[2] As a session musician, he has recorded with Paul Simon, Harry Connick Jr., Elvis Costello, George Strait, and Vince Gill.

He was musical director for the live stage production Always, Patsy Cline in its two-year run at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

[2] His family was musically inclined; his father was a trumpet player who led a five-piece polka band called the "Variety Kings".

He performed hundreds of shows as band leader at Opryland Theme Park and the General Jackson riverboat, and The Skaggs Family Christmas Tour.

Besides playing accordion, piano and guitar, Taylor can add solos on lesser-known instruments including the concertina, penny whistle, and bouzouki.

[9] Taylor recorded with many other established artists including Paul Simon, Ricky Skaggs, Harry Connick Jr., George Strait, Elvis Costello, and Vince Gill.

[1] Taylor is a member of Time Jumpers, a Grammy-winning[10] group of ten of Nashville's elite session players, who began playing Western swing music just for their own enjoyment.