Brian Duckworth, Taylor Made Country Singer, Dies at 56 — SkimNews
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- Brian Duckworth died Monday, September 7, at his home in Clarksburg, W. Va., at age 56; his family announced the death without disclosing a cause.
- Taylor Made, the family band featuring Duckworth, brother Greg Duckworth, and sister Wendy Williams, released the single "Things You Don't Grow Out Of" in 2012 and opened for Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert.
- The band was named MusicRow Magazine's Independent Artist of the Year in 2013, the year after the single's release.
- Duckworth kept a day job as a dump truck operator even as Taylor Made continued performing, earning the family nickname "Truck Boss" because the outdoor work "truly made him happy."
- Brianna Duckworth Kazner, Duckworth's niece, wrote in a Facebook tribute that he had "such a way with song lyrics" and routinely pulled her out of songwriter's slumps when she got "creatively stuck."
- Duckworth is survived by wife Tina Scheuvront Duckworth, six children, four grandchildren, and five siblings.
Why it matters: Brian Duckworth's death ends the dual-life career of a musician who shared stages with Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert through Taylor Made while working weekdays as a 'Truck Boss' dump truck operator. For a tight independent country scene built around family acts at fairs and festivals, the loss removes one of its founding voices and a songwriter whose lyrical craft was passed directly to the next generation.
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