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Hound Dog Taylor (Theodore Roosevelt Taylor) was born on 12 April, 1915 in Natchez, Mississippi, U.S., is an American blues guitarist and singer (1915–1975). Discover Hound Dog Taylor's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?
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Theodore Roosevelt Taylor |
Occupation |
Musician · songwriter |
Age |
60 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
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12 April, 1915 |
Birthday |
12 April |
Birthplace |
Natchez, Mississippi, U.S. |
Date of death |
17 December, 1975 |
Died Place |
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Nationality |
United States
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Hound Dog Taylor Height, Weight & Measurements
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Hound Dog Taylor Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Hound Dog Taylor worth at the age of 60 years old? Hound Dog Taylor’s income source is mostly from being a successful guitarist. He is from United States. We have estimated Hound Dog Taylor's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor (April 12, 1915 – December 17, 1975) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer.
Taylor was born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1915, though some sources say 1917.
He first played the piano and began playing the guitar when he was 20.
He moved to Chicago in 1942.
Taylor had a condition known as polydactylism, which resulted in him having six fingers on both hands.
As is usual with the condition, the extra digits were rudimentary nubbins and could not be moved.
One night, while drunk, he cut off the extra digit on his right hand using a straight razor.
He became a full-time musician around 1957, but remained unknown outside the Chicago area, where he played small clubs in black neighborhoods and 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.
In 1967, Taylor toured Europe with the American Folk Blues Festival, performing with Little Walter and KoKo Taylor.
Bruce Iglauer (then a shipping clerk for Delmark Records) tried to persuade his employer to sign Taylor to a recording contract after he heard 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.
In 1971, having no success in getting Delmark to sign Taylor, Iglauer used a $2,500 inheritance to form Alligator Records, which recorded Taylor's debut album, Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers.
The album was recorded in just two nights.
It was the first release for Alligator, which eventually became a major blues label.
Iglauer began managing and booking the band, which toured nationwide and performed with Muddy Waters, Freddie King, and Big Mama Thornton.
The band became especially popular in the Boston area, where Taylor inspired the young George Thorogood.
The album Live at Joe's Place documents a performance in Boston in 1972.
The second release by Taylor and his band, Natural Boogie, recorded in late 1973, received greater acclaim and led to more touring.
Taylor's third album for Alligator, Beware of the Dog, was recorded live in 1974 but was not released until after his death.
Alligator also released, posthumously, Genuine Houserocking Music and Release the Hound.
Bootleg live recordings also circulated after Taylor's death.
In 1975, they toured Australia and New Zealand with Freddie King and the duo of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.
Taylor died of lung cancer in 1975.
He was buried at Restvale Cemetery, in Alsip, Illinois.
In 1984, Taylor was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
His induction statement included: "He was not a virtuoso, nor a master technician. But the few things he could play, he could play like no one else could. He told writer Bob Neff the way he would like to be remembered: 'He couldn’t play shit, but he sure made it sound good.'"
It is included on his album Live (1986); Thorogood also recorded Taylor's "Give Me Back My Wig" for his album The Hard Stuff (2006).
In 1997, Alligator Records released Hound Dog Taylor: A Tribute, a 14-track tribute album in which Taylor's songs are covered by Luther Allison, Elvin Bishop, Cub Koda (with Taylor's band, the HouseRockers), Gov't Mule, Sonny Landreth, and others.
A "Deluxe Edition" series compilation album followed in 1999.