He was born December 12, 1934, to the union of his parents, Harvey Duey Taylor and Violet Taylor.
He later drummed on their fifth album Pinewood Smile and has also provided drums for their sixth album Easter Is Cancelled. Ray Rufus Taylor, 86, of Jonesville, passed from this life on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Jonesville. In May 2015, following the departure of Emily Dolan Davies, Taylor became the drummer for English rock band The Darkness, with guitarist Dan Hawkins confirming the news on a UK radio show. Join Facebook to connect with Rufus Taylor and others you may know. In 1966 he was appointed as Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, then shortly thereafter as Deputy Director of the CIA, where he served from 1966 to 1969. Eventually he became Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence and held the rank of Vice Admiral. Taylor has joined the band on both of their world tours, and remains a mainstay of their live show. View the profiles of people named Rufus Taylor. was an officer in the United States Navy. Some of his notable moments on the tour were his "drum battles" with his father, and taking over as lead drummer on Queen classics such as " Tie Your Mother Down", or on " A Kind of Magic" while his father left the kit to provide lead vocals. In 2011, Taylor would perform alongside his father, when he joined the Queen + Adam Lambert collaboration as a touring musician, providing drums and percussion for the stage show. Rufus Tiger Taylor is a famous Drummer, who was born on Main United Kingdom.English drummer who began performing with the glam rock band The Darkness in 2015.
He then toured with the Queen musical stage show, We Will Rock You, and worked again alongside Brian May as well as his father with Kerry Ellis on her album Anthems, contributing some drum tracks.
In 2009, he played with famed Queen touring musician Spike Edney as part of his SAS (Spike's All-Stars) band. Taylor's first notable appearance was the 2008 Royal Variety Performance, where he played drums for Kerry Ellis and his father Roger Taylor's Queen partner Brian May to an audience including Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
Hello again MD For the new Darkness album Easter Is Cancelled, I used my old faithful DW Collector’s series maple lacquer specialty pearlescent black with black chrome hardware22×24 kick VLX (the beast), 18 floor tom VLX, two. Rufus and Roger Taylor performing with Queen + Adam Lambert in 2014 Photo by Gareth Parker Talking About Gear and Recording Easter Is Cancelled.