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\n\tWithout Bernie Taupin<\/a>\u2018s lyrics, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road<\/em>, The Tumbleweed Connection<\/em>, Madman Across the Water<\/em>, Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy<\/em>, and virtually the entire rest of the Elton John<\/a> catalog would not exist. That\u2019s why Elton literally handed him his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame statue<\/a> when he was inducted in 1994, and personally welcomed him into the institution in 2023.<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tBut throughout much of this time, the lyricist has also maintained a solo career that\u2019s flown so far under the radar that many Elton John fans are unaware that Taupin\u2019s own work even exists. And it hasn\u2019t, in any meaningful way, since he disbanded his group Farm Dogs in 1998. His last solo album was 1987\u2019s Tribe.<\/em> Over the last couple of decades, he\u2019s focused largely on his family, and his work with Elton John.<\/p>\n \n