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Eddie Taylor
Eddie Taylor
Artist Information
Genres: R&B, Modern Electric Blues, Electric Chicago Blues
Active: 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's
Born: January 29, 1923 in Benoit, MS
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Biography
When you're talking about the patented Jimmy Reed laconic shuffle sound, you're talking about Eddie Taylor just as much as Reed himself. Taylor was the glue that kept Reed's lowdown grooves from falling into serious disrepair. His rock-steady rhythm guitar powered the great majority of Reed's Vee-Jay sides during the 1950s and early '60s, and he even found time to wax a few classic sides of his own for Vee-Jay during the mid-'50s. Eddie Taylor was as versatile a blues guitarist as anyone could ever hope to encounter. His style was deeply rooted in Delta tradition, but he could snap off a modern funk-tinged groove just as convincingly as a straight shuffle.
Discography
Release: February 19, 2003
Label: P-Vine Japan
Release: 1990
Label: P-Vine, P-Vine Japan, ZYX