10 Music Artists Who Disappeared From The Limelight

9. Mick Taylor

The Rolling Stones really need no introduction for being one of the most foundational rock bands in the world. As soon as they burst onto the London club scene in the early '60s, they quickly joined the ranks of the Beatles and the Animals to lead the wave of the British Invasion.

It's pretty hard to have an accolade like that and remain anonymous, but Mick Taylor was one of the few Stones members who could be considered faceless.

Coming into the fold shortly after the tragic death of Brian Jones, Taylor ended up contributing some of the greatest blues licks to compliment Keith Richard's detuned riffs. It's not like his work has gone unnoticed either, with albums like Sticky Fingers and Let It Bleed being praised as some of the greatest works the band has ever made.

However, things got a little bit testy when Taylor's songwriting contributions were not being taken seriously by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, which led to him quitting to form another band with former Cream bassist Jack Bruce. Though he has turned up on various albums with John Mayall, he has never been able to achieve the heights he had with the Stones.

The leads of Mick Taylor may still hold up over time, but in the grand scheme of guitar heroes, he always seems like more of a session guitarist when standing beside Brian Jones and Ronnie Wood.

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