EDDIE TAYLOR Tribute Page

Born on Jan 29 / 1923 Benoit , Miss. Eddie met Charley Patton and Son House when he was a boy and played in bars and juke-joints with Floyd Jones , Big Joe Williams and Jimmy Reed . In 1943 he moved to Memphis,TN and occasionally sat-in with Elmore James , Big Walter Horton , Johnny Shines and others . He arrived in Chicago in 1949 and played for tips on Maxwell Street . He worked with Jimmy Lee Robinson , Elmore James , Muddy Waters , Big Walter Horton , John Brim and recorded and toured with Jimmy Reed and John Lee Hooker , he also was a member of the elmore James band for a few years. From 1954 to 1964 Eddie recorded about 20 great songs and continued to work with Jimmy Reed , John Lee Hooker , Elmore James , etc... In 1965 he left Jimmy Reed and started his own band and toured in Europe and Japan . Over the next 20 years Eddie recorded several albums and recorded with many great Bluesmen ( Carey Bell , Big John Wrencher , Big Walter Horton ,Snooky Pryor , Roosevelt Sykes , Homesick James , Willie Mabon, The Aces , Big Leon Brooks and others )------------ His Albums :-------------------------- - Big Town Playboy ( Charly 1015 )---------------------------------- Masters of Modern Blues - Eddie Taylor / Floyd Jones ( Testament 2214 )------------------- I Feel So Bad ( Advent 2802)--------------------------------- Ready For Eddie ( Big Bear 6 )--------------------- Bad Boy ( P-Vine 3501)------------- My Heart Is Bleeding ( L+R 42.009 )----------- - I Found Out ( Wolf )-------------- Still Not Ready For Eddie ( Antones 0005)---------- Eddie Taylor also apears solo and as a frontman on the following Lp's and Cd's : Goin' To Chicago ( Testament LP 2218 ) ---- Chicago Blues Festival '70 ( Blues Reference Cd BB 447.2 ) ---- Chicago Blues At Home ( Testament TCD 5028 ) ---- American Folk Blues Festival '80 ( Bellaphon 4 cd box CDLR 726123 )----------------------------------------------------------- -----------Eddie Taylor died in Chicago on Christmas day of 1985 . Please feel free to add more information and pictures of this great Bluesman .----------////////EDDIE TAYLOR DISCOGRAPHY /////////// :---------------------------------------------- CHICAGO 7 Feb 1954 Vc&Gt with Snooky Pryor (Hc) - Sunnyland Slim (Pno) - Floyd Jones (Gt ) - Alfred Wallace ( Dms) STEADY PISTOL ( unissued ) STROLL OUT WEST ( unissued )----------------------------------------------------------- -------- CHICAGO 18 january 1955 Vc&Gt with Jimmy Reed ( Hc/Gt ) - Ray Scott ( Dms) BAD BOY ( VJ 149 ) E.T. BLUES ( VJ 149 )---------------------------------- CHICAGO 5 december 1955 Vc&Gt with Jimmy Reed ( HC/Gt ) - Vernell Fournier ( Dms ) RIDE 'EM ON DOWN ( VJ 185 ) RIDE 'EM ON DOWN ( alt take ) BIG TOWN PLAYBOY ( VJ 185 )----------------------------------------------------------- ------------ CHICAGO 9 july 1956 Vc&Gt with George Maywether ( Hc ) - Jimmy Lee Robinson ( Bass ) - Earl Phillips ( Dms ) YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE A HOME ( VJ 206 ) DON'T KNOCK AT MY DOOR ( VJ 206 ) GOOD HEARTED ( unissued ) BONGO BEAT ( unissued )----------------------------------------------------------- -----------------CHICAGO 5 November 1957 Vc&Gt with Jimmy Lee Robinson ( Bass ) - Earl Phillips ( Dms ) I'M GONNA LOVE YOU ( VJ 267 ) LOOKIN' FOR TROUBLE ( VJ 267 ) FIND MY BABY ( Delta Swing LP 379 ) STROLL OUT WEST ( Delta Swing Lp 379 )----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------??? GT with unknown GT , Bass , Dms SOMETHIN' FOR NOTHIN' (VJ ) ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- - CHICAGO 1964 Vc&Gt with Jimmy Reed ( Hc ) - Johnny Jones ( Pno ) - Hubert Sumlin ( Gt ) - Al Duncan ( Dms ) I'M SITTING HERE ( Vivid 104 ) DO YOU WANT ME TO CRY ( Vivid 104 )TRAIN FARE ( Charly ) LEAVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ( Charly )----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- CHICAGO 1966 (?) Vc&Gt with Louis Myers ( Hc ) - Reggie Boyd ( Gt ) - Cassell Burrow ( Dms ) BIG TOWN PLAYBOY ( unissued La Salle ) DON'T HAND ME DOWN THAT LINE OF JIVE ( unissued ) WRECK ON 83 HIGHWAY ( unissued ) MR. HIGHWAY MAN (Unissued ) ------------------------------------------------------- CHICAGO June 1966 Vc&Gt with Big Walter Horton ( Hc ) - Otis Spann ( Pno ) - Floyd Jones ( Bass ) - Fred Below ( Dms ) BIG TOWN PLAYBOY ( Testament 2214 ) PEACH TREE BLUES ( T 2214 ) BAD BOY ( T 2214 ) BAD BOY ( Alt Take ) TRAIN FARE HOME ( T 2214 ) TAKE YOUR HAND DOWN ( T 2214 ) AFTER HOURS ( T2214 ) I FEEL SO BAD ( Testament 2218 ) ------------------------------------------------------------ ------Bordeaux 4 December 1970 ( Black & Blue BB 447.2) Vc&Gt with Louis Myers (Gt / Hc ) - Roosevelt Sykes ( Pno ) - Homesick James ( Gt ) - Dave Myers ( Bass ) - Fred Below ( Dms ) I FEEL SO BAD - ROCKIN' ON 83 HIGHWAY - SITTIN' HERE THINKIN' - RIDE 'EM ON DOWN - BIG TOWN PLAYBOY ------------------------------------------------------------ ------LOS ANGELES 29 May 1972 Vc&Gt GREYHOUND BUS ( Advent Lp 2806 ) - JACKSON TOWN ( Advent LP 2806 ) - TELL ME BABY ( TCD 5028 )----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------HOLLYWOOD / GLENDALE June 1972 ( Advent 2802 ) Vc&Gt with Phillip Walker ( Gt ) - David Li ( Sax / Perc ) - George "Harmonica" Smith ( Hc ) - Jimmy Jones ( Pno ) - Chuck Jones ( Bass ) - Johnny Tucker ( Dms ) - Little H. Williams ( Tambourine ) I FEEL SO BAD - JACKSON TOWN BLUES - STOP BREAKING DOWN - HIGHWAY 13 - STROLL OUT WEST - SITTIN' HERE THINKIN' - GOING UPSIDE YOUR HEAD - TWELVE YEAR OLD BOY - THERE'll BE A DAY - BULLCOW BLUES - WRECK ON 83 HIGHWAY - BLUES IN THE RAIN ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- LONDON Feb/March/April 1974 ( Big Bear ) Vc&Gt with Bob Hall ( Pno ) - Roger Hill ( Gt ) - Graham Gallery ( Bass ) - Peter York ( Dms ) SEEMS LIKE A MILLION YEARS - SLOPPY DRUNK - READDY FOR EDDIE - MY LITTLE MACHINE - CROSS CUT SAW - I USED TO HAVE SOME FRIENDS - I KNOW MY BABY ------------------------------------------------------------ -LONDON Feb/March/April 1974 ( Big Bear ) Vc&Gt with Bob Hall ( Pno ) - Bob Brunning ( Bass ) - Peter York ( Dms ) I'M A COUNTRY BOY - GAMBLIN' MAN - AFTER HOURS - YOU DON'T LOVE ME - TOO LATE TO CRY - YOU'll ALWAYS HAVE A HOME - PLAYBOY BOOGIE ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- KYOTO 17&18 December 1977 / TOKYO 21 December 1977 ( P-Vine ) Vc&Gt with Louis Myers ( Gt ) - Dave Myers ( Bass ) - Odie Payne Jr. ( Dms ) HOY HOY - GOIN' DOWN SLOW - BAD BOY - SIGNALS OF LOVE - THERE'LL BE A DAY - CROSSROADS - MY SOMETIME BABY - BLOW WIND BLOW - YOU'RE GONNA LOOK FOR ME ( AND I'LL BE HARD TO FIND ) - KIND HEARTED WOMAN ---------------------------------------------------------CHI CAGO 21 January 1980 ( L+R Records 42.009 ) Vc&Gt with Steve Beal (Gt) - George Kitta ( Bass ) - Odie Payne ( Dms ) - Special guests : Carey Bell ( Hc ) - Sunnyland Slim ( Pno ) MY HEART IS BLEEDING - GOING TO VIRGINIA - SO BAD - LEXINGTON BREAKDOWN - BLOW WIND BLOW - WRECK ON 83 HIGHWAY - SOUL BROTHER - THERE'LL BE A DAY - LAWNDALE BLUES ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- GERMANY April / May 1980 ( AFBF '80) Vc&Gt with Sunnyland Slim ( Pno ) - Hubert Sumlin ( Gt ) - Carey Bell ( Hc ) - Robert Stroger ( Bass ) - Odie Payne ( Dms ) DUST MY BROOM - THERE'LL BE A DAY ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------CHICAGO July 1983 ( Wolf 120.711 CD ) Vc&Gt with Johnny B. Moore ( Gt ) - Willie Kent ( Bass ) - Larry Taylor ( Dms ) BAD BOY - MOON IS RISING - PINK CHAMPAGNE - KEEP ON PUSHING - LOOK OVER YONDERS WALL - THREE O' CLOCK IN THE MORNING - FEEL LIKE JUMPING - BIG TOWN PLAYBOY ------------------------------------------------------------ CHICAGO July 1983 ( Wolf 120.711 CD ) Vc&Acoustic Gt with Larry Taylor (Dms ) LONG HOME BLUES - I DO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG - YOU MAKE ME SEE ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------GHICAGO August 1984 ( Wolf 120.848 LP ) Vc&Gt with Johnny B. Moore (Gt ) - Willie Kent ( Bass ) - Timothy Taylor (Dms ) TAKE YOUR HANDS DOWN - I GOT LONG TO STAY ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------AUSTIN ,Texas 1985 ( Antones LP 0005 ) Vc&Gt with Luther Tucker ( Gt ) - Sunnyland Slim ( Pno ) - Snooky Pryor ( Hc ) - Bob Stroger ( Bass ) - Timothy Taylor ( Dms ) IF YOU DON'T WANT ME BABY - CLOUDS IN MY HEART - SITTIN' HERE THINKIN - BIGTOWN PLAYBOY - BOOGALOO FARM - KNOCKIN' AT YOUR DOOR ( add Jimmy Rogers on GT ) - BAD BOY - LOOK ON YONDERS WALL - ANNA LEE ( With the addition of Hubert Sumlin and Ted Harvey on the last 3 songs ) ------------------------------------------------------------ ---- /////////////// I hope this page will be visited by a lot of music lovers all over the world , i hope that most of you will buy Blues albums and visit festivals and concerts , it seems to me that by doin' so you'll help this great Afro-American Music to continue it's journey that started more than 100 years ago in the southern states of the US. Peace !!