Ty Taylor

Ty Taylor (born January 5, 1969 in Montclair, New Jersey) is an American musician best known for being the lead singer of Los Angeles based Soul/Rock band, Vintage Trouble. He is the voice of character Lester Grimes on the HBO series Vinyl created by Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger. Taylor has two songs, Cha Cha Twist & The World Is Yours featured on VINYL: MUSIC FROM THE HBO® ORIGINAL SERIES – VOLUME 1, soundtrack album released on February 12, 2016 by Atlantic Records. He was formerly the guitarist and vocalist of R&B group Dakota Moon and was also a contestant on the reality TV show Rock Star: INXS.

Gospel music was a significant influence on Taylor, having sung in a Baptist Church choir in his youth. Other musical influences include Otis Redding, Tina Turner and The Clash.

After leaving Rockstar:INXS he was asked by Dave Navarro to sing guest lead vocals for his band Camp Freddy, and in 2008 formed the group Ghost Hounds and recorded a debut album, two songs from which were included in the video game Rockband 2.

He has toured with many artists including Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Macy Gray, Fiona Apple, Robert Taylor, The Who and most recently, AC/DC.

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