Michael Kevin Taylor was born on the 17th January 1949, in Welwyn Garden City, England, and is a guitarist, best known for being one of the guitarists of the Rolling Stones between 1969 and 1974, after which he went solo. He took the 37th position in the list of the best guitarist of all time compiled by Rolling Stone magazine. Taylor has been active in the entertainment industry since 1965.
How rich is the musician? It has been reported by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $70 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017. Music is the major source of Taylor’s net worth.
Mick Taylor Net Worth $70 Million
To begin with, the boy grew up in Hatfield, where he played in the band Gods and other small local bands. The turning point in his life was when John Mayall invited him to play with him on stage during a session at Hatfield Polytechneque. It was during that improvised session when he understood that his future was to be a musician.
He was introduced to the public as the new Rolling Stones guitarist at the open air concert at Hyde Park in London in July 1969, which turned out to be a tribute to former band member Brian Jones, who died a few days earlier. Mick Taylor participated in the most creative phase of the Rolling Stones, between the late 1960s and the first half of the 1970s, spending five years with the group, and recording seven albums including “Let It Bleed” in 1969 and “Exile on Main St.” in 1972. However, Mick Taylor was often humiliated by Keith Richards but being exhausted because of drug problems, he left the group at the end of 1974 and was replaced by Ron Wood. However, Taylor participated at the Rolling Stones’ induction ceremony at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. In 2012, he returned on stage with the group at the O2 Arena of London, on the occasion of their new tour. The success of his part-time reintegration on stage was such that the group took him on tour in the USA and he played from two to four tracks per concert, the songs including “Midnight Rambler”, “Love in Vain”, “Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’” and others. In 2014, Mick Taylor joined the Rolling Stones again in concert at the Stade de France in Paris.
After leaving the Stones in 1974, Taylor toured with Jack Bruce in 1975, Alvin Lee in 1981, John Mayall in 1982 and 1983, Bob Dylan in 1984, and with many others. He also appeared, among others, in albums by Ronnie Wood, Billy Preston, Bob Dylan and Elliott Murphy. In 1979, he released his first solo album, well received by the critics, but which was not commercially successful. Since then, he has been touring in a rather irregular manner, and has made guest appearances at some concerts of The Allman Brothers, Joe Walsh, The Grateful Dead and Dick Rivers. Later, Mick Taylor recorded several tracks with Keith Richards, including “The Harder They Come” in 1975 and “I Could Have Stood You Up” in 1988.
Finally, in the personal life of Mick Taylor, he was married to Rose Miller and they have a daughter named Chloe Taylor was born in 1971. The two got married in 1975 but divorced a few years later. His second daughter Emma was born from a short relationship with an American singer. Taylor currently resides in Suffolk, UK.
This article estimates Mr. Taylor’s net worth to be around $70M, while other sources state, “…Mick lives hand to mouth, living off revenues from playing local pubs.” Other sources claim he has a net worth of around $300K.
Mick has played with the biggest and best the world has ever known, so it would stand to reason that his contributions to music should clearly place his net worth well above the $300K figure, but well below the $70M estimated here, unless this estimate includes uncollected royalties owed to him.