Dick Taylor

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Richard Clifford 'Dick' Taylor (born 28 January 1943, Dartford, Kent, England) was an early bass player for Rolling Stones. He left to become an art student at Sidcup Art College and while there formed The Pretty Things in September 1963. Taylor now lives on the Isle of Wight, England.

[edit] Career

In July 1962, while Taylor was at Sidcup Art College, the Rolling Stones was formed when Taylor, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' three-piece, Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys joined Brian Jones and Ian Stewart's Rollin' Stones. Taylor was pushed into bassist position to accommodate Jones (before Jones, Taylor played lead guitar in the band).

In November 1962, Taylor left to return to art college; Bill Wyman succeeded him as The Rolling Stones' bassist in December 1962.

Later in 1963, Taylor formed The Pretty Things with Phil May and once again played his preferred guitar position. During a break from The Pretty Things after the 1968 S.F. Sorrow album, Taylor produced Hawkwind's debut album, on which he also played guitar. His contribution to punk rock was a recording by Auntie Pus, and during the second half of the 1980s Taylor played guitar with the English post-punk band The Mekons. He recorded with Andre Williams in Chicago for George Paulus' St. George Records. The core members of The Pretty Things remain in the band to this day, and released the Balboa Island album in 2007 on the Cote Basque record label.

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