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Steve Taylor is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was the keyboardist for Oakland band Rogue Wave, in addition to performing solo locally and internationally. He was born in the College Greens ghetto of Sacramento, California, where he attended Saint Ignatius Catholic School followed by a period at the Sacramento Waldorf School, attending at the same time as Daniel Gorman of !!!. Dropping out in 10th grade following a period of misdiagnosed obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), he later enrolled at Sacramento High School. He then moved to Seattle and attended the University of Washington. On the side he began playing with various local musicians, including Jason McGerr, future drummer of Death Cab for Cutie. In 2001, he recorded his debut self titled EP with Martin Feveyear. Still searching for his niche, he moved to New York, attending The New School Jazz and Contemporary Music Program, where his fellow students included Georgia Ann Muldrow. While in NYC, he joined the Afrobeat band Akoya, playing tenor guitar. While getting settled in New York, tragedy struck when the one story building he was living in in Williamsburg, Brooklyn collapsed while he was sleeping. While Steve was unhurt, it destroyed many of his belongings, including rare musical equipment. Never regaining his footing, he left New York, settling in Nevada City for a time, and eventually San Francisco, CA. It was here that after listening to gospel music outside of a Baptist church in the Western Addition neighborhood, he was invited inside to join in a jam session. After this chance meeting, he become a sought after guitarist, and sometime pianist, in various African American churches, often being the only white person present. In 2008 he did a tour playing keyboards with hip hop bands Zion I and The Mighty Underdogs, and in 2009 began playing keyboards and guitorgan with Rogue Wave, contributing to their 2010 album, ''Permalight''. In February 2008, after recording off and on for four years, Taylor released his first full length CD ''Has The Size of The Road Got The Better of You?'', a mixture of Laurel Canyon folk, Brill Building soul, and psych rock arrangements. The album was performed entirely by Steve Taylor on guitar, organ, piano, Crumar Orchestrator, bass and drums, except for a couple of tracks, which featured Marco Benevento and Joe Russo on organ and drums, respectively. The album is currently out of print after selling out of the initial pressing of 1000 copies. Taylor is an active busker, playing at Fisherman's Wharf and farmer's markets when not on tour with Rogue Wave. His next album, an acoustic guitar based set called "The Land of Milk and Honey" is due in the summer of 2010. He's also concurrently working on an electric gospel and psych rock influenced album. ==International career== Following his great performances in the domestic and Under-19 arena, he was given the call-up to play in USA's 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four campaign, where they had gained promotion from Division Five.〔 (United States of America Squad, ICC World Cricket League Division Four, 2010 ) ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2011〕 USA won the tournament, demolishing Italy in the final,〔 (Cush century takes USA to title triumph ) ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2011〕 with Taylor playing throughout the tournament. In the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, however, USA could not replicate their past success, finishing 5th out of 6 teams.〔 (Unhappy ending for USA ) ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2011〕 They were thus relegated back to Division Four. In 2012 Steve Taylor was picked as to be a part of the United States national cricket team at the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Azerbaijan in September 2012. However, the same year he was also selected for the 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four which took place from 3 to 10 September 2012 in Paris, the capital city of France in Europe. So Taylor then became the first U.S. batsman to record a century in Twenty20 competition in the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Americas Region Twenty20 Division One tournament in March 2013. He scored 101 off 62 balls against Bermuda. He added a second century when he scored 127 not out against the Cayman Islands.〔http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/625294.html〕 Later in the year, he represented the United States in the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, where he led all batters with 274 runs, for a run rate of 45.66. He scored a century in that tournament when he scored 162 in the opening match against Nepal.〔http://www.espncricinfo.com/wcldiv3-2013/engine/current/match/628081.html〕 When in town on Tuesday nights, he leads the Oakland Improv Collective at The Layover, which features a rotating cast of musicians from Rogue Wave, Bright Eyes, Crown City Rockers, and others, playing improvised krautrock grooves. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steve Taylor (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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