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Post by gog on Sept 11, 2008 9:06:33 GMT -5
[shadow=red,left,300]Eddie Taylor[/shadow]"Eddie Taylor" (January 29, 1923 – December 25, 1985) was an American blues guitarist and singer. Born Edward Taylor in Benoit, Mississippi, as a boy Taylor taught himself to play the guitar. He spent his early years playing at venues around Leland, Mississippi where he taught his friend Jimmy Reed to play guitar. Bringing with him a style deeply rooted in the Mississippi Delta tradition, in 1949 Taylor moved to Chicago. While Taylor never achieved the stardom of some of his compatriots in the Chicago Blues scene, he nevertheless was an integral part of that era and is especially noted as a main accompanist for Jimmy Reed as well as working with John Lee Hooker, Big Walter Horton, and others. Taylor's own records "Big Town Playboy" and "Bad Boy" on Vee Jay Records became local hits in the 1950s. Taylor's son Eddie Taylor Jr. is a blues guitarist in Chicago, and his stepson Larry Taylor is a blues drummer and vocalist. Taylor's wife Vera was the sister of bluesmen Eddie Burns and Jimmy Burns. Taylor died in 1985 and was interred in the Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois. Here is a video clip of Eddie playing at the club "Antones" in "Austin Texas" uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6tWVKOjOLbA
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Post by sparky on Sept 12, 2008 20:58:58 GMT -5
Awesome, thanks for posting and the "Heads Up"
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Post by gog on Sept 13, 2008 6:45:44 GMT -5
Another great video on youtube, this was taken At Chicago' Elsewhere II grand opening with Mickey Martin drms, in 1977,
Eddie Taylor, Sunnyland Slim - Love Her With A Feelin
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xC8PNmxOY9I
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Post by BrotherJack on Sept 16, 2008 15:46:34 GMT -5
Awesome, thanks for posting this video of "Eddie" with "Sunnyland Jim",
These guy's are fantastic musicians, they lived for the Blues, they are the Blues
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