Allan Taylor at St Andrews Folk Club 09-10-77 (artiste only)

Singer/songwriter ALLAN TAYLOR needs no introduction to lovers of traditional and contemporary folk music. Born September 1945 in Brighton Allan has written and performed music around the world for over 50 years.
Leaving school in 1961 he became an apprentice in telecommunications field until 1965. During which period, inspired by skiffle and the beat generation, he started singing and playing guitar in the folk clubs of Brighton.
In 1966 he became a full-time musician leaving Brighton to become part of the music scene in London. He toured the UK, playing some of the most prestigious folk clubs, and sometimes supported Fairport Convention. In 1970 he signed a recording contract with United Artists.
He then moved to New York and became part of the singer-songwriter scene in Greenwich Village, toured throughout America and recorded his “American Album” in Nashville and Los Angeles In the mid-1970's, he returned to the UK, and formed the band Cajun Moon. In 1976, he ended the band and returned to being a solo artist releasing three records with Black Crow/Rubber Records from 1978 to 1983. Along with his touring he graduated with three academic degrees and presented several documentary programmes for the BBC.
Since 1995 he has continued touring Europe and the UK performing at festivals, concerts, festivals and clubs and releasing several further records on the Stockfisch label. His latest “The Road Well Travelled” is now out and getting some great reviews. It is available direct from Stockfisch Records.
He is without doubt one of the foremost singer-songwriters and guitarists in his genre, with more than one hundred recorded versions of his songs performed by Artists in ten different languages.