Taylor Made Singer Brian Duckworth Dies at 56 as Country Trio Remembered for Touring With Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley and Charlie Daniels

CLARKSBURG, WV — Brian “Nashville” Neil Duckworth, a member of the country trio Taylor Made, has died at 56. His family said he died Sept. 7, 2026, at his home in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

Duckworth’s cause of death was not made public. The announcement focused instead on his years in music with his siblings, Wendy Williams and Greg Duckworth, as the group carved out a place for itself in country music during the 2010s.

How Taylor Made built a following as an independent country act

Taylor Made was known as an independent act, a label that mattered in an industry where radio support and major-label backing often shape visibility. Even without that machinery, the trio earned recognition by staying active and performing as a family group.

Duckworth’s family described that period as central to his life in music. The trio’s identity came from the sibling dynamic as much as the songs, giving fans a sense of the people behind the performances.

Shared stages with major names gave the trio wider exposure

Over the years, Taylor Made performed with a number of established country artists, including Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley and Charlie Daniels. Those appearances placed the group alongside some of the genre’s most recognizable names and helped broaden its audience.

For a regional or independent act, those kinds of billings can introduce new listeners who may not otherwise discover a group. The trio’s resume showed that it was able to move beyond local dates and reach bigger country stages.

A 2012 chart entry remains part of Duckworth’s legacy

The group also had chart success with “Things You Don’t Grow Out Of,” which reached No. 36 on the Indicator chart in 2012. That placement marked one of Taylor Made’s most concrete commercial milestones and gave the band a measurable foothold in country music.

Chart recognition can matter as much as a marquee booking for independent artists, because it signals that a song connected beyond a single venue or hometown crowd. For Duckworth and his siblings, it remains a key marker in the trio’s story.

Life away from the stage included work and the outdoors

Duckworth’s life was not defined only by music. He also worked as a dump truck driver, a job that reflected the practical side of his life away from performances and traveling with the trio.

He is also remembered as someone who enjoyed spending time outdoors. Those details, shared by his family, round out a portrait of a musician whose interests and responsibilities extended well beyond the stage.

Family members and pets are part of what he leaves behind

Duckworth is survived by his wife, six children, four grandchildren, several siblings and his pets. The family’s announcement underscored both the size of the loss and the personal network he leaves behind.

For fans of Taylor Made, the news closes a chapter on a trio that was built on family ties as well as performance. Duckworth’s death at 56 leaves behind a musical legacy tied to sibling collaboration, independent country work and a song that reached the national chart.

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