- Eddie Taylor
Eddie Taylor (
January 29 1923 –December 25 1985 ) was an Americanblues guitar ist andsinger .Born Edward Taylor in Benoit,
Mississippi , as a boy Taylor taught himself to play the guitar. He spent his early years playing at venues aroundLeland, Mississippi where he taught his friendJimmy Reed to play guitar. Bringing with him a style deeply rooted in theMississippi Delta tradition, in 1949 Taylor moved toChicago .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 withJohn Lee Hooker ,Big Walter Horton , and others. Taylor's own records "Big Town Playboy" and "Bad Boy" onVee 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 .Discography
*1972 "I Feel So Bad - The Blues Of Eddie Taylor"
External links
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fifrxq95ldae~T1 Eddie Taylor's biography] at
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