Jason Taylor

“A father bringing an album of Hot August Nights home one day in 1972 was the beginning of an obsession for the young Jason Taylor. That album would spend twenty-nine weeks at number one in Australia and for a youngster like Taylor it became the fascination of sneak peaks when dad wasn't looking.”

“Taylor tells me he grew up listening to the records of Neil Diamond, Elvis and Cat Stevens, mimicking their voices and singing styles. He turned professional as a singer when he was nineteen and spent the next fifteen years in cover bands.”

“Right from the start Taylor says this is not a show where he puts on cheesy wigs, in fact he does not look like Neil. he makes it clear he is not an impersonator but instead he takes the catch cry of some American guests in the crowd, when the band played at the new Melbourne jazz bar, saying the show “was a celebratio”

“Taylor says this show is “a laid back re-frame” of Diamond's songs capturing their energy, there will be some ballads n the traditional sense but the reggae of ‘Red, Red Wine' and ‘Holly Holy' are revamped with “a lot of heat and passion as opposed to a chilled out lazy Sunday afternoon version”.”