Taylor Rhodes

Taylor Rhodes

Background information
Birth name	Taylor Laurence Rhodes
Born	Nashville, Tennessee
Genres	Heavy metal, Rock, Pop
Occupation(s)	Musician Songwriter Producer
Associated acts	Aerosmith Ozzy Osbourne Y&T Brother Cane Kix Celine Dion Journey The Jayhawks Hilary Duff

Taylor Laurence Rhodes is an American songwriter, producer, and musician from Nashville, Tennessee, most notable for his work with hard rock band Aerosmith since 1993.

Rhodes produced the 1991 Kix album Hot Wire, in addition to co-writing half of the songs from the album.

In 1993, he co-wrote "Cryin'" with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. The song was Aerosmith's biggest single from the Get a Grip album (achieving sales of over 20 million copies worldwide), reaching #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. For this song, Rhodes was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song (songwriter) in 1993.

In 1994, Rhodes co-wrote the hit "Blind Man" with Tyler and Perry for the compilation Big Ones (certified 4 million in the U.S.). "Blind Man" reached #48 on the Billboard Hot 100, #3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #23 on the UK Singles Chart.

In 1997, Rhodes collaborated with Tyler in writing the single "Full Circle", from the Aerosmith album Nine Lives.