Walter Taylor III

Walter began his music experience began at a young age. He played drums at age 11, and his bass-playing stepfather, Ashley Monroe Taylor Jr., brought 13-year-old Taylor along for his first club gig. He wasn’t old enough to be there, so whenever the band took a break from playing, he waited outside. Taylor, who spent his youth in Kansas City before moving back to Oklahoma, eventually tired of playing jazz and blues and wanted to move on to other genres. He returned to his roots later in life when he realised his deep personal history with jazz and blues and their underlying connection to spirituality.