Jordan Taylor Hanson (born March 14, 1983) is an American musician best known as a member of the

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. He was born in Jenks, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa. He sings both lead and back-up vocals, and plays keyboard, percussion (including drums, bongos and the

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), guitar, harmonica, and piano. Taylor was the lead singer of

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Tinted Windows.

Early life

Hanson was born in a suburb of

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, the second of seven children born to Clarke Walker Hanson and Diana Frances Hanson. He has partial Danish ancestry.

Music career

Hanson sings and plays keyboard and the piano with the band

. He and his older brother,

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, started the band with younger brother

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in 1992, and were initially known as The Hanson Brothers (later changed to just 'Hanson'). At the time, Isaac was eleven, Taylor was nine, and Zac was six. They performed as an

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group outside clubs in Tulsa. On May 6, 1997, the band released their first major studio album, '' Middle of Nowhere'', with

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. The first single, "

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", made it to number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100

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. May 6 has been declared "Hanson Day" in Tulsa in honor of the release of ''Middle of Nowhere''. Each year on this day the band hosts concerts and celebrations in Tulsa, and fans travel from around the world to attend. In 2003, Taylor Hanson co-founded

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along with brothers Isaac and Zac Hanson. It was announced in early 2009 that Taylor Hanson, along with former

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guitarist James Iha,

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drummer

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and

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bassist Adam Schlesinger, formed a new band called Tinted Windows. The band played their first publicized gig at

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on March 20, 2009. Their first album was released on April 21, 2009. Adam Schlesinger died in 2020 from

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. A few months after Schlesinger's death, Hanson mentioned that a Tinted Windows reunion had been in the works.

Personal life

On June 8, 2002, Hanson married Natalie Anne Bryant, whom he met in 2000. They have seven children; sons born in 2002, 2006, 2008, and 2018 and daughters born in 2005, 2012, and 2020. In 2014, Taylor Hanson founded Food on the Move, a Tulsa based volunteer organization that acts to end food insecurity in the community. Food On The Move offers fresh produce, prepared meals, and access to community and health resources. In 2021, as part of The Sound of Black Wall Street musical project, Taylor Hanson contributed to an album paying homage to the hundredth anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre. His song, "Sound Like Joy", was recorded in historic Vernon AME Church at the heart of Tulsa's Black Wall Street.

References

External links

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Tinted Windows Official Web Site
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