There is a new band gracing the Texas/Red Dirt music scene. It’s the Taylor Atkinson Band and consists of singer-songwriter-guitarist Taylor Atkinson, multi-instrumentalist Michael Mayes, bassist Kyle Hohlier, guitarist Jonathan Rector and drummer Steve Boze.
Taylor Atkinson grew up in Midwest City, Okla. and has been writing songs, singing and playing guitar for a few years now. His solo debut, “Beautiful Disaster,” came out in 2009. Influenced by Bob Dylan, Eli Young Band, Whiskeytown, Randy Rogers Band, Kyle Bennet Band, and Ray LaMontagne, among many others, Atkinson is excited that his music is fusing with the styles and sounds of the other members of the group. “We’re an eclectic group and mesh very well,” Atkinson said. “We’re very humbled and blessed but we all share one common interest and that’s love of music and that’s what listeners will hear. We think the music we are creating will be something unlike anything out there. People will see that too, we’re not limited to be labeled under a specific genre.”