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Todd Taylor

  • Todd Taylor banjo pickup from 12 Bar Blues Pickups

    February 21, 2023 | by John Lawless

    The 12 Bar Blues Pickups company in Connecticut has announced their latest model, a banjo pickup endorsed by Todd Taylor. 12 Bar Blues Pickups is a small, family business run by father and son Marshall and Jon Hammett. Their speciality is

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  • Todd Taylor hospitalized with COVID

    December 8, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Popular South Carolina banjo player Todd Taylor, known for his unique style of rock 'n' roll banjo, has been hospitalized with COVID 19. He is said to be in stable condition, but his doctors are watching him closely as he

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  • Johnny Be Goode video from banjo man Todd Taylor

    October 21, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Ever since he was a young teen, Todd Taylor has been making waves with his banjo, appearing on many different television outlets and on the Grand Ole Opry. The five string first captured his attention when he was only six

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  • Todd Taylor’s Amazing Grace video

    September 7, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Celebrated South Carolina banjo player Todd Taylor has released a single for his instrumental arrangement of the gospel classic Amazing Grace, as transcribed in his Hal Leonard book, Todd Taylor's Gospel Banjo. Since he was a preteen, Taylor has been performing all

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  • Cheetos Flamin’ Hot Popcorn makes Todd Taylor pick the banjo fast

    March 19, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Cheetos brand has chosen Nashville banjo player Todd Taylor to help them promote two new products, their Flamin' Hot Popcorn and the Flamin' Hot Wings sold by Cosmic Wings, prepared by Applebee's. Todd has been a professional musician most of his

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  • Todd Taylor recovering after hospital stay

    July 2, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Nashville banjo player Todd Taylor is recuperating at home following a brief hospitalization for pneumonia. He wanted to let his many friends who are aware of his serious health issues knowthat he was doing well, and is on the mend. Todd

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  • Todd Taylor does it again in South Carolina

    May 7, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Banjo man Todd Taylor is taking over the government of South Carolina! Or so it might seem from his visits so far early this year. In March he was invited to the state legislature for the pronouncement of South Carolina Banjo

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  • South Carolina launches Banjo Day in honor of Todd Taylor

    March 16, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Senator Glen Reese, Todd Taylor, and Senator Shane Martin on Todd "Banjoman" Taylor Day in South Carolina The South Carolina General Assembly has passed a resolution marking March 14, 2018 as South Carolina Banjo Day, in honor of native son Todd

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  • Todd Taylor with Cage & Focx

    December 27, 2013 | by George White

    Banjo man Todd Taylor captured lightning on tape in the mid '80s when he covered Free Bird and successfully crossed over into mainstream music enough to make the Top 40 with a gold record. Now, like blazing hot sauce on

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  • Indescribable – Todd Taylor

    January 30, 2013 | by John Curtis Goad

    Who’s the world record setting banjoist with 5 Grammy nominations that you may have never heard of? That's Spartanburg, South Carolina native Todd Taylor. Having established the Guinness World Record for “fastest banjo player” at 210 beats per minute with

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