Toby's House
is made up of Mike Zikovich and GRAMMY WINNER Jeff Taylor, two very good friends who have a great love for the accordion, across many musical styles and geographical borders. They recently lost founding member and friend Jeff Lisenby, but the group continues because they know that Jeff would want the music to play on! And now, with the addition of Accordion player and Keyboardist Joey Schmidt, the group continues to entertain like never before. Joey cut his accordion chops' as a regular on the Lawrence Welk show and currently can be found playing locally with The Music City Playboys or on tour with country music star Alan Jackson.

They have all been bandleaders from Broadway in NYC to the Ryman in Nashville. Their live and recording credits run an amazing musical gamut; Kenny Rogers, Pavarotti, Dolly Parton, Amy Grant, The Chieftains, Elvis Costello, Charlie McCoy, Waylon Jennings, Frank Yankovic, Mel Tormé, Blake Shelton, Ricky Skaggs, David Phelps, Alison Krauss, Paul Simon, Harry Connick Jr., Kenny Chesney, Steven Tyler, Keb Mo, Miranda Lambert, Cyndi Lauper, The Time Jumpers and The Riders in The Sky.

Jeff Taylor
Professional accordionist and multi-instrumentalist, Jeff Taylor, grew up in Batavia, New York, and began playing accordion and keyboards in his dad’s band when he was 10. He studied classical piano at the Eastman School of Music and was leader of a small jazz/rock group when he was in the Air Force in Ohio. He has lived in Nashville since 1990. Taylor counts among his performing highlights his two years as bandleader at the Ryman auditorium for the musical production Always, Patsy Cline, hundreds of shows as bandleader at Opryland theme park and on the General Jackson showboat, The Skaggs Family Christmas Tour, and many appearances on the Grand Ole Opry, backing numerous artists. He has recorded with Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, Harry Connick Jr., Keith and Kristyn Getty, Amy Grant, George Strait, The Chieftains, Martina McBride, Buddy Greene, Vince Gill and Ricky Skaggs. He was a featured artist on the Ricky Skagg’s and Kentucky Thunder Instrumentals CD that won a Grammy in 2007 for Best Bluegrass Album. Besides excelling on accordion and piano, he also shines on the concertina, penny whistle, mandolin and bouzouki.

Jeff Taylor performs as a member of The Time Jumpers, along with Vince Gill and also some of the best musicians in Nashville. The Time Jumpers are an award winning Western Swing band from Nashville, Tennessee, with two awards from the Association of Western Artists, one from the Western Music Association and two Grammy nominations! This group of Nashville’s studio elite has evolved from casual jam sessions at the Grand Ole Opry to performing on the main stage, and becoming THE Monday night destination in Nashville,.