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Infobox musical artist | name = Hound Dog Taylor| image =| caption =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Theodore Roosevelt Taylor| birth_date = birth date|1915|4|12 Natchez, Mississippi|Natchez , Mississippi United States | death_date = Death date and age|1975|12|17|1915|4|12| genre = Blues rock , rock and roll , Chicago blues | instrument = Singing|Vocals , guitar , piano , slide guitar | associated_acts =| occupation = Musician , Songwriter | years_active = 1957–1974| label = Alligator Records|Alligator Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor (April 12, 1915 - December 17, 1975)cite web |first= |last= |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p543/biography|pure_url=yes |title=Biography by Bill Dahl |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=September 5, 2011 was an United States|American Chicago blues guitarist and singer.cite book | first= Paul | last= Du Noyer | year= 2003 | title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music | edition= 1st | publisher= Flame Tree Publishing | location= Fulham, London | isbn= 1-904041-96-5 | page= 181
Career
Taylor was born in Natchez, Mississippi|Natchez , Mississippi in 1915 (although some sources say 1917). He originally played piano , but began playing guitar when he was 20. He moved to Chicago in 1942.
He became a full-time musician around 1957 but remained unknown outside of the Chicago area where he played small clubs in the black neighborhoods and also at the open-air Maxwell Street Market. He was known for his electrified slide guitar playing roughly styled after that of Elmore James , his cheap Japanese Teisco guitars, and his raucous boogie beats. He was also famed among guitar players for having six fingers on his left hand.cite web |url= http://www.tdblues.com/? p=556 |title=Hound Dog Taylor – Everyone Knows the Hound |publisher=The Delta Blues |accessdate=2010-12-18
After hearing Taylor with his band, the HouseRockers (Brewer Phillips on second guitar and Ted Harvey on drums) in 1970 at Florence's Lounge on Chicago's South Side, Bruce Iglauer - at the time a shipping clerk for Delmark Records - tried to get him signed by his employer.cite book | first= Tony | last= Russell | year= 1997 | title= The Blues - From Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson to Robert Cray | edition= | publisher=Carlton Books Limited | location= Dubai | pages= 174–175 | isbn= 1-85868-255-X Having no success getting Delmark to sign Taylor, Iglauer formed a small record label with a $2500 inheritance and recorded Taylor's debut album, Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers , on his fledgling Alligator Records in 1971. It was the first release on Alligator records, now a major blues label. It was recorded in a studio in just two nights. Iglauer began managing and booking the band, which toured nationwide and performed with Muddy Waters and Big Mama Thornton .Citation needed|date=March 2010 The band became particularly popular in the Boston area, where Taylor inspired a young protege named George Thorogood . A live album ''Live At Joe's Place documents a Boston appearance from 1972.
Their second release, Natural Boogie , was recorded in late 1973, and led to greater acclaim and touring. In 1975, Taylor and his band toured Australia and New Zealand with Freddie King and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee . His third Alligator album, Beware of the Dog , was recorded live in 1974 but was only released after his death. More posthumous releases occurred as well, including Genuine Houserocking Music and Release the Hound , on the Alligator label as well as some bootleg live recordings.
Taylor died of lung cancer in 1975, and was buried in Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois .cite web |url= http://www.furious.com/perfect/hounddogtaylor.html |title=Hound Dog Taylor |publisher= |accessdate=2006-11-22 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi? page=gr& GRid=9499 Find-A-Grave biography Findagrave.com
Taylor was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1984.Citation needed|date=March 2010
Legacy
George Thorogood dedicated " The Sky Is Crying (song)|The Sky Is Crying " (song 9) to "the memory of the late great Hound Dog Taylor" on his Live album (EMI America CDP 7 46329 2).
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External links
http://www.alligator.com/artists/bio.cfm? ArtistID=001 Alligator Records biography of Taylor
http://www.wirz.de/music/oddities/grafik/taylor4.jpg A picture of Hound Dog Taylor's left hand
Persondata | NAME =Taylor, Hound Dog | ALTERNATIVE NAMES =Taylor, Theodore Roosevelt | SHORT DESCRIPTION = United States|American Chicago blues guitarist and singer | DATE OF BIRTH =April 12, 1915 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Natchez, Mississippi , United States | DATE OF DEATH =December 17, 1975 | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Hound Dog Category:1915 births Category:1975 deaths Category:Country blues singers Category:Chicago blues musicians Category:American blues guitarists Category:Blues Hall of Fame inductees Category:Blues musicians from Mississippi Category:Slide guitarists Category:Deaths from lung cancer
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