Background
He was born in Jenks (a suburb of Tulsa) Oklahoma. Taylor was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the second of seven children born to Clarke Walker Hanson and Diana Frances Hanson.
He was born in Jenks (a suburb of Tulsa) Oklahoma. Taylor was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the second of seven children born to Clarke Walker Hanson and Diana Frances Hanson.
He sings both lead and back-up vocals, and plays keyboard, percussion (including drums, bongos and the tambourine), guitar, harmonica, and piano. He is also the lead singer of supergroup Tinted Windows. Taylor sings and plays keyboard and the piano with the band Hanson.
At the time, Isaac was eleven, Taylor was nine, and Zac was six.
They performed as an a cappella group outside clubs in their hometown of Tulsa. On May 6, 1997, the band released their first major studio album, Middle of Nowhere, with Mercury Records.
The first single, "MMMBop", made it to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. May 6 has been declared "Hanson Day" in Tulsa in honor of the release of Middle of Nowhere.
lieutenant was announced in early 2009 that Taylor, along with former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Cheap Trick drummer Bun East. Carlos and Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger, formed a new band called Tinted Windows.
The band played their first publicized gig at SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 20, 2009. Their first album was released on April 21, 2009.