Ben Taylor (musician)

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Ben Taylor (born Benjamin Simon Taylor on January 22, 1977) is a musician and actor. He is the son of James Taylor and Carly Simon. His sister, Sally Taylor, is also a musician. At the age of three he was diagnosed with a dysplastic kidney, which had to be removed.^[1]

On his first released album Famous Among the Barns and his EP #1, Taylor collaborated with friends Adam MacDougall and Larry Ciancia to form "The Ben Taylor Band." Ultimately deciding that this path (which yielded music that Taylor describes as "neo-psychodelic folk funk") did not represent his true musical nature, Taylor released a follow-up solo album that is much more acoustic in nature and more in line with his family roots. That solo effort, Another Run Around the Sun, featured background vocals by his sister and mother, drumming by Larry Ciancia (of The Ben Taylor Band), and bass guitar by Kevin Bacon (not the actor) who also produced.

Contents 1 Acting 2 Charitable work 3 Discography 3.1 Green Dragon, Name a Fox (Recorded circa 1997) (Unreleased) 3.2 Famous Among the Barns (2003) 3.3 EP #1 (2004, EP) 3.4 Another Run Around the Sun (2005) 3.5 Deeper Than Gravity (2006, EP) 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Acting

Taylor's most recent role was that of Cal Coooper on American Dreams (2004). He's also appeared on the UK Show Always and Everyone (1999).

[edit] Charitable work

Taylor appears on the CD Too Many Years contributing the original track "Listen to The Music" to benefit Clear Path International's work with land mine survivors.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Green Dragon, Name a Fox (Recorded circa 1997) (Unreleased)

1. "Just A Dream"
2. "Paradise"
3. "Revenge"
4. "Broken Tonight"
5. "It May Take Some Time"
6. "Lie Down My Love"
7. "Well Enough Alone"
8. "Surround Me"
9. "I'm Doing Something Bad"
10. "Losing My Resistance"
11. "I Can't Believe It"
12. "Tower For Fools (Just In Time To Fall Down)"
13. "Jamie Loves the Ocean"

[edit] Famous Among the Barns (2003)

1. "Island"
2. "Let It Grow"
3. "I Am the Sun"
4. "Day After Day"
5. "No More Running Away"
6. "Safe Enough To Wake Up"
7. "Time of the Season"
8. "Just Like Everyone Else"
9. "A Good Day To Be Alive"
10. "Mushroom Dance"
11. "Rain"
12. "Tonight"

[edit] EP #1 (2004, EP)

1. "Day After Day" (edit)
2. "Island" (acoustic with Carly Simon)
3. "I'll Be Fine" (super rough mix)
4. "Surround Me" (acoustic version)

[edit] Another Run Around the Sun (2005)

1. "Nothing I Can Do"
2. "You Must Have Fallen"
3. "Think a Man Would Know"
4. "Someday Soon"
5. "One Man Day"
6. "Always"
7. "Digest"
8. "I'll Be Fine"
9. "Surround Me"
10. "Love"
11. "More Beautiful"

[edit] Deeper Than Gravity (2006, EP)

1. "Nothing I Can Do"
2. "I Try"
3. "Digest"
4. "You Belong To Me"
5. "Lady Magic"
6. "Glory Box"

[edit] External links

• Ben Taylor Band (Official site)
• Ben Taylor Online (Unofficial site)
• Ben Taylor at Myspace.com (Official MySpace site)
• Ben Taylor at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC News Online: "Taylor steps out of family shadow" from October 2006
• Ben Taylor exclusive on peta2

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.tv.com/ben-taylor/person/39064/summary.html