John Taylor

John was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and grew up in Buckie, a fishing port on the Banffshire coast. He started playing fiddle when he was eight years old. Later, as a student, he played occasionally at folk clubs in Edinburgh and after graduating played for about a year with a folk group in Edinburgh. In 1979 he moved to California and a few years later got back into fiddling as a result of his family's involvement with Highland Games. He joined two brothers from Belfast in the Scottish/Irish folk group "Emerald", who were Bay Area pub favourites for more than 15 years. He plays regularly throughout the US and Canada for Scotttish Country Dancing and has recorded albums with the dance band "Fiddlesticks and Ivory" and with pianist Andy Imbrie. Since meeting Ed Miller in Southern California several years ago, the two have performed together regularly, and at the Arlington Scottish Festival a few years ago John met Brian. The three worked together during the recording of Ed's "Lowlander" album, and as a follow-up, John has just completed a brand new album, "After the Dance", produced by Brian, and featuring both Ed and Brian in the line-up.

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