LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 26, 2019…QUEEN’S DRUMMER ROGER TAYLOR TURNS 70 TODAY. TAYLOR ACTUALLY STARTED OFF PLAYING AND STUDYING GUITAR, AND CAN PLAY THE UKULELE, BUT BECAME A DRUMMER WHEN HE REALIZED HE HAD A NATURAL APTITUDE FOR DRUMMING. HIS UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER INSTRUMENTS HAS SERVED HIM WELL AS A SONGWRITER. AS A SONGWRITER HE HAS CONTRIBUTED ONE OR TWO TRACKS PER QUEEN ALBUM AND WROTE ‘INNUENDO’ AND ‘UNDER PRESSURE.’ HE ALSO HAS A NATURAL FALSETTO VOCAL RANGE WHICH PLAYED A HUGE PART IN THE OVERALL SOUND OF QUEEN’S SOUND.
THINGS COULD HAVE TURNED OUT DIFFERENTLY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY. IN 1970, TAYLOR TURNED DOWN AN OFFER TO BECOME THE DRUMMER FOR GENESIS, WHICH LED TO PHIL COLLINS JOINING INSTEAD.
INSTEAD HE WENT ON WITH BRAIN MAY AND FREDDIE MERCURY TO FORM QUEEN.
TO SHOW YOU HOW DIVERSE TAYLOR IS MUSICALLY CHECK THIS OUT. HE WROTE, SANG AND PERFORMED ALMOST EVERY INSTRUMENT ON THIS SONG FROM THE ALBUM ‘NEWS OF THE WORLD’
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