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Eddie Taylor

1923-1985
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Born in:Benoit,
United States of America

Biography

(source: wikipedia)

Eddie Taylor (January 29, 1923 – December 25, 1985) was an American electric blues guitarist and singer.
Born Edward Taylor in Benoit, Mississippi, 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 the guitar. With a guitar style deeply rooted in the Mississippi Delta tradition, Taylor moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1948.
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