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| name              = Mick Taylor
| image             = Mick Taylor 2.jpg
| alt               = 
| caption           = Taylor performing in 2012
| native_name_lang  = en
| birth_name        = Michael Kevin Taylor
| alias             = Little Mick<ref>{{Cite book |title=I'm Just Dead, I'm Not Gone |last=Dickinson |first=Jim |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |year=2017 |isbn=9781496811202 |pages=193}}</ref>
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|1|17}}
| birth_place       = [[Welwyn Garden City]], [[Hertfordshire]], England
| genre             = {{flatlist|
*[[Rock music|Rock]]
*[[British blues]]
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| occupations       = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}}
| instruments       = {{hlist|Guitar|vocals}}
| years_active      = 1964–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[Decca Records|Decca]]|[[Rolling Stones Records|Rolling Stones]]|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]|[[EMI]]|[[Virgin Records|Virgin]]|[[Columbia Records|CBS]]|Maze}}
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|[[John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers|John Mayall's Bluesbreakers]]|[[The Rolling Stones]]|[[Jack Bruce|The Jack Bruce Band]]|[[The Gods (band)|The Gods]]}}
}}

'''Michael Kevin Taylor''' (born 17 January 1949) is an English guitarist, best known as a former member of [[John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers|John Mayall's Bluesbreakers]] (1967–1969) and [[the Rolling Stones]] (1969–1974). As a member of the Stones, he appeared on ''[[Let It Bleed]]'' (1969), ''[[Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!]]'' (1970), ''[[Sticky Fingers]]'' (1971), ''[[Exile on Main St.]]'' (1972), ''[[Goats Head Soup]]'' (1973), ''[[It's Only Rock 'n Roll]]'' (1974), and ''[[Tattoo You]]'' (1981).

Since leaving the Rolling Stones in December 1974, Taylor has worked with numerous other artists and released several solo albums. From November 2012 onwards, he participated in the Stones' 50th-Anniversary shows in London and Newark, and in the band's [[50 & Counting]] tour, which included North America, [[Glastonbury Festival]] and [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] in 2013.

Taylor was ranked 37th in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.<ref name="RS magazine 100 greatest 37">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/mick-taylor-20111122 |title=100 Greatest Guitarists |year=2011 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=1 January 2015}}</ref> [[Guns N' Roses]] guitarist [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] states that Taylor has had the biggest influence on him.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/magazine/30-30-greatest-guitarists-picked-greatest-guitarists |title=Thirty Great Guitarists – Including Steve Vai, David Gilmour and Eddie Van Halen – Pick the Greatest Guitarists of All Time |page=6 |work=[[Guitar World]] |date=14 April 2014 |access-date=14 June 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
===1949–1969: Early life===
Taylor was born to a working-class family in [[Welwyn Garden City]], then raised in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire]], England, where his father worked as a [[Fitter (occupation)|fitter]] for the [[De Havilland]] aircraft company.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jim Sheridan|title=Mick Taylor Re-examined, Part 1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030803005046/http://micktaylor.net/MT_re-examinedp1.htm|url-status=dead|url=http://micktaylor.net/MT_re-examinedp1.htm|archive-date=3 August 2003}}</ref> He began playing guitar at age nine, learning from his mother's younger brother. As a teenager, he formed bands with schoolmates and started performing concerts under names such as the Juniors and the Strangers. They also appeared on television and put out a single.<ref>(Nico Zentgraf, The Complete Works of the Rolling Stones: Taylor-Made Works May 1964 – August 2004, published by Stoneware Publishing, Hamburg, 2004)</ref> Part of the band was recruited for a new group called [[The Gods (band)|the Gods]], which included [[Ken Hensley]] (later of [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] fame). In 1966, the Gods opened for [[Cream (band)|Cream]] at the Starlite Ballroom in [[Wembley]].

On April 18, 1966, at age 17, Taylor went to see a [[John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers|John Mayall's Bluesbreakers]] performance at The Hop, Woodhall Community Centre, Welwyn Garden City, and since [[Eric Clapton]] was absent, Taylor got to play in his stead.<ref>Marc Roberty, "Eric Clapton, Day By Day, The Early Years, 1963-1982" p.41</ref>{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} After playing the second set, and garnering Mayall's respect, Taylor left the stage, joined his friends and exited the venue before Mayall could speak with him. Still, this encounter proved pivotal in Taylor's career, when Mayall needed someone to fill [[Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]]'s vacancy the following year when Green quit to form [[Fleetwood Mac]]. Mayall placed a 'Guitarist Wanted' advert in the weekly ''Melody Maker'' music paper, and got a response from Taylor, whom he readily invited to join.<ref name="On the Road, MT">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he8OLo9HPJs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/he8OLo9HPJs |archive-date=2021-11-07 | url-status=live|title=On the road with Mick Taylor |last=Taylor|first=Mick|author2=Patrick Savey |author3=Daniel Farhi |year=1998|work=Video for television: On the Road with Mick Taylor|publisher=New Morning Vision|access-date=27 February 2010|location=France}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Taylor made his debut with the Bluesbreakers at the [[Manor House, London#The Manor House pub|Manor House]], an old blues club in north London. For those in the music scene the night was an event ..."Let's go and see this 17-year-old kid try and replace Eric".<ref>(Robert Greenfield, S.T.P., A Journey Through America with the Rolling Stones, published by Michael Joseph Ltd, 1974. Reprinted by Helter Skelter Publishing, London 1997 quote from Chapter Four, page 103)</ref>

Taylor toured and recorded the album ''[[Crusade (album)|Crusade]]'' with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. From 1966 to 1969, Taylor developed a guitar style that is blues-based with [[Latin American music|Latin]] and [[jazz]] influences. He is the guitarist on the Bluesbreaker albums ''[[Crusade (album)|Crusade]]'', ''Diary of a Band'', ''[[Bare Wires]]'', and ''[[Blues from Laurel Canyon]]''. Later in his career, he further developed his skills as a [[slide guitar]]ist.

===1969–1974: The Rolling Stones===
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[[File:Mick Taylor2.jpg|thumb|Taylor performing with the Rolling Stones in the 1970s]]
After [[Brian Jones]] and the Rolling Stones parted ways in June 1969, John Mayall and [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]] recommended Taylor to [[Mick Jagger]]. Taylor believed he was being called in to be a [[session musician]] at his first studio session with the Rolling Stones.<ref name="Classic Bands interview">{{cite web|last=James|first=Gary|title=Gary James' Interview With Mick Taylor of the Rolling Stones|website=Classic Bands |url=http://www.classicbands.com/MickTaylorInterview.html|access-date=21 February 2008}}</ref> An impressed Jagger and [[Keith Richards]] invited Taylor back the following day to continue rehearsing and recording with the band. He overdubbed guitar on "[[Country Honk]]" and "[[Live With Me]]" for the album ''[[Let It Bleed]]'', and on the single "[[Honky Tonk Women]]" released in the UK on 4 July 1969.<ref name="tioos-htw">{{cite web|last =McPherson |first=Ian |title=Track Talk: Honky Tonk Women|url=http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOHonky.html|access-date=23 August 2008}}</ref><ref name="nzentgraf">{{cite web|last=Zentgraf|first=Nico|title=The Complete Works of the Rolling Stones 1962–2008|url=http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/works1.htm|access-date=24 August 2008}}</ref>

Taylor's onstage debut as a Rolling Stone, at the age of 20, was the [[The Stones in the Park|free concert in Hyde Park]], London on 5 July 1969. An estimated quarter of a million people attended for a show that turned into a tribute to Brian Jones, who had died two days before the concert.<ref name="tioos-sf">{{cite web|last=McPherson|first=Ian|title=Track Talk: Sticky Fingers|url=http://www.timeisonourside.com/lpFingers.html|access-date=23 August 2008}}</ref>

During their [[The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972|1972 American Tour]], [[Truman Capote]] profiled members of the band for an ultimately unfinished article for [[Rolling Stone]]; he would later describe Taylor to [[Johnny Carson]] on [[The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson|The Tonight Show]] as "pretty, a little [[Jean Harlow]] blond-type, but dumb, and totally uninteresting."<ref>{{cite book |last=Greenfield |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Greenfield |date=2010 |title=Stones Tour Party: A Journey Through America with the Rolling Stones |location=London |publisher=Aurum Press |page=166 |isbn=978-1-84513-515-7}}</ref>

Between recording sessions, the band members were living in various countries as UK income tax exiles, with Taylor himself owing the [[Inland Revenue]] £22,000 after having spent less than a year and a half in the band.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sandford |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Sandford (biographer) |date=2012 |title=The Rolling Stones: 50 Years |location=London |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=222 |isbn=978-0-85-720102-7}}</ref>

Taylor took the opportunity to work on various side projects during his tenure with the Rolling Stones. In June 1973, he joined [[Mike Oldfield]] onstage at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]] in a performance of Oldfield's ''[[Tubular Bells]]''. Taylor was asked to take part in this project by [[Richard Branson]], as he felt Oldfield was a relative unknown, having just been signed to Branson's fledgling label, [[Virgin Records]]. Taylor joined Oldfield once more for a [[BBC television]] broadcast in November 1973. Taylor would also perform on the [[Herbie Mann]] albums ''[[London Underground (album)|London Underground]]'' and ''[[Reggae (album)|Reggae]]'', both recorded in 1973.

===1973–1975: ''It's Only Rock 'n Roll''===
After the [[The Rolling Stones European Tour 1973|1973 European tour]] (during which Taylor had taken to playing alongside opening act [[Billy Preston]]), Richards' drug problems had worsened, and began to compromise the band's ability to function.<ref>Davis, Stephen, ''Old Gods Almost Dead: The 40-Year Odyssey of The Rolling Stones'', pp. 377–78, Broadway Books; {{ISBN|0-7679-0312-9}}, 2004</ref> In November 1973, Taylor underwent surgery for acute [[sinusitis]] and missed some of the sessions when the band began working on the LP ''[[It's Only Rock 'n Roll]]'' at [[Musicland Studios]] in Munich.<ref>Elliott, M – The Rolling Stones Complete Recording Sessions, page 220. Cherry Red Books, 2002; {{ISBN|1-901447-04-9}}</ref> [[Tony Sanchez (photographer)|Tony Sanchez]], a photographer and acquaintance, would later allege that this was related to Taylor's "ever-increasing"<ref name="Sanchez">{{cite book |last=Sanchez |first=Tony |author-link=Tony Sanchez (photographer) |date=2010 |title=Up and Down with The Rolling Stones |location=London |publisher=John Blake Publishing |pages=329–331 |isbn=978-1-84358-263-2}}</ref> use of [[cocaine]], although Taylor would later dismiss this as "complete rubbish."<ref name="Classic Bands interview"/> Not much was achieved during the first ten days at Musicland, but most of the actual recordings were made there in January 1974, and in April at [[Stargroves]], Jagger's estate in [[Hampshire]]. When Taylor resumed work with the band, he found it difficult to get along with Richards, who was reportedly abusive, discouraging him from playing and surreptitiously erasing riffs which he had already recorded.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jackson |first=Andrew Grant |date=2019 |title=1973: Rock at the Crossroads |location=New York |publisher=St. Martin's Press}}</ref> Bill Wyman recalled that Taylor began to "get very, very moody and frustrated."<ref name="Fornatale">{{cite book |last1=Fornatale |first1=Pete |author-link=Pete Fornatale |date=2013 |title=50 Licks: Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones |location=New York |publisher=Bloomsbury |pages=171–172 |isbn=978-1-60819-921-1}}</ref> According to Rolling Stones producer [[Andy Johns]], Taylor complained that Jagger and Richards "won't let me write any songs. Any time I have an idea I'm blocked out."<ref name="Fornatale"/> Johns stated that he encouraged Taylor to leave the band, and that although Taylor "would have left anyway",<ref name="Jucha">{{cite book |last=Jucha |first=Gary J. |date=2019 |title=Rolling Stones FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Bad Boys of Rock |location=Guilford, Connecticut |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |page=239 |isbn=978-1-61713-724-2}}</ref> he blamed himself for instigating it. "It was the worst thing I ever did. It wasn't a smart move...though they were jolly surprised when he quit. 'What is he, insane? No one's ever left us before!'"<ref name="Jucha"/>

Not long after those recording sessions, Taylor went on a six-week expedition to [[Brazil]], travelling down the [[Amazon River]] in a boat and exploring Latin music. Just before the release of the album in October 1974, Taylor told music journalist [[Nick Kent]] from the ''[[New Musical Express|NME]]'' about the new LP and that he had co-written "[[Till the Next Goodbye]]" and "[[Time Waits for No One (Rolling Stones song)|Time Waits for No One]]" with Jagger.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} Kent told Taylor he had seen the finished artwork for the sleeve, which revealed the absence of any songwriting credits for Taylor,<ref>{{cite book|last=Egan|first=Sean|title=The Rough Guide to the Rolling Stones|year=2006|publisher=Rough Guides/Penguin|isbn=978-1-84353-719-9|pages=104–106}}</ref> who "went silent for a second before muttering a curt 'We'll see about that!' almost under his breath. Actually, he sounded more resigned that anything else".<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Coelho |editor-first1=Victor |editor-last2=Covach |editor-first2=John |date=2019 |title=The Cambridge Companion to the Rolling Stones |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=23 |isbn=978-1-107-03026-8}}</ref> Kent claimed that Taylor's wife had encouraged him to leave the band, and dismissively stated that Taylor "felt he should get songwriting credits because Keith hadn't turned up to a few sessions and he'd done a few riffs with Jagger,"<ref name="Bockris">{{cite book |last=Bockris |first=Victor |author-link=Victor Bockris |date=2006 |title=Keith Richards: The Unauthorized Biography |location=London |publisher=Omnibus Press |pages=194–195 |isbn=978-1-84609-482-8}}</ref> while Richards claimed that Taylor "never really wrote things, in spite of what he said",<ref name="Bockris"/> and that he could have resolved his creative frustrations and engaged in solo projects while still remaining a part of the band.

{{blockquote|text=I was a bit peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that wasn't the whole reason [I left the band]. I guess I just felt like I had enough. I decided to leave and start a group with [[Jack Bruce]]. I never really felt, and I don't know why, but I never felt I was gonna stay with the Stones forever, even right from the beginning.<ref name="Classic Bands interview"/>}}

{{blockquote|text=We used to fight and argue all the time. And one of the things I got angry about was that Mick had promised to give me some credit for some of the songs – and he didn't. I believed I'd contributed enough. Let's put it this way – without my contribution those songs would not have existed. There's not many but enough, things like "[[Sway (The Rolling Stones song)|Sway]]" and "[[Moonlight Mile (song)|Moonlight Mile]]" on ''[[Sticky Fingers]]'' and a couple of others."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-rolling-stones-mick-taylor |title="Some people think that's the best version of the Stones that existed" The rise and fallout of Mick Taylor in The Rolling Stones |last=Crossley |first=Neil |date=24 July 2024 |website=MusicRadar |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref>}}

However, at the time, Taylor, who was apparently "determined to leave with a minimum of fuss",<ref name="Sanchez"/> claimed that there "was no personal animosity in the split",<ref name="Sanchez"/> and that his decision "had nothing whatsoever to do"<ref name="Sanchez"/> with credits and royalties.

Taylor's last broadcast appearance with the Rolling Stones before his departure was in the promotional videos for "[[It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)]]" and "[[Ain't Too Proud to Beg]]".<ref>{{YouTube|Kktm9rwz-dE|The Rolling Stones - Ain't Too Proud To Beg - OFFICIAL PROMO}}</ref>

In December 1974, Taylor announced he was leaving the Rolling Stones. He was attending a party hosted by Eric Clapton in London with Mick Jagger, [[Ronnie Wood]] and record producer [[Marshall Chess]].<ref name="Fornatale"/> At some point, Taylor allegedly told Jagger he was quitting the band and walked out. Taylor's decision came as a shock to many.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5605/biography|pure_url=yes}} "Mick Taylor Biography"] [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved 4 September 2007</ref> The Rolling Stones were due to start recording a new album in [[Munich]], and the entire band was reportedly angry at Taylor for leaving at such short notice.<ref>Davis 2004, p. 391</ref> Jagger claimed that he "received a call from the office that Mick Taylor wasn't coming to the Munich sessions. Then I received a call saying Mick Taylor wasn't going anywhere anymore with the Stones."<ref name="Fornatale"/> In response to questions about who would replace Taylor, Jagger spitefully commented: "No doubt we can find a brilliant six foot, three inch blond guitarist who can do his own makeup."<ref name="Fornatale"/> Jagger later stated that "I suppose it was a bit inconsiderate of him to inform us a day before we were about to enter the studios...but maybe he hadn't made up his mind until that point".<ref name="Fornatale"/> Bill Wyman claimed that "It was a very inconvenient time [...] I didn't think he did it very politely."<ref name="Fornatale"/> Richards allegedly sent Taylor a telegram the day after he left the band, stating: "Really enjoyed playing with you for the last five years. Thanks for all the turn-ons. Best wishes and love." According to his wife, Rose, "Mick just read it and started crying."<ref name="Bockris"/> Taylor's departure was officially announced on 12 and 16 December 1974: "After five and a half years Mick [Taylor] wishes a change of scene—wants the opportunity to try out new ventures, new endeavours. While we are all most sorry that he is going, we wish him great success and much happiness".<ref name="Fornatale"/> Taylor made a statement to the press:

{{blockquote|text=The last five-and-a-half years with the Stones have been very exciting and proved to be a most inspiring period. And as far as my attitude to the other four members in concerned, it is one of respect for them, both as musicians and as people. I have nothing but admiration for the group, but I feel now is the time to move on and do something new.|sign=Mick Taylor, 20 December 1974<ref name="Fornatale"/>}}

However, Taylor would later reveal that behind the scenes, things were more complicated:

{{blockquote|text=By 1974, I felt I'd gone as far as I could with the band. I didn't think they'd stay together. The records were doing well but the band was falling apart—it was in chaos...I told the Stones' office I was leaving, they asked for my gold [[American Express|Amex]] card. Mick [Jagger] tried to persuade me to stay, but I told him I was fed up and how my drug problems were beginning to worry me. Mick suggested taking six months off, but I've never been good at taking advice. Maybe I should have listened.|sign=Mick Taylor, in a 2009 interview<ref name="Jucha"/>}}

[[File:Mick Taylor 1972.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Taylor during the [[The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972|Rolling Stones 1972 tour]] in June, at [[Winterland Ballroom|Winterland]] in San Francisco]]

When interviewed by [[Jann Wenner]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' in 1995, Wenner wrote that Jagger had stated that Taylor never explained why he had left, and surmised that "[Taylor] wanted to have a solo career. I think he found it difficult to get on with Keith." In the same Wenner interview, Jagger had reportedly said of Taylor's contribution to the band: "I think he had a big contribution. He made it very musical. He was a very fluent, melodic player, which we never had, and we don't have now. Neither Keith nor Ronnie Wood (who replaced Taylor) plays that kind of style. It was very good for me working with him&nbsp;.... Mick Taylor would play very fluid lines against my vocals. He was exciting, and he was very pretty, and it gave me something to follow, to bang off. Some people think that's the best version of the band that existed".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/mick-taylor-20111122 |title=100 Greatest Guitarists: Mick Taylor |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=14 June 2014}}</ref> Asked if he agreed with that assessment, Jagger said: "I obviously can't say if I think Mick Taylor was the best, because it sort of trashes the period the band is in now."<ref>{{cite magazine|url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mick-jagger-remembers-19951214|title = Mick Jagger Remembers|magazine = Rolling Stone|date = 14 December 1995|first = Jann|last = Wenner}}</ref> [[Charlie Watts]] stated: "I think we chose the right man for the job at that time just as Ronnie was the right man for the job later on. I still think Mick is great. I haven't heard or seen him play in a few years. But certainly what came out of playing with him are musically some of the best things we've ever done".<ref>''A Life on the Road'', Virgin Books 1999</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2010}} In an October 2002 ''[[Guitar World]]'' interview, Richards reflected on his relationship with Taylor: "Mick Taylor and I worked really well together ... He had some lovely energy. Sweetly sophisticated playing, way beyond his years. Lovely sense of melody. I never understood why he left the Stones. Nor does he, I think ... I had no desire to see him go."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards Looks Back on 40 Years of Making Music|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/archive-rolling-stones-keith-richards-looks-back-40-years-making-music|magazine=[[Guitar World]]|date=October 2002|access-date=13 March 2017}}</ref> Taylor later admitted in the 2012 documentary ''[[Crossfire Hurricane (film)|Crossfire Hurricane]]'' that he left because he wanted to protect his family from the drug culture surrounding the band. He further stated that in order to stay alive, he needed to escape the realm of the Stones.<ref>{{cite video|people=Brent Morgen (director)|title=[[Crossfire Hurricane (film)|Crossfire Hurricane]]|medium=film|publisher=[[Milkwood Films]], Tremolo Productions|year=2012}}</ref>

In an essay about the Rolling Stones published after Taylor's resignation, ''[[The New York Times]]'' music critic [[Robert Palmer (author/producer)|Robert Palmer]] wrote that "Taylor is the most accomplished technician who ever served as a Stone. A blues guitarist with a jazzman's flair for melodic invention, Taylor was never a rock and roller and never a showman."<ref>{{cite web|last=Hall|first=Russell|title=Which Rolling Stones Era was Best? |url=http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/which-rolling-stones-era-was-best-1113-2012.aspx|publisher=[[Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson]]|date=13 November 2012|access-date=13 March 2017}}</ref>

Taylor has worked with his former bandmates on various occasions since leaving the Rolling Stones. In 1977 he attended London-based sessions for the [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]] album ''[[Pay Pack & Follow]]'', appearing on several tracks alongside Jagger (vocals), Richards (guitar) and Wood (bass).

On 14 December 1981 he performed with the band during their concert at [[Kemper Arena]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]].<ref name="nzentgraf"/> Richards appeared on stage at a Mick Taylor show at the [[Lone Star Cafe]] in New York on 28 December 1986, jamming on "[[Key to the Highway]]" and "[[Can't You Hear Me Knocking]]"; and Taylor is featured on one track ("I Could Have Stood You Up") on Richards' 1988 album ''[[Talk is Cheap (album)|Talk is Cheap]]''. The [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] inducted Taylor along with the Rolling Stones in 1989.<ref name=rockhall>{{cite web| title = The Rolling Stones Biography| publisher = The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc.| url = http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/the-rolling-stones| access-date = 21 June 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130424070856/https://rockhall.com/inductees/the-rolling-stones/| archive-date = 24 April 2013| url-status = dead}}</ref> Taylor also worked with [[Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings]] in the early 1990s.

In addition to his contributions to Rolling Stones albums released during his tenure with the band, Taylor's guitar is also on two tracks on their 1981 release ''[[Tattoo You]]'': "Tops" and "[[Waiting on a Friend]]", which were recorded in 1972. (Taylor is sometimes mistakenly credited as playing on "[[Worried About You]]", but the solo on that track is performed by [[Wayne Perkins]].)<ref name="tioos-tattoo">{{cite web|last =McPherson |first=Ian |title=Track Talk: Tattoo You |url=http://www.timeisonourside.com/lpTattoo.html|access-date=23 August 2008 }}</ref>

Taylor's onstage presence with the Rolling Stones is preserved on the album ''[[Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert|Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!]]'', recorded over four concerts at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York and the [[Baltimore Civic Center]] in November 1969, and on the album ''[[Brussels Affair (Live 1973)]]'', compiled from two shows recorded in [[Brussels]] on 17 October 1973 in the [[Forest National]] Arena, during their [[The Rolling Stones European Tour 1973|European Tour]]. Taylor's live performances also feature in the documentary films ''Stones in the Park'' (released on DVD in 2001), ''[[Gimme Shelter (1970 film)|Gimme Shelter]]'' (released in 1970) and ''[[Cocksucker Blues]]'' (unreleased); and in the concert film ''[[Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones]]'' (shown in cinemas in 1974, and released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2010); these performances were also released on an album with the same title. Bootleg recordings from the Rolling Stones' tours from 1969 through 1973 also document Taylor's concert performances with the Rolling Stones.

For the 2010 re-release of ''[[Exile on Main St.]]'' Taylor worked with Jagger at a London studio in November 2009 to record new guitar and vocal parts for the previously unreleased song, "[[Plundered My Soul]]". The track was selected by the Rolling Stones for release as a limited edition single on [[Record Store Day]].

On 24 October 2012, the Rolling Stones announced, via their latest ''Rolling Stone'' magazine interview, that [[Bill Wyman]] and Mick Taylor were expected to join the Rolling Stones on stage at the upcoming November shows in London. Richards went on to say that the pair would strictly be guests. At the two London shows on 25 and 29 November, Taylor played on "[[Midnight Rambler]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Brian Hiatt |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-the-rolling-stones-reunion-20121024 |title=Inside the Rolling Stones' Reunion |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=24 October 2012 |access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="NYMN November 2012">{{cite web |title=Rolling Stones to Reunite with Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor for O2 Shows |url=http://nymn.com/rolling-stones-to-reunite-with-bill-wyman-and-mick-taylor-for-o2-shows-new-york-music-news|publisher=New York Music News|access-date=21 November 2012}}</ref>

During an interview on the ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]'' show (broadcast on 8 April 2013), Richards stated that Taylor would be performing with the Stones for their upcoming 2013 tour dates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/view/61566/Mick-Taylor-rejoining-Rolling-Stones-for-new-tour-dates |title=Mick Taylor rejoining Rolling Stones for new tour dates &#124; OK! Magazine |work=OK! |date=9 April 2013 |access-date=14 June 2014}}</ref> Between 25 November 2012 and 13 July 2013 Taylor joined the Stones' [[50 & Counting Tour]] performing at each of the 30 shows across Europe and North America, including sitting in on four songs at the [[Staples Center]] in Los Angeles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/May/22Mick_Taylor_Jams_With_The_Rolling_Stones.shtml|title=Mick Taylor Jams with the Rolling Stones|publisher=antiMusic.com|date=22 May 2013|access-date=14 June 2014}}</ref> and several numbers during their headline set at the [[Glastonbury Festival]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-rolling-stones-mick-and-mick-to-reunite-at-glastonbury-sir-jagger-to-play-with-taylor-on-pyramid-stage-8628487.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-rolling-stones-mick-and-mick-to-reunite-at-glastonbury-sir-jagger-to-play-with-taylor-on-pyramid-stage-8628487.html |archive-date=14 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|location=London, UK|work=The Independent|title=The Rolling Stones' Mick and Mick to reunite at Glastonbury: Sir Jagger to play with Taylor on Pyramid stage|date=23 May 2013}}</ref> The tour ended with two concerts at Hyde Park, London, which resulted in the album, ''[[Hyde Park Live]]'' and the concert film ''[[Sweet Summer Sun: Live in Hyde Park]]''. He once again accompanied the Stones between 21 February and 22 November 2014 for the 29 dates of the [[14 On Fire]] concerts across Asia, Europe and Australia/New Zealand.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

===1975–1981: Post-Stones===
[[File:Mick Taylor 1984.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Taylor in [[Barcelona]] in 1984]]

After his resignation from the Rolling Stones, Taylor was invited by Jack Bruce to form a new band with keyboardist [[Carla Bley]] and drummer [[Bruce Gary]]. In 1975 the band began rehearsals in London with tour dates scheduled for later that year. The group toured Europe, with a sound leaning more toward jazz, including a performance at the Dutch [[Pinkpop Festival]], but disbanded the following year. A performance, recorded on 1 June 1975 (which was finally released on CD in 2003 as ''Live at the Manchester Free Trade Hall'' by The Jack Bruce Band), and another performance from ''[[The Old Grey Whistle Test]]'', seem to be the only material available from this brief collaboration. Tony Sanchez claimed to have encountered Taylor some time after he left the Rolling Stones "living with a lady who pushed [[cocaine]] for a living",<ref name="Sanchez"/> and that "he had been reduced to selling off his [[gold disc]]s."<ref name="Sanchez"/>

Taylor appeared as a special guest of [[Little Feat]] at London's [[Rainbow Theatre]] in 1977, sharing slide guitar with then-frontman [[Lowell George]] on "A Apolitical Blues": this song appears on Little Feat's critically acclaimed live album ''[[Waiting for Columbus]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000631ED|title=Waiting for Columbus (Bonus CD)|website=Amazon |access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref>

In the summer of 1977, Taylor collaborated with [[Pierre Moerlen's Gong]] for the album ''[[Expresso II]]'', released in 1978. Taylor began writing new songs and recruiting musicians for a solo album and worked on projects with Miller Anderson, [[Alan Merrill]] and others. He was present at many of the recording sessions for John Phillips' prospective second solo album. The recordings for Phillips' LP took place in London over a prolonged period between 1973 and 1977. This led to Taylor working with Keith Richards and Mick Jagger who were also involved with the album. The LP was to be released on the Stones' own label [[Rolling Stones Records]] (distributed by [[Atlantic Records]]). [[Ahmet Ertegun]] decided to pull the plug on the project after hearing alarming reports of excessive drug use by Phillips and Richards, but bootleg recordings of the sessions circulated among fans under the titles "Half Stoned" and "Phillips '77". Eventually [[Eagle Rock Records]] made funds available to restore the original, rescued tapes and the album finally saw an official release in 2002 as ''Pay Pack & Follow''.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

[[File:Mick Taylor- John Mayall concert 1980s.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Taylor performing with [[John Mayall]] in the early 1980s]]
In 1977 Taylor signed a solo recording deal with [[Columbia Records]]. By April 1978 he had given several interviews to music magazines to promote a new, completed album which mixed rock, jazz and Latin-flavoured blues musical styles. The album, titled ''[[Mick Taylor (album)|Mick Taylor]]'', was finally released by Columbia Records in 1979 and reached No.{{nbsp}}119 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' charts in early August, with a stay of five weeks on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} CBS advised Taylor to promote the album through American radio stations but was unwilling to back him for any supporting tour.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} Frustrated with this situation, Taylor took a break from the music industry for about a year.

In 1981 he toured Europe and the United States with [[Alvin Lee]] of [[Ten Years After]], sharing the bill with [[Black Sabbath]]. He spent most of 1982 and 1983 on the road with John Mayall, for the "Reunion Tour" with [[John McVie]] of Fleetwood Mac and [[Colin Allen]]. During this tour [[Bob Dylan]] showed up backstage at [[The Roxy Theatre|The Roxy]] in Los Angeles to meet Taylor.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}}

In 1983,Taylor joined [[Mark Knopfler]] and played on Dylan's ''[[Infidels (Bob Dylan album)|Infidels]]'' album. He also appeared on Dylan's live album ''[[Real Live]]'', as well as the follow-up studio album ''[[Empire Burlesque]]''. In 1984, Dylan asked Taylor to assemble an experienced rock and roll band for a European tour he signed with [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]]. [[Ian McLagan]] was hired to play piano and Hammond organ, Greg Sutton to play bass and Colin Allen, a long-time friend of Taylor, on drums. The tour lasted for four weeks at venues such as Munich's Olympic Stadium Arena, Verona's Arena, and Milan's San Siro Stadium, sharing the bill with [[Carlos Santana]] and [[Joan Baez]], who appeared on the same bill for a couple of shows.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

===1988–present===
[[File:Mick Taylor-and guitar.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|Taylor performing in Wonderland Blues New York, 1989]]
Taylor performed the lead guitar solo on the 1988 [[Joan Jett & the Blackhearts]] top-10 single, "[[I Hate Myself for Loving You]]". Taylor guested with the [[Grateful Dead]] on 24 September 1988 at the last show of that year's Madison Square Garden run in New York. Taylor lived in New York throughout the 1980s. He battled with addiction problems before getting back on track in the second half of the 1980s and moving to Los Angeles in 1990.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} During this time Taylor did session work and toured in Europe, America and Japan with a band including; either Eric Parker or Bernard Purdie on drums, Wilbur Bascomb on bass, [[Max Middleton]] (formerly of the [[Jeff Beck Group]]), [[Shane Fontayne]], and [[Blondie Chaplin]]. He also played on the Dramarama album ''Vinyl'', a throwback to classic rock that Taylor was an important part of from the previous decade, playing all guitar tracks, which, ironically, included The Rolling Stones slide guitar song "Memo From Turner". In 1990, his CD ''Stranger in This Town'' was released by Maze Records, backed up by a mini-tour including the record release party at the [[Hard Rock Cafe]] as well as gigs at the [[Paradise Rock Club|Paradise Theater]].

He began what was to be a significant series of collaborations with Los Angeles-based [[Carla Olson]] with their "Live at the Roxy" album ''Too Hot For Snakes'', the centrepiece of which is an extended seven-minute performance of "Sway". Another highlight is the lead track on the album, "Who Put the Sting (On the Honey Bee)", by Olson's then-bassist [[Jesse Sublett]]. It was followed by Olson's ''Within An Ace'', which featured Taylor on seven songs. He appeared on three songs from ''Reap The Whirlwind'' and then again on Olson's ''The Ring of Truth'', on which he plays lead guitar on nine tracks, including a twelve-minute version of the song "Winter". Further work by Olson and Taylor can be heard on the Olson-produced [[Barry Goldberg]] album ''Stoned Again''. Taylor went on to appear on [[Percy Sledge]]'s ''Blue Night'' (1994), along with [[Steve Cropper]], [[Bobby Womack]] and [[Greg Leisz]].{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

After spending two years as a resident of Miami, during which time he played with a band called 'Tumbling Dice' featuring [[Bobby Keys]], [[Nicky Hopkins]] and others, Taylor moved back to England in the mid-1990s. He released a new album in 1998 entitled ''A Stone's Throw''. Playing at clubs and theatres as well as appearing at festivals has kept Taylor connected with an appreciative audience and fan base.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

In 2003, Taylor reunited with John Mayall for his [[70th Birthday Concert (John Mayall & the Bluesbreaker album)|70th Birthday Concert]] in Liverpool along with Eric Clapton. A year later, in autumn 2004, he also joined John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers for a UK theatre tour. He toured the US East Coast with the [[Experience Hendrix]] group during October 2007. The Experience Hendrix group appeared at a series of concerts to honour [[Jimi Hendrix]] and his musical legacy. Players included Taylor, [[Mitch Mitchell]], [[Billy Cox]], [[Buddy Guy]], [[Hubert Sumlin]] and [[Robby Krieger]].

[[File:Mick Taylor and the Rolling Stones in 2013.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Taylor performing with the Rolling Stones on their [[50 & Counting Tour]] in Boston, MA, 12 June 2013]]

On 1 December 2010, Taylor reunited with Ronnie Wood at a benefit gig arranged by blues guitarist [[Stephen Dale Petit]] to save the [[100 Club]] in London. Other special guests at the show were [[Dick Taylor]] (first bassist in the Rolling Stones) and blues/jazz trombonist [[Chris Barber]]. Taylor toured the UK with Petit, appearing as his special guest, featured on a Paul Jones BBC Radio 2 session with him and guested on Petit's 2010 album, ''[[The Crave]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-crave-mw0002022218#credits|title=The Crave - Stephen Dale Petit &#124; Album|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2 December 2024}}</ref>

Taylor also helped to promote the ''Boogie for Stu'' album, recorded by Ben Waters to honour Ian Stewart (original Stones pianist and co-founder of the band), by taking part in a concert to mark the CD's official launch at the Ambassadors Theatre, London on 9 March 2011. Proceeds from the event were donated to the [[British Heart Foundation]]. Although Jagger and Richards didn't show up, Taylor noticeably enjoyed performing with Watts, Wood and Wyman, among others{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}. In 2012, Taylor rejoined the Rolling Stones as a special guest on their 50 & Counting Tour, typically performing "Midnight Rambler" in a prominent lead guitar role.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rolling-stones-reunite-with-bill-wyman-2012-758747/ Flashback: The Rolling Stones (Briefly) Reunite With Bill Wyman in 2012]. ''Rolling Stone''. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2023.</ref>

[[Guns N' Roses]] guitarist [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] states that Taylor had the biggest influence on him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/30-30-greatest-guitarists-picked-greatest-guitarists?page=0,5 |title=Thirty Great Guitarists – Including Steve Vai, David Gilmour and Eddie Van Halen – Pick the Greatest Guitarists of All Time |page=6 |work=[[Guitar World]] |date=14 April 2014 |access-date=14 June 2014}}</ref>

==Equipment==
Throughout his career, Taylor has used various guitars, but is mostly associated with the [[Gibson Les Paul]]. His first Les Paul was bought when he was still playing with The Gods (from Selmer's, London in '65). He acquired his second Les Paul in 1967, not long after joining The Bluesbreakers: Taylor came to [[Olympic Studios]] to buy a Les Paul that Keith Richards wanted to sell.<ref name="keithburst">{{cite web |url=http://www.richardhenryguitars.com/keith.aspx |title=Keith Richards 1959 Les Paul Standard |access-date=29 September 2009 |publisher=Richard Henry Guitars |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116175843/http://richardhenryguitars.com/keith.aspx |archive-date=16 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On the '72/'73 tours Taylor used a couple of Sunburst Les Paul guitars without a [[Bigsby vibrato tailpiece|Bigsby]]. Other guitars include a [[Gibson ES-355]] for the recording of ''Sticky Fingers'' and ''Exile on Main St.'', a [[Gibson SG]] on the 1969, 1970 and 1971 tours. and occasionally a [[Fender Stratocaster]] and a [[Fender Telecaster]].{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}. For the instructional DVD, ''Mick Taylor: Rock Blues and Slide Guitar'', he uses a Stratocaster. He started using the [http://www.vigierguitars.com/artist-list-en/?staff-az=T Vigier Excalibur] in 1997.

Though Taylor is primarily known as an electric guitarist he has also contributed acoustic guitar, bass guitar,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St |year=1972 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/4079593-The-Rolling-Stones-Exile-On-Main-St |website=Discogs.com|language=en |access-date=2022-07-18}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Images for Ron Wood - I've Got My Own Album To Do |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2087243-Ive-Got-My-Own-Album-To-Do/images |access-date=2022-07-18 |publisher=Discogs}}</ref> backing vocals,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup |date=12 September 1973 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/441777-The-Rolling-Stones-Goats-Head-Soup |language=en |website=Discogs.com|access-date=2022-07-18}}</ref> keyboards<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Mick Taylor - Mick Taylor |year=1979 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1846728-Mick-Taylor-Mick-Taylor|website=Discogs.com |language=en |access-date=2022-07-18}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> and synthesizers<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> to solo and guest recordings.

==Personal life==
Taylor has been married twice and has two daughters. Chloe (born 6 January 1971) is a daughter by his first wife, Rose Millar (sister of [[Robin Millar (producer)|Robin Millar]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.robinmillar.org.uk/autobiography/autobiography-part-3/ |title=Autobiography part 3 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=Robinmillar.org.uk |last=Millar |first=Robin}}</ref> Taylor married Millar in 1975 after leaving the Stones, but the relationship was reportedly "in tatters"<ref name="Sanchez"/> before long and resulted in divorce only a few years later. Taylor's daughter Emma was born from a short relationship with an American woman, Susan McMinamin, who sang backing vocals with Taylor's band on one occasion.<ref>''Sunday Express'' interview by Robin Eggar, July 2001</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-rolling-stones-children/ | title=The Rolling Stones Children: Where Are They Now? | date=14 May 2018 }}</ref> Taylor is in a relationship with Marlies Damming. They live in Damming's home country of the [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dvhn.nl/cultuur/Van-censuur-in-de-studio-tot-financiën-in-de-grachtengordel.-Nederland-loopt-als-een-rode-draad-door-60-jaar-Rolling-Stones-28471844.html |title=Van censuur in de studio tot financiën in de grachtengordel. Nederland loopt als een rode draad door 60 jaar Rolling Stones |date=June 30, 2023 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=[[Dagblad van het Noorden]] |last=Bessels |first=Wouter}}</ref>

==Awards==
*Inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame (with the Rolling Stones, 1989)
*Taylor's handprints have been on Hollywood's RockWalk since 6 September 1998.
*Taylor was ranked in 37th place by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine in its 2012 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.<ref name="RS magazine 100 greatest 37"/>

==Discography==
===With John Mayall's Bluesbreakers===
*''[[Crusade (album)|Crusade]]'' (Decca, 1967/LP; 1987/CD)
*''The Diary of A Band, Volumes 1 & 2'' (Decca, 1968/2LP; 2007/2CD)
*''[[Bare Wires]]'' (Decca, 1968/LP; 1988/CD)
*''[[Blues from Laurel Canyon]]'' (Decca, 1968/LP; 1989/CD)
*''[[Back to the Roots (John Mayall album)|Back to the Roots]]'' (Polydor, 1971/LP; 2001/2CD)
*''Primal Solos'' (Decca, 1977/LP; 1990/CD) – selection of live recordings 1965 (with [[Eric Clapton]]), and 1968 (with Mick Taylor)
*''Return of the Bluesbreakers'' (AIM, 1985/LP; 1993/CD)
*''Wake Up Call'' (Silvertone, 1993/CD)
*''[[The 1982 Reunion Concert]]'' (Repertoire, 1994/CD) – with John Mayall, John McVie, and Colin Allen
*''Silver Tones: The Best of John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers'' (Silvertone, 1998/CD)
*''Along for the Ride'' (Eagle, 2001/CD)
*''Rolling with the Blues'' (Recall, 2005/2CD) – selection of live recordings 1972, 1973, 1980, and 1982
*''Essentially John Mayall'' (Eagle, 2007/5-CD box set)

===With The Rolling Stones===
*''[[Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)|Through the Past, Darkly]]'' (Decca, 1969) – (compilation) UK/US number 2
:Taylor plays on "[[Honky Tonk Women]]"
*''[[Let It Bleed]]'' (Decca, 1969) – UK number 1 / US number 3
:Taylor plays on "Country Honk" and "Live With Me"
*''Live'r Than You'l Ever Be'' (?, 1969) – bootleg, certified Gold Album
*''[[Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert|Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!]]'' (Decca, 1970) – UK number 1 / US number 6
*''[[Sticky Fingers]]'' (Rolling Stones Records, 1971) – UK/US number 1
*''[[Gimme Shelter (album)|Gimme Shelter]]'' (Decca, 1971) – (compilation) UK number 19
*''[[Hot Rocks 1964–1971]]'' (Abkco Records, 1972) – (compilation) UK number 3 / US number 4
*''[[Exile on Main St.]]'' (Rolling Stones Records, 1972) – UK/US number 1 
*''[[Rock'n'Rolling Stones]]'' (Decca, 1972) – (compilation) UK number 41
*''[[Goats Head Soup]]'' (Rolling Stones Records, 1973) – UK/US number 1
*''[[It's Only Rock 'n Roll]]'' (Rolling Stones Records, 1974) – UK number 2 / US number 1
*''[[Made in the Shade]]'' (Rolling Stones Records, 1975) – (compilation) UK number 14 / US number 6
*''[[Metamorphosis (Rolling Stones album)|Metamorphosis]]'' (Abkco Records, 1975) – (compilation) UK number 45 / US number 8
:Taylor plays on "I Don't Know Why" and "[[Jiving Sister Fanny]]".
*''[[Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones]]'' (Decca, 1975) – (compilation) UK number 7
*''Get Stoned (30 Greatest Hits)'' (ARCADE, 1977) – (compilation) UK number 8
*''[[Sucking in the Seventies]]'' (Rolling Stones Records, 1981) – (compilation) US number 15
*''[[Tattoo You]]'' (Rolling Stones Records, 1981) – UK number 2 / US number 1
:Taylor plays on "Tops" and "[[Waiting on a Friend]]", both tracks recorded in 1972 during the ''[[Goats Head Soup]]'' sessions.
*''In Concert – Live 1966–70'' (LONDON, 1982) – (live compilation) UK number 94
*''[[Story of The Stones]]'' (K-tel, 1982) – (compilation) UK number 24
*''[[Rewind (1971-1984)|Rewind]]'' (Rolling Stones Records, 1984) – (compilation) UK number 23 / US number 86
*''[[Singles Collection: The London Years]]''. (Abkco Records, 1989) – US number 91
*''[[Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones]]'' (Rolling Stones Records, 1993) – UK number 16 / US number 30
*''[[Forty Licks]]'' (Rolling Stones Records, 2002) – (compilation) UK/US number 2
*''[[Rarities 1971–2003]]'' (Rolling Stones Records, 2005) – US number 76
:Taylor plays on "Let It Rock" (live 1971) and the 1974 b-side "Through The Lonely Nights".
*''[[Exile on Main St.|Exile on Main St. (Rarities Edition)]]'' (Universal Records, 2010) – US number 27
:Taylor plays on "Pass The Wine (Sophia Loren)", "[[Plundered My Soul]]", "I'm Not Signifying", "Loving Cup (Alternate Take)", "Soul Survivor (Alternate Take)" and "Good Time Women".
*''[[Brussels Affair (Live 1973)|Brussels Affair]]'' (Rolling Stones Records, 2011) – 1973 live performance
*''[[GRRR!]]'' (Rolling Stones Records, 2012) – (compilation) UK number 3 / US number 19
*''[[Hyde Park Live]]'' (Rolling Stones Records, 2013) – (2013 live performance) UK number 16 / US number 19
:Taylor plays guitar on "Midnight Rambler", acoustic guitar and backing vocals on "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
*''[[Tattoo You|Tattoo You (Lost & Found - Rarities)]]'' (Universal Records, 2021) 
:Taylor plays on "Living in the Heart of Love", "Come to the Ball" and "Fast Talking Slow Walking".

'''Non-Rolling Stones work with Rolling Stones members:'''
*''[[Pay Pack & Follow]]'' ([[Eagle Rock Entertainment|Eagle Rock Records]], 2001) – [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]] solo album
:from 1973 to 1979 recording sessions in London aka "Half Stoned" sessions
:produced by [[Mick Jagger]] and [[Keith Richards]]
*''[[I've Got My Own Album to Do]]'' (Warner, 1974) – [[Ronnie Wood]] solo album
* ''[[Now Look]]'' (Warner, July 1975) – Ronnie Wood solo album. US number 118
* ''[[Gimme Some Neck]]'' (Columbia, 1979) – Ronnie Wood solo album. US number 45
*''[[Talk Is Cheap]]'' (BMG, 1988) – Keith Richards solo album. UK number 37 / US number 24

===With Jack Bruce===
*''Live on the Old Grey Whistle Test'' (Strange Fruit, 1995) – Tracks from several ''[[Old Grey Whistle Test]]'' shows recorded between 1975 and 1981. Seven of the songs feature Taylor on guitar.
*''Live at the Manchester Free Trade Hall'' (Polydor, 2003) – 2 CDs.

===With Bob Dylan===
*''[[Infidels (Bob Dylan album)|Infidels]]'' (Columbia, 1983) – UK number 9 / US number 20
*''[[Real Live|Real Live (In Europe, 1984)]]'' (Columbia, 1984) – UK number 54 / US number 115
*''[[Empire Burlesque]]'' (Columbia, 1985) – UK number 11 / US number 33
*''[[The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991]]'' (Columbia, 1991) – UK number 32 / US number 49
*''[[The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985]]'' (Columbia, 2021). Featured on Discs 3-5 of the Deluxe Edition.

===With Carla Olson===
*''Too Hot For Snakes'' (?, 1991) – {{aka}} ''Live at the Roxy''; includes two Mick Taylor compositions: "Broken Hands" and "Hartley Quits".
*''Too Hot For Snakes Plus'' (Collectors' Choice, 2008) – 2-CD set of the Roxy album plus "You Gotta Move", and a second disc of 13 studio tracks from 1993 to 2004, including a previously unreleased versions of "Winter" and "Think I'm Goin' Mad" from the Olson-produced Barry Goldberg album ''Stoned Again''.
*''Within An Ace'' (?, 1993) – Taylor performs on seven of the 10 songs.
*''Reap The Whirlwind'' (?, 1994) – Taylor is featured on three tracks.
*''The Ring of Truth'' (2001) – Taylor plays on nine of the 12 tracks.

Note: ''Too Hot For Snakes'' and ''The Ring of Truth'' were released by Fuel/Universal autumn of 2012 as a 2-CD set with three bonus tracks including two previously unreleased songs from the Roxy Theatre.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}
"Sway: The Best of Carla Olson & Mick Taylor" ~ a vinyl-only compilation, December 2020 on Sunset Blvd Records.

===Solo discography===
;Studio albums
*''[[Mick Taylor (album)|Mick Taylor]]'' (1979) US number 119 (five weeks in top 200)
*''A Stone's Throw'' (1998)

;Live albums
*''Stranger in This Town'' (1990) (produced by Mick Taylor and Phil Colella)
*''[[Arthur's Club-Geneve 1995]]'' (Mick Taylor & [[Snowy White]]) (Promo CD/TV Especial)
*''Coastin' Home'' [AKA ''Live at the 14 Below''] (1995) re-issued 2002
*''14 Below'' (2003)
*''Little Red Rooster'' (2007) recorded live in Hungary during 2001 with the Mick Taylor Band

==Other session work==
*''Slim's Got His Thing Goin' On'' (Sunnyland Slim) (World Pacific 1969) 
*''Blues Masters vol. 10'' (Champion Jack Dupree) (Blue Horizon, 1969) Recorded just weeks before he joined the Stones, according to producer Mike Vernon's liner notes.
*''[[Up Your Alley (album)|Up Your Alley]]'' ([[Joan Jett & the Blackhearts]]) on "I Hate Myself for Loving You"
*''Tubular Bells Premiere'' ([[Mike Oldfield]]) (June '73) Queen Elizabeth Hall
*''[[Tubular Bells]]'' (Mike Oldfield) Telecast Tubular Bells Part One and Tubular Bells Part Two. Recorded at BBC Broadcasting House November 1973<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mog.com/Willard/blog/1252954 |title=Mike Oldfield (with Mick Taylor, Steve Hillage and members of Henry Cow, Gong and Soft Machine) – Tubular Bells (Live BBC Video 1973) |work=MOG |access-date=23 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823095539/http://mog.com/Willard/blog/1252954 |archive-date=23 August 2009 }}</ref> and aired in early '74 and June '74. Available on Oldfield's [[Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield (video)|Elements]] DVD.
*''The Tin Man Was A Dreamer'' ([[Nicky Hopkins]]) (1973)
*''[[London Underground (album)|London Underground]]'' ([[Herbie Mann]]) (Atlantic, 1973)
*''[[Reggae (album)|Reggae]]'' (Herbie Mann) (Atlantic, 1973)
*''[[Live European Tour]]'' ([[Billy Preston]]) ([[A&M Records]], 1974). Recorded with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio during their '73 tour. Preston opened up for the band with Mick Taylor on guitar. (Released on CD by A&M Japan, 2002.)
*''Have Blues Will Travel'' (Speedo Jones) (Integrity Records, 1988)
*''[[Reggae II]]'' (Herbie Mann) (Atlantic, 1973 [1976])
*''Just A Story From America'' (Elliott Murphy) (Columbia 1977)
*''[[Waiting for Columbus]]'' (Little Feat) (1978) double CD released 2002
*''[[Expresso II]]'' ([[Gong (band)|Gong]]) (1978)
*''[[Downwind (album)|Downwind]]'' ([[Pierre Moerlen's Gong]]) (1979) lead guitar on "What You Know"
*''[[Alan Merrill]]'' ([[Alan Merrill]])'s solo album (Polydor, 1985) recorded in London 1977
*''[[gramophone record|Vinyl]]'' ([[Dramarama]]) (1991)
*''[[John McVie's "Gotta Band" with Lola Thomas]]'' (1992)
*''Burnin' Blues'' (Coupe De Villes) (1992)
*''Piedra rodante'' (Tonky Blues Band) (1992)
*''Once in a Blue Moon'' (Gerry Groom) (1993)
*''Cartwheels'' ([[Anthony Thistlethwaite]]) (1993)
*''Hecho en Memphis'' (Ratones Paranoicos) (Sony Music) (1993)
*''Let's Get Stoned'' ([[The Chesterfield Kings]]) (Mirror Records,1994)
*''Crawfish and Caviar'' ([[Anthony Thistlethwaite]])
*''Blue Night'' ([[Percy Sledge]]) (Virgin Records, 1994)
*Black Angel ([[The Savage Rose|Savage Rose]]) (1995) guitar on "Black Angel" and "Early Morning Blues"
*''Навигатор'' (Аквариум, 1995) guitar on two tracks ("Не Коси", "Таможенный блюз")
*''Taylormade'' (Black Cat Bone, 1997), Music Maniac Records.
*''Mick & I'' (2001) Miyuki & Mick Taylor
*''The New York Times'' ([[Adam Bomb]]) (2001) (Taylor plays slide guitar on "MacDougal Street" & lead guitar on "Heaven come to me") produced by Jack Douglas
*''From Clarksdale To Heaven'' [various artists] (BlueStorm, 2002) – John Lee Hooker tribute album
*''Stoned Again'' (Barry Goldberg) (Antone's Records, 2002)
*''Meaning of Life'' ([[Todd Sharpville]]) (Cathouse/Universal, 2003)
*''Key To Love'' (Debbie Davies) (Shanachie Records, 2003)
*''Shadow Man'' (re-release of an album from 1996) (2003) – originally released by Alpha Music in Japan in 1996, this "Mick Taylor featuring Sasha" album should have read "Sasha featuring Mick Taylor", but the company felt it would sell better under a household name. It features Mick Taylor on guitar, but is basically a Sasha Gracanin album.
*''Treasure Island'' ([[Nikki Sudden]]) (Secretly Canadian, 2004)
*''Unterwegs'' ([[:de:Crazy Chris Kramer|Crazy Chris Kramer]]) (2009)
*''Chicago Blues'' ([[:de:Crazy Chris Kramer|Crazy Chris Kramer]]) (2010)

==Music DVDs==
*''Blues Alive'' video (RCA/Columbia Pictures 1983), recorded at Capitol Theatre, NJ 1982
*''Jamming with the Blues Greats'' – DVD release from the 1983 video, featuring John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (Mick Taylor, Colin Allen, John McVie) and special guests Albert King, Etta James, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells and Sippie Wallace (Lightyear/Image Entertainment 2005)
*''The Stones in the Park'' concert video (Granada Television, 1969)
:released on DVD (VCI, 2001)
*''[[Gimme Shelter (1970 film)|Gimme Shelter]]'' (Maysles Films, 1970) music documentary film by Albert and David Maysles, shot at the Rolling Stones concerts at Madison Square Garden, NY on 27/28 November and [[Altamont free concert|Altamont]], CA on 6 December 1969.
:restored and released on DVD (Criterion, 2000)

*''John Mayall, the Godfather of British Blues'' documentary about John Mayall's life and career (Eagle Rock, 2004. Region 1: 2005)
*''[[70th Birthday Concert (John Mayall & the Bluesbreaker album)|70th Birthday Concert]]'' (Eagle Rock, 2004. Region 1: 2005). Bluesbreakers Charity Concert (Unite for UNICEF) filmed in Liverpool, July 2003. John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers with special guests Chris Barber, Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor.
*''Stones in Exile'' 2010
*''Ladies & Gentlemen The Rolling Stones'' 2010

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Music DVDs – Unofficial
*''[[Cocksucker Blues]]''

==Filmography==
*''[[The Man Who Fell to Earth (film)|The Man Who Fell to Earth]]'' (1976) directed by [[Nicolas Roeg]] and starring [[David Bowie]] as Thomas Jerome Newton.
Taylor played guitar on various songs, including "Hello Mary Lou" after developing ideas for the soundtrack with [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]].
*''The Last of the Finest'' (1990) directed by John Mackenzie. Taylor assisted composer [[Jack Nitzsche]] with the moviescore.
*''Bad City Blues'' (1999) directed by Michael Stevens, based on the book by [[Tim Willocks]].
Music composers: Mick Taylor and [[Max Middleton]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.facebook.com/micktaylorofficial Mick Taylor official Facebook page]
*[http://www.classicbands.com/MickTaylorInterview.html Interview with Gary James from classicbands.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090822230925/http://www.jazzedmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=1906255FFDB44D00B523627031537F7C Interview with JAZZed Magazine. Oct 2007]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060316133621/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6595650/7_exile_on_main_street/ Rolling Stone Magazine article about ''Exile on Main Street.'']
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