Hound Dog Taylor
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American Chicago blues guitarist and singer (1915–1975)
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1915
- Active to
- 1975
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 28,468
- Total plays
- 165,694
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Theodore Roosevelt “Hound Dog” Taylor (April 12, 1915 - December 17, 1975) was an American blues guitarist and singer. Taylor was best known for his raw vocal style and searing slide guitar, using a cheap Teisco guitar to great advantage. Named after President Theodore Roosevelt, Mississippi-native Taylor took up the guitar when he was 20 years old. He made a few appearances on Sonny Boy Williamson's fabled KFFA King Biscuit Time radio broadcasts out of Helena, AR, before coming to Chicago in
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Taylor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Natchez
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- pianist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Alligator Records
- Image
- Hound Dog Taylor 1970 AABF JT.jpg
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- name in native language
- Hound Dog Taylor
- date of birth
- 1915-04-12
- date of death
- 1975-12-17
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- number of viewers/listeners
- 1009865
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