Coral Reefer Band

Greg “Fingers” Taylor

Greg “Fingers” Taylor met Jimmy in 1970 when they were students at The University of Southern Mississippi. They would occasionally jammed and perform together. Fingers worked with Jimmy on his first three albums. In 1974 Jimmy called Greg and asked him to be part of the first “Coral Reefer Band” road unit.

Fingers is considered by many musicians to be one of the best harp players around. Among his early influences were Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, but he especially loved to emulate the sounds of Little Walter Jacobs.

How did he get the nickname Fingers? Greg says “I’m afraid that I’m responsible for the nickname, I had a band called the Buttermilk Blues in high school and I decided to give everybody in the band a bluesy nickname. Being the keyboard player, I picked ‘Fingers.’ It wasn’t until I switched to the harp that I realized I had the wrong name. But by then it was too late.”

Fingers resigned from the Coral Reefer Band in May 2000. He decided to play solo shows for awhile and he occasionally appearred with KD Moore. He has since reunited with Jimmy Buffett and has appeared on two albums, “Hoot” and “Take the Weather With You”. His first appearance back on stage with Jimmy and the Coral Reefer Band was on June 8th, 2006 in Cincinatti.

An interview with Fingers is available at Time After Island Time – On Demand

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Album Credits (Jimmy Buffett albums)
Year	Album Title	Credit	Notes
1973	A White Sport Coat & A Pink Crustacean	Harmonica
1974	Living & Dying In 3/4 Time	Harmonica
1974	A1A	Harmonica
1975	Rancho Deluxe (Movie Soundtrack)	Harmonica
1976	Havana Daydreamin’	Harmonica, Piano
1977	Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes	Harmonica and one line in “Lovely Cruise”
1978	Son Of A Son Of A Sailor	Harmonica
1978	You Had To Be There	Harmonica
1979	Volcano	Harmonica
1981	Coconut Telegraph	Harmonica
1982	Somewhere Over China	Harmonica
1984	Riddles In The Sand	Harmonica
1985	Last Mango In Paris	Harmonica
1986	Floridays	Harmonica
1988	Hot Water	Harmonica
1989	Off To See The Lizard	Harmonica
1990	Feeding Frenzy	Harmonica
1992	Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads	Harmonica on Love and Luck
1992	Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads	Harmonica on Everlasting Moon
1992	Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads	Harmonica on Elvis Imitators
1994	Fruitcakes	Harmonica
1995	Barometer Soup	Harmonica
1996	Banana Wind	Harmonica
1996	Christmas Island	Harmonica
1998	Don’t Stop The Carnival	Harmonica
1999	Beach House on the Moon	Harmonica
1999	Buffett Live – Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays	Harmonica
2006	Hoot (Movie Soundtrack)	Harmonica
2006	Take the Weather With You	Harmonica

Tours (with the Coral Reefer Band)
Year	Tour Name	Credit	Notes
1975	1975 Tour	Harmonica, Keyboards
1976	A Pink Crustacean Tour	Harmonica, Keyboards
1977	1977 Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1978	Cheeseburger in Paradise Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1979	You Had to Be There / Volcano Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1981	Coconut Telegraph Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1982	Homecoming Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1983	Somewhere Over China Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1984	Feeding Frenzy Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1985	Sleepless Knights Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1986	Floridays Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1986	World Tour of Florida	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1987	A Pirate Looks At Forty Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1988	Cheap Vacation Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1988	Hot Water Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1989	Off To See The Lizard Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1990	Jimmy’s Jump Up Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1991	Outpost Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1992	Recession Recess Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1993	Chameleon Caravan Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1994	Fruitcakes Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1995	Domino College Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1996	Banana Wind Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1997	Havana Daydreamin’ Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1998	Don’t Stop The Carnival Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
1999	Beach House On The Moon Tour	Harmonica, Background Vocals
2006	Party At The End Of The World Tour	Harmonica	Guest 6/8/06, 9/14/06, 10/21/06

Special Appearances
Date	Show Info	Credit	Notes
06/08/06	Riverbend Music Center – Cincinnati OH	Harmonica
09/14/06	Madison Square Garden – New York NY	Harmonica
10/21/06	MGM Grand – Las Vegas NV	Harmonica
06/28/07	Nissan Pavilion – Bristow VA	Harmonica
06/10/08	DTE Music Theatre – Clarkston MI	Harmonica