- Generally regarded (by critics and musicians alike) as the greatest guitarist the Rolling Stones ever had.
- Left the Rolling Stones in December, 1974, because of musical differences (such as not getting co-writing credits on particular songs) and as he later stated, to save his life because of the heavy drinking and drugs (although ironically, he also stated his drug habit increased after he left the band).
- Played guitar on several Rolling Stones studio tracks (without guitarist Keith Richards performing guitar), including "Shine A Light", "Sway", "Moonlight Mile", "Hide You Love", "100 Years Ago", and "Winter".
- Former guitarist for John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
- Former guitarist for the Jack Bruce Band (that never materialized past a few performances; Bruce had used several guitarists through the years for his titular jazz/blues band, and Taylor, after leaving The Rolling Stones, was simply one of them, but only for a few performances).
- Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 (as a member of the Rolling Stones).
- First performed on a few tracks of the 1969 album "Let It Bleed" which also included Brian Jones, whom Taylor would replace. Then on Mick Taylor's last album with the Stones, "It's Only Rock N' Roll", Ronnie Wood, who would later replace Taylor, performed on the title track.
- Living in a rundown semi-detached cottage in Suffolk, UK. (October 2009)
- Former guitarist for the Rolling Stones (1969-1974).
- He was the tallest of The Rolling Stones, being about 5 inches taller than the diminutive Brian Jones whom he replaced after Jones's untimely death.
- Most critics (and many fans) consider Mick Taylor to be the best lead guitarist The Rolling Stones ever had.
- When his replacement for The Rolling Stones, Ron Wood, was on Howard Stern, Stern said that Mick Taylor didn't fit the band (meaning his looks)... for which Ron relied that (pp) Taylor's guitar did fit. Then Wood mentioned that The Stones were heartbroken when Taylor left.
- The original cut of Brown Sugar featured Mick Taylor's guitar on par with Richards, which included a guitar solo by Taylor. His input was drowned-out by other instruments and the solo replaced with Bobby Keys's now iconic sax solo. Although during live shows during that time, Taylor's solo, almost note-for-note from the original studio cut, was played.
- The first Rolling Stones album where Mick Taylor can be heard... after replacing Brian Jones, who also contributes to the album... is on one track, Country Honk, playing slide guitar. Ironically, on Taylor's last Stones album, It's Only Rock N' Roll, his near-future replacement, Ron Wood, plays acoustic guitar on the title song.
- As a replacement to Brian Jones, who mostly played rhythm guitar to Keith's more rhythm-based Chuck Berry inspired guitar solos, Mick Taylor was hired because of his lead guitar playing abilities which, for that time during the "Guitar God" era that included Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix, The Stones needed, especially for live performances (as the band that invented the World Tour, which is commonplace today).
- In 1983 he played on the Bob Dylan album Infidels with bassist Robbie Shakespeare, who, ironically, the same year, worked with Taylor's former band, The Rolling Stones, on the Undercover album (playing bass on two tracks).
- In 2023 through archive footage Mick Taylor and Bill Wyman appeared in the new Rolling Stones video for Angry, where Mick Jagger sings on various billboards from different eras of the band, and when it gets to the It's Only Rock N Roll music video, Taylor and Wyman appear on the left and right. This was Taylor's last video with the band.
- A famous picture has Mick Taylor playing guitar (looks like backstage) while Jimi Hendrix watches in admiration.
- Ironically the one Rolling Stones member that he has remained close with is his replacement (after quitting) Ronnie Wood. Mick played guitar on Wood's solo album before leaving The Stones. They have done interviews together, shared the stage together (with and without the band) and are very good friends.
- The album Black and Blue was supposed to have Mick Taylor on it; he quit the band before going to Munich, Germany to record. On that album, his replacement Ron Wood only played on a few tracks, without any solos... at least not long or complicated solos. Session players Harvey Mandel and Wayne Perkins were hired, and did play complicated solos on the first two songs, Hot Stuff and Hand of Fate, the latter sounding very similar to Mick Taylor's style. While many people don't read liner notes, and with Ron Wood pictured on the back cover, this could have been a way to mislead certain people to think that Ron Wood could pull off solos like Mick Taylor.
- He did not replace Brian Jones after Brian's death; he replaced Jones after he was fired, which was a week before his death.
- The first time Mick Taylor reunited with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards was on an album with Papa John Phillips, for an album in 1977, three years after quitting the band.
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