HOUND DOG TAYLOR

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Alligator Records, Chicago's leading contemporary blues label, might never have been launched at all if not for the crashing, slashing slide guitar antics of Hound Dog Taylor. Bruce Iglauer, then an employee of Delmark Records, couldn't convince his boss, Bob Koester, of Taylor's potential, so Iglauer took matters into his own hands. In 1971, Alligator was born for the express purpose of releasing Hound Dog's debut album. We all know what transpired after that.

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, Arkansas, before coming to Chicago in 1942. It was another 15 years before Taylor made blues his full-time vocation, though. Taylor was a favorite on Chicago's South and West sides during the late '50s and early '60s. It's generally accepted
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HOUND DOG TAYLOR Hound Dog Taylor And The House Rockers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hound Dog Taylor And The House Rockers
Blues 1971
HOUND DOG TAYLOR Natural Boogie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Natural Boogie
Blues 1974
HOUND DOG TAYLOR Genuine Houserocking Music album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Genuine Houserocking Music
Blues 1982

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HOUND DOG TAYLOR Beware Of The Dog! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Beware Of The Dog!
Blues 1976
HOUND DOG TAYLOR Live At Florences album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Florences
Blues 1981
HOUND DOG TAYLOR House Rockin' Boogie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
House Rockin' Boogie
Blues 1982
HOUND DOG TAYLOR Live At Joe's Place album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Joe's Place
Blues 1992
HOUND DOG TAYLOR Freddie's Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Freddie's Blues
Blues 1994
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Release The Hound
Blues 2004

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HOUND DOG TAYLOR Natural Boogie / Beware Of The Dog! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Natural Boogie / Beware Of The Dog!
Blues 1983
HOUND DOG TAYLOR Live In Boston album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live In Boston
Blues 1998
HOUND DOG TAYLOR Hound Dog Taylor And The Houserockers  Deluxe Edition album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hound Dog Taylor And The Houserockers Deluxe Edition
Blues 1999
HOUND DOG TAYLOR The Best & Unreleased album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Best & Unreleased
Blues 2009

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