Bobby Taylor, the Bobby Taylor St. Louis drummer, died after a years-long battle with squamous cell carcinoma. His death closes the final chapter on a figure described as a legend in the St. Louis rock music scene.
Jami’s Facebook Tribute
Jami announced his death on Facebook and wrote, “Love is knowing when to let go.” She also wrote, “Rest in peace, my beautiful sweet husband. You don’t have to fight or suffer anymore. Fly high, my love. We WILL be together again one day.”
She added, “Bobby Taylor lost his fight today. He fought until the bitter end. He was NOT going without a fight! Even the hospice nurses couldn’t believe what they were witnessing with his tenacity and to fight and hold on!” That wording gives the timeline the story needed: the diagnosis came in 2021, and the struggle stretched across years rather than weeks.
Jamming.LIVE STL and Foreplay
Jamming.LIVE STL also posted a memorial, calling Taylor “an absolute BEAST behind the drums!” and saying his “energy, passion, and talent could light up any stage.” It said he had “a genuinely kind soul with a big heart” and that he “loved his wife deeply,” which frames him as more than a performer inside the local scene.
The original Foreplay said it was “mourning as a band” and had lost “a bandmate, a brother, a friend and an enormously talented drummer.” It added that when Taylor joined Foreplay, “it was like finding the missing piece of a puzzle. He made us complete.”
St. Louis Rock Loss
That combination of messages matters because the public record now has three separate accounts of the same loss: his wife’s farewell, a local memorial, and the band’s own statement. For readers in St. Louis, the immediate takeaway is simple: one of the scene’s longtime players is gone, and the tributes show how deeply he was woven into the music community.
The unanswered point is the exact day he died, but the timeline is clear enough to place the news after his 2021 diagnosis and after years of treatment and decline. Jami’s final line says as much as any formal notice could: “He fought until the bitter end.”
