Career
Taylor played banjo and mandolin as a child, and began playing dobro at age 14, learning to use the instrument with a distinctive flat-picking style. Later in the 1960s, he played with the Dixie Gentlemen and in John Hartford"s Aereo-Plain band. Taylor became a local Nashville, Tennessee fixture.
In 1970, he co-founded the instrument shop GTR there, soon after releasing another solo album.
He also co-founded the Old Time Pickin" Parlor, a Nashville venue noted for performances of old-time music, as well as Tut Taylor"s General Store. In a March, 1992 interview, Neil Young reported having bought Hank Williams" Martin Doctorate-28 Guitar from Tut Taylor.
Taylor died on April 9, 2015.