Eddie Taylor Jr.

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Eddie Taylor Jr. (Edward Taylor, Chicago, Illinois, U.S., March 27, 1972 – March 8, 2019) was an American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. His father was Eddie Taylor, another Chicago blues musician. His step-brother Larry Taylor is a blues drummer and vocalist, and his sister Demetria is a blues vocalist in Chicago. Taylor's mother, Vera (Leevera), was the niece of the bluesmen Eddie "Guitar" Burns and Jimmy Burns. He released six studio albums, and a compilation album of his better known tracks, all on the European-based label, Wolf Records. Among the musicians who worked in Taylor's backing band was his fellow guitar player Johnny B. Moore. Taylor also supported other musicians including Moore, Little Arthur Duncan, Willie Kent and Hubert Sumlin, plus Buddy Guy, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, and Billy Gibbons. Taylor was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. His father, Eddie Taylor was a notable blues musician, who had relocated to Chicago from the Mississippi Delta in 1949. However, Taylor Sr. died in 1985, when his son was 13 years old. Taylor originally yearned to be a rapper, although quickly realised that was not for him. His two older brothers, Larry and Tim, became blues drummers; while his mother, Vera, maintained an intermittent career as a singer until her death in 1999. Although the young Eddie heard the Chicago blues, the family initially bought him some DJ equipment and a set of drums. It was not until after his father

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I Got To Make This Money, Baby

So Called Friends

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Worried About My Baby

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Stop Breaking Down

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From The Country To The City

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Blues Guitar Killers

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Mind Game

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West- and Southside Vol.2

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ChBS Vol 78 - So Called Friends

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ChBS Vol 69 - I Got To Make This Money, Baby

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ChBS Vol 71 - From The Country To The City

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Slow Blues 2

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