Michael Kevin Taylor (born 17 January 1949) is an English musician, best known as a former member of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (1967–69) and the Rolling Stones (1969–74). He has appeared on some of the Stones’ classic albums, including Let It Bleed (1969), Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert (1970), Sticky Fingers (1971) and Exile on Main St. (1972).
Since leaving the Rolling Stones in December 1974, Taylor has worked with numerous other artists and released several solo albums. From November 2012 onwards he participated in the Stones’ 50th-Anniversary shows in London and Newark, and in the band’s 50 & Counting tour, which included North America, Glastonbury Festival and Hyde Park in 2013. The band decided to continue in 2014 with concerts in the UAE, Far East & Australia and Europe for the 14 On Fire tour. He was ranked 37th in Rolling Stone magazine’s 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash states that Taylor had the biggest influence on him.
Mick Taylor performed the lead guitar solo on the 1988 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts top-10 single, “I Hate Myself for Loving You.” Taylor guested with the Grateful Dead on 24 September 1988 at the last show of that year’s Madison Square Garden run in New York. Taylor lived in New York throughout the 1980s. He battled with addiction problems before getting back on track in the second half of the 1980s and moving to Los Angeles in 1990.[citation needed] During this time Taylor did session work and toured in Europe, America and Japan with a band including; [29] either Eric Parker or Bernard Purdie on drums Wilbur Bascomb on bass and Max Middleton (formerly of the Jeff Beck Group), Shane Fontayne, and Blondie Chaplin. In 1990, his CD Stranger in This Town was released by Maze Records, backed up by a mini-tour including the record release party at the Hard Rock Cafe as well as gigs at the Paradise Theater. (by wikipedia)
And here´s a superb and excellent audience tape from this period, another item from my audience tapes collection.
And we hear a great Mick Taylor with his beautiful blues guitar and a real good band … they set the place on fire .. includig a cover version of the ZZ Top song “Goin´ Down To Mexico” and a pretty good version of “Red House ”
And the last encore was a killer version of “Jumpin´ Jack Flash” …
Personnel:
Wilbur Bascomb (bass)
Shayne Fontane (guitar)
Max Middleton
Eric Parker (drums)
Mick Taylor (leadguitar, vocals)
Tracklist:
01. I Wonder Why (You´re So Mean To Me) (Lyons) 5.51
02. Announcement 0.18
03. Laundromat Blues (King) 5.31
04. Leather Jacket (Taylor) 6.09
05. Goin´ Down To Mexico (Gibbons/Hill/Ham) 7.18
06. Redhouse (Hendrix) 10.18
07. Goin´South (Part 1) (Oden) 11.30
08. Goin´South (Part 2) (Oden) 6.19
09. Announcement 0.20
10. Blues In The Morning (King) 8.47
11. Little Red Rooster (Dixon) 5.52
12. Announcement 0.13
13. Boogie Man (King) 7.38
14. Stranger In Town (Taylor) 5.55
15. Jumpin´ Jack Flash (Jagger/Richards) 6.12
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16. Live at the Zeche (uncut edition, Part 1) 47.20
17. Live at the Zeche (uncut edition, Part 2) 43.45
This is a great sampler from Mexico !
For the first of two tribute albums to John Lee Hooker, executive producer Arnie Goodman of Blue Storm Music has assembled an impressive list of British musicians from the 1960s who helped spark the ’60s blues revival that was responsible for the ascension of Hooker (among others) into legendary status. The biggest name on his own is Jeff Beck, who plays guitar on “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” and “Hobo Blues,” but other notable figures include Cream’s Jack Bruce, Leo Lyons and Ric Lee from Ten Years After, Procol Harum’s Gary Brooker, ex-Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, former Fleetwood Mac leader Peter Green, and Gary Moore. The performers are reverent toward Hooker’s music, maintaining its relentless rhythmic power and even at times re-creating the master’s haunting mumble of a voice. The set is not entirely given over to the Brits, however, as it opens with 
“I Want to Hug You,” sung by Hooker’s daughter, Zakiya, and ends with Hooker himself, accompanied by Booker T. Jones and Randy California, among others, performing a previously unreleased “Red House” that was cut for a Jimi Hendrix tribute album. There is also a newly written song (“The Business”) penned by Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and Bay Area musician Greg Anton that was earmarked for a Hooker project never recorded due to his death. Such tracks provide some variety, but the strength of the album is still in the devoted performances of people like Beck and Green. (by William Ruhlmann )
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