"That is one old soul wrapped up in a kids body. You are awesome Grant Austin Taylor!"

"You did Stevie great justice. Keep it up. You are the next blues god."

"Precociously talented young performer who reminds ONE of a young famous legend from the past."

~ Comments from fans after listening to Grant perform.



Grant Austin Taylor knows his destiny...

"I love pleasing an audience and music is my life."

This quietly talented, eleven-year-old blues-rock musician/singer/songwriter from Norfolk, Virginia, began his musical journey at the age of four when he saw the classic rock band, The Who.

Inspired by the rock legends, he went on to guest-perform with the New Orleans alternative rock-band, Better Than Ezra, at the age of eight. The lead singer and songwriter of BTE, Kevin Griffin, encouraged Grant to pursue music full-force.

Mentored by musical greats as jazz guitarist Henry Johnson and acoustic guitarist Lewis McGehee, Grant writes and performs many of his own compositions. Walk Alone, his first original, was written when he was eight, later came: That´s The Way Life Goes, Gray, and Make This Love Last, as well as many others. He and the Grant Austin Taylor Band perform his originals and covers at venues around the country, including BB King´s Blues Club in Los Angeles, The Norva in Norfolk, and the Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater. Along the way, he has mastered other instruments: the violin, harmonica, piano, and drums &mins his greatest gift is to be able to configure songs by ear.

Television saw him on America´s Most Talented Kids, which won him first place, and on the CW´s, Steve Harvey´s Big Time. Over the airwaves, Radio Disney, FM99 and BOB FM have all experienced Grant playing live.

Fund raising events for the American Cancer Society, St. Jude Children´s Research Hospital, Children´s Hospital of King´s Daughters and Heart of Gold Entertainment´s Kids Helping Kids, have all been rewarded by Grant´s generous musicianship. He holds The Patriot Award for his dedication to and support of the United Service Organizations (USO) and he is a member of the Natchel Blues Society. Taylor Guitars and Shubb Capos are pleased to have artist relations with Grant.

Having opened for such internationally known acts as Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Blackfoot, Michael Tolcher and Johnny ´Guitar´ Jones, Grant is on his way to the Grammys, which is why the Young Artist Awards are honored to present him with the Special Award for Outstanding Young Original Blues-Rock Artist.