Sam Taylor (producer)

{{short description|American rock record producer}}Sam Taylor is an American rock record producer. Taylor got his start working as a video producer with ZZ Top.{{Citation |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/the-resurrection-of-sam-taylor-6571643|title=The Resurrection of Sam Taylor|first=Hobart|last=Rowland|date=May 16, 1996|newspaper=Houston Press}} He went on to produce and manage several Houston, Texas area rock bands, such as King's X,{{Cite web|url=http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/biographie-groupe-King%27s_X-id_bio-5396-l-en.html|title=Biography - Spirit of Metal|website=Spirit-of-metal.com}} Galactic Cowboys, and Atomic Opera.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sam-taylor-mn0001371485|title=Sam Taylor | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}} After breaking off his relationship with those bands, he later returned to produce the Third Day album Conspiracy No. 5,{{Cite web |url=https://www.thirdday.com/music/albums/conspiracy-no-5-145 |title=Conspiracy No. 5 | Third Day |access-date=2014-05-27 |archive-date=2014-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527220029/https://www.thirdday.com/music/albums/conspiracy-no-5-145 |url-status=dead }} and also to collaborate with longtime friend and cellist Max Dyer on a project called Moons of Jupiter.