Melvin Taylor

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Melvin Taylor
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Taylor performing in Kyiv, Ukraine, 2010
Background information
Born (1959-03-13) March 13, 1959 (age 66)
Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Origin Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres Electric blues [1]
Occupation Guitarist
InstrumentGuitar
Website melvintaylor.com

Melvin Taylor (born March 13, 1959) [1] is an American electric blues guitarist, based in Chicago. [2]

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Career

Taylor was born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. [3] He moved to Chicago with his parents in 1962. [1]

He joined the Transistors, a popular music group. [3] He switched his focus to blues music when the group disbanded in the early 1980s. He found work playing in clubs on the West Side of Chicago, [1] often at Rosa's Lounge. [4]

During the 1980s he joined Pinetop Perkins and the Legendary Blues Band in a year-long European tour. [3] He has returned to Europe several times with his own group, which has opened for B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Santana. [1]

Taylor's recordings include two albums for Isabel Records, a French record label, Blues on the Run (1982) and Plays the Blues for You (1984). [3] Recordings in the United States include Melvin Taylor and the Slack Band (1995), with John Snyder, released by Evidence Music, and Dirty Pool (1997). [1] Taylor's Beyond the Burning Guitar was recorded in Misty Creek Studios, in Fairfax, Virginia. He also recorded a cover of the Skylar Grey–Eminem song "Love the Way You Lie", with the rapper, Matt Christian, at Misty Creek Studios.

Discography

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Skelly, Richard. "Melvin Taylor – Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  2. ↑ Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music. Fulham, London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 181. ISBN   1-904041-96-5.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Blues (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 342. ISBN   0-85112-673-1.
  4. ↑ Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books. p. 175. ISBN   1-85868-255-X.
  5. ↑ "Melvin Taylor – Blues on the Run (vinyl LP) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  6. ↑ "Melvin Taylor Band "Taylor Made" . Retrieved 11 December 2015.
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