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New Zealand rocker Robert Taylor has died. He was 74.<\/p>\n
Taylor was the guitarist of the popular rock band Dragon. His bandmate Kerry Jacobson, who was the drummer in the band, shared the news via an Instagram post.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m writing to share the unexpected and devastating news of the passing of my mentor,\u201d he wrote. \u201cMy partner in crime for some of the best times, my musical comrade through the hardest of times and my dear friend of decades\u2026the irreplacable [sic] Robert Taylor.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued the post by sharing how many \u201cadmired his songwriting and his musical talent\u201d and that people still talk to him about how amazing Taylor\u2019s musical abilities were.<\/p>\n
\u201cI admired his loyalty, I treasured his mateship, I valued his consistency and I absolutely loved it when often the phone would ring and he was up for a chat,\u201d he wrote. \u201cHe had a dry wit, was a keen observer and had a memory like a razor but mostly he was just one of the good ones. That\u2019s what has stuck in my head today \u201che was one of the good ones\u201d and I think that sums it up. I will miss him terribly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dragon began in New Zealand before the band moved to Sydney, Australia in 1975. It achieved rapid success with songs like \u201cApril Sun in Cuba,\u201d \u201cStill in Love With You,\u201d and \u201cAre You Old Enough?,\u201d which was the theme song for the popular Australian TV series Puberty Blues<\/em>.<\/p>\n