Sarah Maria Taylor is an American singer and songwriter who hails from a very famous American family. Her parents are Carly Simon and James Taylor both of whom are renowned singers and songwriters.
Sally Taylor, upon the start of her career, has had quite a number of different touring band members. She initially started off with the indie band known as The Slip. Apart from singing, she is a guitarist who is fluent in the music band genre known as Indie Rock. Her hit albums include ‘Tomboy Bride’ which was released in 1999, ‘Apt’ released in 2000, and ‘Shotgun’ released in 2001.
10 Interesting Facts About Sarah Maria Taylor
1. Who Is Sarah Maria Taylor?
Sarah Maria Taylor was born on the 7th of January 1974 in Boulder Colorado. Her parents are popular rock-stars Carly Simon and James Taylor. Sarah is related to Lucy Simon, Joanna Simon, and Peter Simon who are her mother’s siblings. From her dad’s side, she is the niece of uncles Alex Taylor and Livingston Taylor and an aunt known as Kate Taylor.
Maria Taylor has a brother named Benjamin ‘Ben’ Simon Taylor who was born on the 22nd of January 1977. Ben is also a musician who has been doing quite well too.
Sally Taylor as she is fondly called, had her college education in Tabor Academy Marion, Massachusetts. Afterward, she moved on to Brown University where she studied Medical anthropology.
2. Her Parents Weren’t In Support Of Her Music Career
Sally’s parents did not wish for her to go into the music industry. According to her, her parents initially felt that they wouldn’t wish a music career on even their worst enemy. However, upon seeing how passionate she was about music, they finally gave in and supported her.
Carly and James’ music influence even came to good use as they used their connections to help their children’s music careers.
3. Her Birth Was Included In Two songs
In the song ‘Sarah Maria’ by James Taylor in his 1975 album titled Gorilla, she was mentioned. Similarly, Carly Simon’s 1974’s ‘Think I’m Gonna Have a Baby’ is a song that chronicled the life of an expectant mother. The inspiration of which came to her mother while she was pregnant for her.
4. She Is Married
Simon Taylor’s daughter, Sarah is married to a social entrepreneur known as Dean Bragonier. He is a swimmer and the founder of NoticeAbility and cofounded The Tranquility Project. The couple welcomed a son named Bodhi Taylor Bragonier on the 4th of October 2007.
5. Taylor And Her Husband Are Dyslexic
Taylor’s husband, Dean Bragonier was, at a young age, diagnosed with Dyslexia. The swimmer grew up feeling weird and different from his peers. Thinking there was something wrong with him, it wasn’t until he was grown that he realized it was only a neurological issue.
However, he has lived with this all his life and tried to help out others who have the same situation.
Bragonier created ‘NoticeAbility’ which is a non-profit organization with the aim of helping out Dyslexics and also creating awareness. He also organizes activities in form of fundraisers to help in supporting his aims.
Similarly, 51 year-old Sally is said to have been diagnosed with dyslexia from childhood as well. Growing up, she had a lot of help from her family with the situation. Taylor’s family welcomed her and the situation with an open arm and even played games with her that helped her with decoding words and their meanings.
6. Apart From Music, Sarah Is Also Known To Be A Philanthropist
She co-founded ‘The Tranquility Project’ with her husband which is aimed at removing landmines from Southeast Asia. She is so passionate about addressing the problems of landmines in the area and has invested her philanthropic works into the endeavor.
In connection to this, Bohdi’s mother has created and joined a lot of charity activities. She was part of various charity concerts as well as appearing on ‘Too Many Years’ CD. This appearance was in order to help Clear Path International’s work on helping land mine survivors.
She is not just invested in creating awareness but she also tries to remove the landmines and help victims of it in South East Asia.
7. Upon Her Retirement, Sally Became A Teacher
At the age of 30, Taylor retired from touring. Upon her retirement, she moved to Boston, and there, she began to teach. She taught music in The Berklee School of Music and was of immense help to the school and its students.
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8. Maria Taylor Is The Founder Of ‘Consenses’
Consenses is a medium used in engaging different artists from around the world while connecting them in artistic ways. The aim is to bring artists together by asking them to interpret one another’s work and express it within their own medium. Sarah retired from teaching music in order to focus on building this community of artists.
9. Her Parents No Longer Have A Relationship
Carly Simon and James Taylor, Sally’s parents, are no longer together. They got married on the 3 rd of November 1972 but got divorced in 1983. They both went on to start other relationships and in 1987, Simon got married to James Hart.
James Taylor also got married to Kathryn Walker in 1985 but divorced in 1995. He went on to get remarry Caroline Smedvig in 2001. Caroline birthed twin sons named Rufus and Henry for the musician.
However, according to Carly, she no longer has a relationship with her ex-husband. She says they no longer speak to each other despite having two kids together. She refers to her relationship with her ex-husband as ‘non-existent’.
10. She Is The Brain Behind ‘Sally in the Raw’
As an activist and philanthropist, Sally goes all out to help out in her own ways to various causes. A vegan, she converted a Volkswagen van to a food cart that features vegan and raw foods.
The name of this venture is called ‘Sally in the Raw’ and the action is aimed at encouraging vegan living.
