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Biography: Shane Taylor

Shane Taylor was born on April 4, 1975, in Oxford, Mississippi. He is the oldest child of Jim and Sandy Taylor, and the older brother of Dale and Crystal Taylor, the famous ice dancing duo.

Shane went to Oxford public schools, where he played soccer and the trumpet in the band, and graduated from Oxford High School in May of 1992. He then enrolled in the University of Mississippi, majoring in music. He continued to play in the Ole Miss Marching Band, "The Pride of The South", but quit after his first semester in college and turned instead to the guitar.

Taylor also developed a serious problem with recreational drugs, including marijuana and LSD, which severely changed his personality and made him quieter, more paranoid, and more withdawn to those around him. He was arrested for possession of marijuana in May of 1993, but the charge did not appear on his record because he entered a Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department "diversion" program and will stay off his record unless he is caught again with drugs.

In the summer and fall of 1993 Shane traveled around the southern United States, including trips to New Orleans, where he lived on the streets and played his guitar for tips. He returned to Oxford in November 1993 and spent the rest of the year playing musical gigs in Oxford's various taverns. In January of 1994 he re-enrolled in the University of Mississippi on a stipulation of academic probabtion. He continues to live at home with his parents while working part-time toward his music degree.

Since his return to college, he has played in Oxford and the surrounding area with The North Mississippi All-Stars, a local blues band that travels around North Mississippi playing in assorted venues, from juke joints to taverns to churches.