Raised on Chicago's Southside with an Irish Catholic upbringing, Tim was in touch with his Irish roots at an early age.  Tim's father, Patrick, grew up in the predominantly Irish neighborhood of Beverly, in Chicago's Southwest side.  The annual homage to the Southside Irish Parade along with the newly opened Gaelic Park in the early 1980's were Taylor family rituals.  Tim grew up singing Irish ballads by the Irish Rovers, Dubliners and the Clancy Brothers from his father's old juke box that played 45's.

Tim's  roots hail back to the small village of Ballingarry, Limerick, Ireland, Monaghan, and Louth, and later settled into the City's southside in the Holy Angels and St. Gabriel parishes, and eventually moving further south to Beverly's  St. Cajetan Parish where is his family has a rich history. 

Tim currently serves on the board of directors for the Irish American Heritage Center on Chicago's Northwest side.