Jay Taylor was born in Manchester, the son of a bass player and a showgirl. He has been variously… In-house promoter-manager at Manchester’s Night & Day Café, Ruby Lounge and Manchester235 Casino, a radio presenter, studio producer, illustrator (notably at Deadline Magazine alongside Jamie Hewlett et al), a music journalist, shoe model, Mister February in the inaugural Beards of Manchester calendar, Gold Blade guitarist, partner in the wonderful folly that was Manchester’s first urban beach project, and tour manager for the sensational Ren Harvieu. He’s also worked for the Musicians Union, SJM Concerts, PRS Foundation, Sound City Festival and In the City Festival. Jay is currently the English National Coordinator for the Music Venue Trust and Chair of the Greater Manchester Music Commission. He carves up the remainder of his time between running Open Door - a weekly performance session at Nook NC in his neighbourhood, contributing to the Greater Manchester Nighttime Economy Taskforce and the Manchester Music City steering group. He’s also drawing one cartoon a day to go inside his son’s school lunchbox and hopes to at some point make a 3rd LP by his unwieldy 8 piece combo Bone-box.