Gene Taylor (US/B)
   Gene Taylor har spelt keyboard og piano i Fabulous Thunderbirds sidan 1993.  Han gjorde stor suksess ved Skånevik Bluesfestival i år 2000 saman med T-Birds.  Han har også vore medlem av andre store band som Canned Heat og The Blasters.   Alt som tenåring spelte han saman med bueslegender som Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, Pee-Wee Cryton og Lowell Fulson.  I oktober i fjor slutta han i T-Birds og flytta til Belgia.   Under Skånevik Bluesfestival opptrer han saman med Paul Lamb og Johnny Augland i Paul Lamb & Gene Taylors Blues Revu ( UK/US/N).  Dei har lova eit stort show ved House of Blues under festivalen.

Litt frå biografien
  Gene Taylor began playing blues piano at a young age, influenced by a family of boogie-woogie players who lived next door. As a teenager he played around the Los Angeles area with such blues legends as Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, Pee-Wee Crayton and Lowell Fulson.

Gene was a member of the band Canned Heat from 1974 to 1975. He also has played with Ronnie Hawkins, Rick Nelson and the Downchild Bluesband.

From 1981 until 1985 Gene was a member of The Blasters. He appeared on all their original recordings and reunited with The Blasters in 2003 for their European tour. Gene recorded a self-titled solo CD in 2003 on the Pacific Blues label. Gene also appears on The Blasters' “Going Home-Live” DVD and CD, recorded in 2004.

Gene Taylor has been a member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds since 1993. Following the T-Birds recent tour of Europe, Gene has decided to make Belgium his new home and will be recording and touring in Europe beginning in late October.