Hello, my name is Paul Taylor and, due to many Paul Taylors of note, these days I mostly put out records under the nom de plume New Memphis Colorways!

Thank you for taking the time to visit my website. Make yourself at home, have a look around! You’ll find pages devoted to all of my releases, and more

I’m opting to drop pretenses such as the ol’  “somebody else wrote it, I swear!” bio; I’d much rather take a more honest and direct approach- 

I’m happy to tell you that-

 I’m so blessed (non denominationally speaking, of course!) to be a second generation Memphis musician. 

 I grew up in a house surrounded by instruments and recording gear, and I’ve been playing guitar, drums, bass, keys and writing/recording songs for as long as i can remember. (My dad was helping me 4 track songs I wrote about girls I had crushes on in the first grade!)

I cut my teeth juggling between rock’n’roll, jazz and blues gigs on Beale Street- and more left of center indie endeavors on my home turf of Midtown, Memphis TN. 

As an able multi instrumentalist with wide ranging tastes, I’ve had the incredible fortune to make music with a wildly diverse list of artists including, but not limited to-

Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing) 

Dave Shouse (Grifters/Those Bastard Souls)

Eric Gales

Robert Ellis

Shelby Bryant(Cloud Wow Music)

Shawn Lane

Jimbo Mathus

Chuck Prophet

John Nemeth

Van Duren 

Mason Ruffner

Reba Russell Band

Eric Lewis

Jim Dickinson 

Sid Selvidge

Amy LaVere

North Mississippi Allstars

The PRVLG

and so many more. 

 Anyways, I’ve been somewhat of a sponge soaking up these diverse influences and experiences, and I think the music and songs that come out of me reflect these diverse experiences. 

Thusly, I’ve been putting out records under my own name, and my respective nom de plumes Paul “Snowflake” Taylor and more recently New Memphis Colorways for the better part of the 21st century. (See discography page)

I have been performing as a solo acoustic act and leading my own bands for over 20 years.

I moved from my hometown of Memphis TN to Door County WI in 2020 (see my door county booking page for more info on that!) and also lead a diverse rocknroll band called Three Springs, and I drum in an organ trio that I formed with some of DoCo’s finest musicians, called The Lindenberg Lewis and Taylor Organ Trio.