Person of Interest: Taylor Radio

This week’s local person of interest is Taylor Radio, you may have heard or seen him around town.  Taylor is a musician, fairly new to Boulder but has been embracing the Boulder culture and says ‘he likes it here’.  He has been on the road for the past eight years ‘gig’ing’ it all over the world. 

Taylor is not a one note musician; he plays everything from Johnny Cash and Elvis to modern music like Outkast and Bruno Mars.  He plays a variety of music because growing up he had a very eclectic collection of music.  The first three cd’s he owned was Ace Of Base "I Saw The Sign," Kriss Kross "Jump" and Snow "12 Inches of Snow." 

Although he plays a variety of instruments his go-to is to sing and play guitar.  He first started playing when he was 15 on a guitar that his uncle lent him.  Amazingly Taylor was never formally instructed in music and learned everything he knows from self-taught and his musical ear.   His thirst for performing for people came in high school when he was tired of watching his friends on stage and him being in the crowd.  He wanted to be on stage, to make the crowd move and sway.  To have such influence over the mood of an entire room of people.  Taylor said, ‘a good show can be almost haunting. I love to play live.’

Curious to see him play?  This past week Taylor played at Lucky Joe’s in Fort Collins and is booked back again April 18^th.  He is also playing a gig February 4^th at Eldora Mountain Resort in their Corona Bar from 2-5.  Trying to stay local, you can find him around The Rock N’ Soul Café off Arapahoe on Monday nights, the Attic on Tuesday nights, or Thursday’s between the Outback Saloon on 28^th and Catacombs Bar downtown.

If you want to know more about Taylor Radio or follow his music,  you can find him on his Facebook, www.facebook.com/pages/Taylor-Radio/286537921384783, on Twitter @TayRadioMusic, or see a sample of his music on Youtube, www.youtube.com/user/TaylorRadioMusic.

Thanks for the story Taylor and good luck on your musical journey!

Matt Ullrich, ullrich@boulderco.com, REMAXonBOULDER