We had become fans of country music and show business in general at a very young age. Probably sparked by our many family vacations in Nashville, Tn,  where we saw lots of shows, musicians & singers, met many country stars, attended TV tapings of Hee Haw, and enjoyed going to the Opryland USA theme park.

     We started playing guitars at age 12 and took piano lessons.   We began songwriting  by age 16, and started recording our original songs and started pitching them to famous singers, in hopes of getting some recorded.   We started our first band at age 16 in our hometown of Genesee, Michigan.  Our first gig was a friends Birthday party. We played some country music, and old rock stuff  like Stairway to Heaven and Proud Mary.
 

      Next we performed at Church dances.  Our first paid gig was a girl scout dance. We made $15. 00 each.  Then we started performing as a duo, hoping to be the next Everly Bros.   We were winning talent shows left and right. The most prestigious being   Chesaning Showboat, in Chesaning, MI., which helped kick start our local presence as entertainers.   The Country Boy Eddie Show in Birmingham, Alabama was our first  TV show. We hooked up with the this show while visiting our relatives in Alabama.  Our Mom is from Vinemont, just north of Cullman. We love it down there. Talk about country.  At age 18 we put together another band and moved on to VFW Halls, &   EAGLES Clubs.   Town festivals, county fairs and weddings came next.
       By this time our musical style had become mostly country.   By 1985, we were the opening act for many country stars who came to perform locally, such as Eddie Rabbit, Marie Osmond, Mickey Gilley and Charlie Daniels.  We also became concert promoters, and produced shows with Exile and  Boxcar Willie.  Our fans had grown into a fan club of about a thousand.   We recorded 3 original songs in a local studio, and received some local radio airplay.  For 9 years, from 1980 to 1989 we were performing music every weekend  and worked at the family business, Taylor Steel Co. during the week.  Of course, our dream of making music a career finally festered into a big move to Nashville, Tn. in 1989.

   Many part time jobs such as driving cars at the Nashville Auto Auction,  and waiting tables helped pay the bills, while we learned the Nashville scene and soaked up the atmosphere.  We became entertainers at the Opryland USA themepark our second year.   We made many friends and musical associations at Opryland, while  surrounded by legends of the Grand Ole Opry like Roy Acuff, Brenda Lee,  Porter Wagoner, and Jim Ed Brown.  We continued to write songs and pitch them to publishers and artists, hoping to score a hit.  We did have some success with a self recorded song "A Firemans Prayer",
   a world famous poem which we wrote the music for.   The poem is considered an anthem by fire fighters around the world.   As writers , and members of BMI , a music licensing agency which collects royalties for its members, we receive royalties checks from domestic and foreign airplay still from this song.  We performed it on TNNs TV show Nashville Now in 1993. And sold  about 12000 copies.

   The Nashville music industry is a hard nut to crack. We spent 5-1/2 years   networking, creating contacts, and trying to open every door we could.  We worked some studio sessions as background singers,   performed on some local Nashville TV & Radio shows such as the WSM  morning show and the Earnest Tubb Records Shop Radio show,   and Co-wrote with some very notable song writers.   We continued to record and pitch our original songs while traveling  all over the midwest with our band, performing at State Fairs, Casinos,  and Nightclubs, from North Dakota to West Virginia. Opening shows for many big names like Ronnie Milsap, Larry Gatlin, and Lee Greenwood.  As members of the Nashville Association of Talent Directors we helped  promote the International Music Festival in Nashville.   We participated in the Country Radio Seminar Convention and Country Music Associations' Country Buyers Conventios each year.  We had a fan club booth at Fan Fair, in 1993. That was a lot of fun.  We made a lot of friends in Nashville and had a great time.

     We moved back to Michigan in 1994 to join our Dad at Taylor Steel.  With a large facility expansion and customer base we stay very busy satisfying the need for steel at Mid-Michigan machine & tool & die building companies.
   
   While in Nashville we developed the Taylor Brothers Door Lock,  a home security device. We received a patent and now have it manufactured.   We showcased it at the National Hardware Show in Chicago and are hoping to find a major distributor to include it in their product line.   Its available online at www.taylorbrothersdoorlock.com
   We have sold it all over the world in countries such as Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Canada, India, England, Kuwait, Mexico, New Zealand, Indonesia, and the USA.   It is really an exciting project.   Of course, The Taylor Brothers Band continues to perform year round.