Hound Dog Taylor

 

Artist:  Hound Dog Taylor

Birth Name:  Theodore Roosevelt Taylor

Born:  April 12, 1915.  Natchez, Mississippi, USA

Died:  December 17, 1975.  (Aged 60).  Chicago, Illinois, USA

Genre:   Blues, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Regional Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Modern Electric Chicago Blues

Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter

Instruments:   Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Slide Guitar

Hound Dog Taylor was an American Chicago Blues Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter.   He was known for his electrified Slide Guitar playing roughly styled of Elmore James,  he also played with Little Walter and Koko Taylor.  He had toured nationwide and performed with Muddy Waters, Freddy King and Big Mama Thornton.

Artist:   Hound Dog Taylor And The HouseRockers

Title:   Natural Boogie  (2021)

Genre:   Blues, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Regional Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Modern Electric Chicago Blues

Label:   Alligator Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Take Five  (2:4)

 2.  Hawaiian Boogie (2:38)

 3.  See Me In The Evening  (5:04)

 4.  You Can't Sit Down (3:20)

 5.  Sitting At Home Alone  (4:07)

 6.  One More Time  (2:27)

Side B:

 1.  Roll Your Moneymaker  (4:00)

 2.  Buster's Boogie  (3:12)

 3.  Sadie  (6:10)

 4.  Talk To My Baby  (3:18)

 5.  Goodnight Boogie  (3:22)

Personnel:

Hound Dog Taylor:  Vocals, Guitar

Brewer Phillips:  Second Guitar

Ted Harvey:  Drums

Natural Boogie is the second studio album by Hound Dog Taylor And The HouseRockers, originally released in 1974 by Alligator Records, remastered and reissued on June 10, 2021 by Alligator Records, for 25th Anniversary.  All tracks remastered, including "Sadie", "See Me In The Evening", "Roll Your Moneymaker" and "Take Five".