I always liked Howard. Our paths crossed every so often about 20 years after high school when we were in bands. I'd always greet him with Hi Howard and he would immediately reprimand me and say it's not Howard Taylor any more, I've changed my name to Johnny Nugget. R. I. P. Howard (Johnny Nugget)
I knew Howard in high school & later when he changed his name to Johnny Nugget while looking for gold & performing music in Alaska. When I returned from the year of infantry army in Vietnam he took me to see Big Brother & the Holding Co at Sac State in the first week of Jan '68. Sparsely attended but in the Fall of '68 in SF at the Carousel Ballroom it was packed like sardines in a can for Big Brother and toward the end of Janis with Big Brother. Howard and I with others saw Led Zeppelin at one of their first shows in SF. Around this time the Sound Factory opened on Alhambra Blvd and Johnny worked with the Light Brigade light show that had the gig there and other events in the greater Sac area. I took LSD the first time with Johnny & others after we scored on Haight St and drove to the beach in Santa Cruz, summer '68. Took peyote mushrooms with Johnny & others. He turned me on to a lot of good music as he was on the pulse of the new releases available at Tower Records. He was an interesting character all the years I knew him and he played in the Sunland Blues Band for awhile as well as with other musicians & solo during his life after high school.
Carol Martin (Schanz)
RIP Howard. You were such a fun guy.
Victoria Calica (Woode)
I don't know much about Howard when I attended Sacramento High during my 3rd and 4rth year. May Howard Rest In Peace with eternal life in Heaven.
From: Victoria M. Calica
Lane King
I always liked Howard. Our paths crossed every so often about 20 years after high school when we were in bands. I'd always greet him with Hi Howard and he would immediately reprimand me and say it's not Howard Taylor any more, I've changed my name to Johnny Nugget. R. I. P. Howard (Johnny Nugget)
Terry Fowler
Terry Fowler
I knew Howard in high school & later when he changed his name to Johnny Nugget while looking for gold & performing music in Alaska. When I returned from the year of infantry army in Vietnam he took me to see Big Brother & the Holding Co at Sac State in the first week of Jan '68. Sparsely attended but in the Fall of '68 in SF at the Carousel Ballroom it was packed like sardines in a can for Big Brother and toward the end of Janis with Big Brother. Howard and I with others saw Led Zeppelin at one of their first shows in SF. Around this time the Sound Factory opened on Alhambra Blvd and Johnny worked with the Light Brigade light show that had the gig there and other events in the greater Sac area. I took LSD the first time with Johnny & others after we scored on Haight St and drove to the beach in Santa Cruz, summer '68. Took peyote mushrooms with Johnny & others. He turned me on to a lot of good music as he was on the pulse of the new releases available at Tower Records. He was an interesting character all the years I knew him and he played in the Sunland Blues Band for awhile as well as with other musicians & solo during his life after high school.