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Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor〔 (April 12, 1915 – December 17, 1975) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer. ==Biography== Taylor was born in Natchez, Mississippi in 1915 (although some sources say 1917). He originally played piano, and 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hound Dog Taylor – Everyone Knows the Hound )〕 In 1967 Taylor toured Europe with the American Folk Blues Festival, performing with Little Walter and Koko Taylor.〔Glover, Tony, Scott Dirks, & Ward Gaines (2002). ''Blues with a Feeling: the Little Walter Story''. New York and London: Routledge. pp. 259–263. ISBN 0-415-93711-6〕 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. 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, which became 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, Freddie King and Big Mama Thornton. The band became particularly popular in the Boston area, where Taylor inspired a young protégé named George Thorogood. A live album ''Live at Joe's Place'' documented 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hound Dog Taylor )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hound Dog Taylor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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