Edward Taylor (January 29, 1923 – December 25, 1985) was an American blues guitarist and singer. January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the full twelve note chromatic scale plus the microtonal intervals and a characteristic eight and twelve-bar chord progression. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Born in Benoit, Mississippi, as a boy Eddie 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. Bringing with him a style deeply rooted in the Mississippi Delta tradition, in 1949 Eddie Taylor moved to Chicago. Benoit is a town located in Bolivar County, Mississippi. ... Leland is a city located in Washington County, Mississippi. ... Jimmy Reed James Jimmy Mathis Reed (September 6, 1925 - August 29, 1976) was an important United States blues singer notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. ... The shared flood plain of the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers The Mississippi Delta is the distinct northwest section of the state of Mississippi that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...

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 and is especially noted as a main accompanist for Jimmy Reed as well as working with John Lee Hooker, Big Walter Horton, and others. Taylor's own records "Big Town Playboy" and "Bad Boy" on Vee Jay Records became local hits in the 1950s. The Chicago blues is a form of blues music that developed in Chicago by adding electricity, drums, piano, bass guitar and sometimes saxophone to the basic string/harmonica Delta blues. ... John Lee Hooker. ... Big Walter Horton (born April 6, 1918 - died December 8, 1981) was an African American blues harmonica player. ... Vee-Jay Records was a record label, specializing in blues, jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll. ...

Taylor's son Eddie Taylor Jr. is a blues guitarist in Chicago, and his stepson Larry Taylor is a blues drummer and vocalist. Taylor's wife Vera was the sister of well-known bluesmen Eddie Burns and Jimmy Burns.

Eddie Taylor died in 1985 and was interred in the Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois. The Burr Oak and the Restvale cemeteries are located in Alsip, Illinois a suburb about 20 miles southwest of the city of Chicago. ... Incorporated Village in 1927. ...

Discography

I Feel So Bad - The Blues Of Eddie Taylor

Original release year: 1972 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Label: Hightone

Producer: Frank Scott

Track Listings:

I Feel So Bad

Jackson Town

Stop Breaking Down

13 Highway

Stroll Out West

Sittin' Here Thinkin'

Going Upside Your Head

Twelve Year Old Boy

There'll Be A Day

Bullcow Blues

Wreck On 83 Highway

Blues In The Rain

Personnel: Eddie Taylor (vocal, guitar); Philip Walker (guitar); George Smith (harmonica); David II (saxophone, percussion); Jimmy Sones (piano); Charles Jones (bass); Johnny Tucker (drums); Little H. Williams (percussion). The name George Smith refers to a number of people: George Smith, former valet and footman to Charles, Prince of Wales George Smith, Victorian Assyriologist George Smith, founder of the Glenlivet Distillery in Ballindalloch, Scotland George Smith southeast London architect George Smith, Republican representative for Pennsylvania (1809-1812) George Smith... David II (March 5, 1324-February 22, 1371) king of Scotland, son of King Robert the Bruce by his second wife, Elizabeth de Burgh (d. ... Charles Jones may refer to: Charles Edward Jones (1952–2001), former member of NASAs astronaut group, victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks Chuck Jones (1912–2002), American animator Charlie Jones (1899–1966), Welsh football (soccer) player Charles Jones, American basketball player (born 1957) Charles Jones, American basketball player...

Recorded at Eldorado Studios, Hollywood and Avent Studios, Glendale, California, June 1972. ... Nickname The Jewel City Location Location of Glendale within Los Angeles County and the State of California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

Includes liner notes by Eddie Taylor.