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Taylor, Hound Dog, 1915-1975

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Personal name headingTaylor, Hound Dog, 1915-1975
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Variant(s)Taylor, Theodore Roosevelt, 1915-1975
See alsoCorporate body: HouseRockers
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LocatedChicago (Ill.)
Birth date19150412
Death date19751217
Place of birthNatchez (Miss.)
Place of deathChicago (Ill.)
Field of activityBlues (Music)
Profession or occupationBlues musicians Guitarists
Found inHis Genuine houserocking music [SR] p1982: container (Hound Dog Taylor, guitar and vocals, age 27 in 1942, d. 12/17/75)
His Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers [SR] 1989?: label (Hound Dog Taylor) insert (Theodore Roosevelt Taylor; b. 1915, Natchez, Miss., d. 1975)
All music guide WWW site, Jan. 8, 2003 (Hound Dog Taylor; b. Theodore Roosevelt Taylor, Apr. 12, 1915, Natchez, Miss., d. Dec. 17, 1975 in Chicago, Ill.)
Oxford music online, October 31, 2014: Encyclopedia of popular music (Taylor, Hound Dog; born Theodore Roosevelt Taylor, April 12, 1915, Natchez, Mississippi; died December 17, 1975, Chicago, Illinois; moved to Chicago in 1942; In the early 70s, Taylor and his band the HouseRockers made two explosive studio albums for Alligator Records which helped establish a reputation for intense bottleneck guitar blues and R&B)
Wikipedia, October 31, 2014 (Hound Dog Taylor; Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor; born April 12, 1915 (some sources say 1917), Natchez, Mississippi; died December 17, 1975 (aged 60); Chicago blues guitarist and singer; his debut album Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers was the first release on Bruce Iglauer's Alligator Records)
Alligator Records WWW site, October 31, 2014 (Hound Dog Taylor; Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor; born in Mississippi in 1917; blues guitarist and singer)
   <http://www.alligator.com/artists/Hound-Dog-Taylor/>
Find-a-grave WWW site, November 3, 2014 (Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor; born April 12, 1915, Natchez, Mississippi; died December 17, 1975, Chicago, Illinois; blues slide guitarist)