The Artist Bio
About Tommy Taylor
One could say that Tommy Taylor has one of those classic "you don't know me, but you've heard me" musician stories. He has spent years as the drummer and backing vocalist behind singer/songwriter (Grammy and Oscar winner) Christopher Cross an guitarist Eric Johnson. Tommy has also played behind: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Charlie Sexton, Will Sexton, Sara Hickman, Charlie and Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis, Jake Andrews, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Benson and Shawn Colvin.
After spending decades as a sideman, Tommy stepped out from behind the drum kit to record an album of his own material, titled Across The Stars. The album demonstrates all that he learned in 50 years of supporting some of the biggest names in music, featuring nine cinematic stories filtered through a lifetime of insights and emotions, delivered in his tenor voice that falls somewhere between the lilt of Jackson Browne's and the edge of Don Henley.
With a little help from Christopher Cross, legendary record producer and keyboardist Michael Omartian (Christopher Cross, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, Amy Grant, Steely Dan, Glen Campbell, Boz Scaggs, Jerry Garcia and Dolly Parton) agreed to play on Tommy’s album, and Across the Stars was released on September 22, 2023.
Tommy performs the songs on the album, and more, in an acoustic format with help from Ryan St. Clair, all over the south.