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Chad David Taylor (born November 24, 1970, in York, Pennsylvania)^{[citation needed]} is an American guitarist and backing vocalist for the band The Gracious Few and former guitarist for the band Live. Live have sold over 20 million records,[1] including the 8× platinum album Throwing Copper.[2]

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Chad Taylor
Taylor in 2011
Background information
Born	(1970-11-24) November 24, 1970 (age 51)[citation needed]
Origin	York, Pennsylvania, United States
Genres	Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock, pop rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer, writer[clarification needed]
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1980s–present
Labels	Radioactive Records Epic Records Questionable Entertainment

Career

Taylor was the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the band Live and had appeared on all their albums to June 2022. He met his Live bandmates aged 13 in middle school in York, Pennsylvania. When vocalist Ed Kowalczyk left the band in 2009, Taylor formed the band The Gracious Few along with Live bandmates Patrick Dahlheimer and Chad Gracey and Kevin Martin and Sean Hennesy from Candlebox. They released their debut album The Gracious Few in 2010. In 2011, he announced that Live would reform without Kowalczyk. In 2012, Live reformed with new lead singer Chris Shinn. In June 2022, he was fired from the band.[3]

Taylor has produced records for other artists, including the 1996 album Happily Ever After by Solution A.D. and Play the Piano Drunk, the debut EP of his brother Adam Taylor.[4]

Chad is a principal partner in the company Aurora Creative Group,[5] which has developed shows for The History Channel, Discovery Channel, Telemundo, Food Network, HBO and Speed Channel. In addition he co-produced the feature films Home^{[clarification needed]}[6] and Another Harvest Moon[7] and was executive producer of the video The Barkan Method: Hot Yoga which features his wife Lisa.

In June, 2022, Live lead singer Ed Kowalczyk announced that Taylor had been fired from the band.[8]

Personal life

Taylor is married to Lisa, a yoga practitioner. They have three children, Ruby Lou, Scarlett and Delilah. They live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[9]

Discography

With Live

• all albums to date

With The Gracious Few

• The Gracious Few (2010)

Equipment used

Taylor's equipment was listed in a September 2010 interview with Guitar Edge magazine.[10]

• Guitars: Two Gibson 1959 Les Paul Reissues.
• Amps and Cabinets: Early 1960s Marshall JMP, Marshall 4x12 cabinet with Celestion 30-watt Greenbacks, Orange AD30HTC.

See also

• List of alternative-rock artists
• List of guitarists
• List of people from Baltimore
• List of people from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• List of people from York, Pennsylvania

References

External links

• Chad Taylor at AllMusic
• Chad Taylor at IMDb
• Aurora Creative Group

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Chad Taylor (Baltimore, Maryland, Estados Unidos, 24 de noviembre de 1970) es el guitarrista de la banda The Gracious Few y exmiembro fundador de la banda Live. Live ha vendido más de 20 millones de discos en su carrera,[1] incluyendo el certificado por la RIAA 8 veces disco de platino Throwing Copper.[2] Conoció a los que serían fundadores de Live a los 13 años en un colegio de York, Pennsylvania.

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