Susan Douglass Taylor

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Susan Douglas Taylor has been making music since she was old enough to climb on a piano bench. Recognizing her ability to play by ear, parents George and Clyde Douglass enrolled her in piano lessons at an early age. Her teacher was renowned composer Nelle McMaster Sprott, whose belief it was to encourage creativity and make learning fun. On Susan's eleventh birthday, her parents gave her a guitar, and older sister Lynne taught her some chords. At age seventeen, she discovered a love for the 5-string banjo, her father's favorite instrument. Her parents again provided all the learning opportunities possible, which included living room jam sessions and numerous long drives to bluegrass festivals, camping in a crackly blue tent. Devoting hours daily to practice, Susan quickly progressed on the banjo, and soon joined her first "real" band, String Fever, a bluegrass ensemble of close friends. The band had a 10-year run playing regional festivals around SC, NC, GA, and TN, winning band competitions, and recording a couple of projects. Following the bluegrass years, Susan began singing back-up with well-known singer/songwriter Jack Williams, whom her husband Cary Taylor had played bass with for many years. Williams allowed Susan to experiment with banjo on some of his songs, and eventually included her background vocals and banjo playing on a number of his recordings. In mid 2007, Susan, Cary, and long-time friend and musician Danny Harlow, joined with singer/songwriter/actor Ron

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Great Falls Road

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