Alvin Taylor (born March 26, 1953) is an American drummer, producer musical director, and author who is best known for his work with Elton John, Eric Burdon, George Harrison, Billy Preston, and Bob Welch.

[1] As part of Little Richard's band, Taylor played with Jimi Hendrix, Billy Preston and opened a show for Elvis Presley.

Taylor was also featured on their unreleased album Mirage (released in 2008), Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (on February 9, 1974), and is mentioned in Burdon's 2001 book Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood.

He then joined Bob Welch's band and recorded the album French Kiss (1977), which featured the hit single "Ebony Eyes".

[3] During subsequent years he appeared on albums by artists including Elton John, Aalon, Jesse Colin Young, Les McCann, Lauren Wood, Gil-Scott Heron, The Originals, Syreeta, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, Keni Burke, Stargard, Sammy Hagar, Billy Thorpe, America, Cher, Natalie Cole, Sly & the Family Stone, Bill Withers, and Three Hearts by Bob Welch.

In 1979, he appeared on Sammy Hagar's single (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay which features Leland Sklar, Barry Goudreau and Steve Cropper, who originally played on the Otis Redding version.