Some people think that’s the best version of the band that existed.”
All of which made Mick Taylor a perfect choice to replace Jones. At just 17 years old, Taylor had succeeded Clapton and Green as the guitarist in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – a band that had set the gold standard for British blues guitar mastery.
In 1969, after three years of faithful service from Taylor, Mayall recommended the young guitarist to Mick Jagger, who was looking for someone to fill a vacancy in The Rolling Stones, the result of Brian Jones' recent dismissal from the band.
Mick Taylor’s entry and exit from the Rolling Stones are significant chapters in rock history, filled with drama, talent, and turbulence. Taylor joined the Stones in 1969, filling the void left by Brian Jones’s tragic death.
Mick Taylor (second from left), a young lead guitarist, has just joined the pop group in place of Brian Jones, who quit after disagreement on music policy. The group is shown Hyde Park.
The 20-year-old Mick Taylor was a key figure in cementing the Stones sound after their misbegotten foray into psychedelic rock with Their Satanic Majesties Request. After that, they chose to...
Fortified by new guitarist Mick Taylor, The Rolling Stones redefined themselves in a fresh decade with 'Can’t You Hear Me Knocking.'