Eddie Taylor
Eddie Taylor (January 29, 1923 – December 25, 1985) was an American electric blues guitarist and singer.
Biography
Born Edward Taylor in Benoit, Mississippi, United States, as a boy Taylor taught himself to play the guitar. He spent his early years playing at venues around Leland, Mississippi, where he taught his friend Jimmy Reed to play guitar. With a guitar style deeply rooted in the Mississippi Delta tradition, in 1949 Taylor moved to Chicago, Illinois.
While Taylor never achieved the stardom of some of his compatriots in the Chicago blues scene, he nevertheless was an integral part of that era. He is especially noted as a main accompanist for Jimmy Reed, as well as working with John Lee Hooker, Big Walter Horton, Sam Lay, and others. Earwig Music Company recorded him with Kansas City Red and Big John Wrencher on the album, Original Chicago Blues. Taylor's own records "Big Town Playboy" and "Bad Boy" on Vee Jay Records became local hits in the 1950s. Later in his "semi-retirement" Eddie returned to be the regular lead guitarist with the "Peter Dames and the Chicago River Blues Band" and later to be known as "Peter Dames and the Rhythm Flames"
'Eddie Taylor' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
One Man Army (1994)
Actors: Telly Babasa (actor), Bill Baldridge (actor), Ramon D'Salva (actor), Rick Dean (actor), Dennis Hayden (actor), Paul Holmes (actor), Jim Moss (actor), Nick Nicholson (actor), James Gregory Paolleli (actor), Steve Rogers (actor), Guel Romero (actor), Manny Samson (actor), David Smith (actor), Raffael Soquez (actor), Ronald Asinas (actor),
Plot: Kickboxing champ Jerry Trimble plays a straight shooting man caught up in the politics of a crooked little town. To get to the truth about his grandfather's death, he must first kick out the criminals --including the sheriff-- effectively putting an end to their illegal smuggling, gambling and prostitution rings. But the worst crime of all turns out to be in his very own backyard.
Keywords: action-hero, african-american, bare-breasts, black-hero, blood, blood-spatter, brawl, cocaine-addict, cult-film, desert-eagle-.50Genres: Action, Crime,
Quotes:
Pat Boze: I would love to have you in my jail.Eddie Taylor: He died the way he lived - a hero.
Jerry Pelt: I'm not for sale.
Untamed Heiress (1954)
Actors: Don 'Red' Barry (actor), Chick Chandler (actor), George Cleveland (actor), James Flavin (actor), Douglas Fowley (actor), William Haade (actor), Taylor Holmes (actor), Jack Kruschen (actor), Hugh Sanders (actor), Dick Wessel (actor), Judy Canova (actress), Tweeny Canova (actress), Ellen Corby (actress), Sidney Picker (producer), Barry Shipman (writer),
Plot: Walter Martin and Eddie Taylor are a couple of theatrical agents, and they receive a visit from Andrew "Cactus" Clayton, who is looking for Effie Canova, who grub-staked him years ago. He longs to share his wealth with her and offers Martin and Taylor a thousand dollars if they'll find her. They learn that Effie is dead, but her daughter is in an orphanage. Unable to finance the trip, they make a deal with "Spider" Mike Lawrence, getting $200 from him to, supposedly, bet on a horse. At the orphanage, they find that Effie's daughter, Judy Canova is far too old to adopt, so they sign her to a contract and promise her a theatrical career. But before that can set out for Nugget City to collect from "Cactus", Mike and his henchman, Louie , catch up with them. It seems that the horse they didn't bet on won paying gigantic odds. So, all four men go to Nugget City with Judy, Once there, they learn that "Cactus" has been ruled incompetent, through a scheme by Williams and his two henchmen Douglas Fowley and William Haade, who are trying to learn where "Cactus" has hidden his wealth.
Keywords: 1950s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, actress, agent, automobile, b-movie, brawl, chase, cigar-smokingGenres: Action, Comedy, Music, Western,
You Only Live Once (1937)
Actors: Hooper Atchley (actor), Allen Black (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Ward Bond (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Al Bridge (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Raymond Brown (actor), George Burton (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Jack Cheatham (actor), Russ Clark (actor), David Clyde (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Earl Askam (actor),
Plot: Joan is the secretary to the public defender in a large city. She is in love with a career criminal named Eddie, and she believes that he is a basically good person who just had some tough breaks. She uses her influence to get him released early, and he tries to go straight after marrying her, but things don't work out, and they both go on the lam.
Keywords: 1930s, apple, auto-court, baby, bank-robbery, baseball, baseball-game, beanery, boxcar, checkersGenres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir,
Taglines: He robbed... kidnapped... he murdered... Because of the love of one woman!
Quotes:
Joan Graham: Anywhere's our home. On the road. Out there on a cold star. Anywhere's our home.Joan Graham: We may never find happiness [says Joan during the escape] but we have the right to live.
Everything's Ducky (1934)
Actors: Ed Brady (actor), Bobby Clark (actor), Phil Dunham (actor), Eddie Gribbon (actor), Paul McCullough (actor), Dennis O'Keefe (actor), Joyce Compton (actress), Maude Truax (actress), Mark Sandrich (director),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Taylor, Eddy Filmography
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1979, role: actor
Taylor, Eddie Filmography
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2000, role: actor , character name: Frankie's band: drums
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1945, role: actor , character name: Henchman Joe
Eddie Taylor
ALBUMS
- Long Way From Home released: 1995
- Bad Boy: Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 35 released: 1993
- Street Talkin' released: 1991
- Live in Japan, 1977 released: 1990
- Masters of Modern Blues released:
- Masters of Modern Blues released:
Born: 1923-01-29
Died: 1985-12-25
What
I was talking in my sleep, she said
Taking pictures making faces
Gone lost and incomplete
Walking quiet down the street, wasted
Searching far and finding nothing
But graves of living meat
So where is the joy in living
When the hours pass me by
What a shame to blame or feel such pain
through laughing eyes (what a shame)
There ain't no one to blame but yourself
You see you inhale the air into the tube
You breath in deeply and
then stare into the hues of blue
Prepare yourself for what you want
Readiness to make it happen
Find your dream seize it, grasp it
We've let illusion cause confusion
that which we once knew is no longer true
Is it good or bad to let go of what you never had
Or what's no longer you
Mysterious, All delerious, Incomprehensible
My life is not what I once thought
A dim reflection of another life that I'm glad I lost
Beat down by others Larry has fought
for what we thought we wanted
But we had it anyway
We've let illusion cause confusion
that which we once knew is no longer true
Is it good or bad to let go of what you never had
Or what's no longer you
Is it good or bad yeah