Today’s Date in Duran History – John Taylor

March 18th is a huge day in Duran history for a number of reasons…but we’ll begin with the note I’m actually supposed to mention. On today’s date in 1997, John Taylor’s solo CD, Autodidact, was released through the B5 website. This CD has video for
“Feelings Are Good”. I can honestly say that I had no idea John had been working on a CD during this time – I was knee deep in sleep schedules, laundry and baby bottles for my oldest!

Additionally, in 2009, the band entered the studio with Mark Ronson for work that eventually became All You Need is Now. I don’t know about the rest of you, but after some initial skepticism (on my part), that album became one of my most beloved in their catalog. I’ll never be able to look back on this part of my life without thinking of that album or the tour that went along with it.

Lastly, and most selfishly I suppose, I think back to 2005. On this date, I sat in third row for the show at Allstate Arena in Chicago with some of my closest friends. It was the first show I’d ever attended with a group of friends, and it certainly was not my last. In some ways, it was the beginning of this journey.

-R