MELVIN TAYLOR

Melvin Taylor was born in 1959 in Jackson, Mississippi. His musical roots however have always been in Chicago, where he moved with his music-loving, guitar playing family when he was 3 years old. The proverbial musical prodigy, started playing guitar at age 6. He learned from his uncle Floyd Vaughan, and his great aunt, Rosetta Tharpe. Melvin was influenced and inspired by some of the world’s greatest blues players - many of whom lived in or near his Chicago neighborhood - Albert King, Jimmy Reed, Wes Montgomery and later Jimi Hendrix. 

By the time he was a teenager, Melvin’s incredible ability and unique style was already grabbing attention on Maxwell Street. In 1980, he joined veterans Pinetop Perkins, and “Big Eyes” Willie Smith of the Muddy Waters Band to form the Legendary Blues Band and tour Europe. Melvin made an immediate impact on the European circuit, and while in France, he cut his first two albums - Blues on the Run(1982), and Plays the Blues for You (1984). 

Following his return to the US, Melvin recorded four additional CD’s for Evidence Music - Bang That Bell (1999), Dirty Pool (2002), Melvin Taylor and the Slack Band (2003), and Rendezvous With the Blues (2004). 

Currently under his own production, Melvin has released - Beyond the Burning Guitar (2010), Sweet Taste of Guitar (2012), and Taylor Made (2013). 

Amazing technical proficiency, an impeccable sense of timing and phrasing, with full rich tones and a texture all his own, have placed Taylor firmly in the upper echelon of the world’s six string masters. Taylor is embarking on a career where few have the chops to follow.
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          Dimitris Koutsiaftis

Data de publicació: 27 d’oct. 2018
Modern Electric Chicago Blues 1995
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Track List
Tin Pan Alley 00:00:00
All Your Love (I Miss Loving) 00:07:14
Texas Flood 00:11:36
Depression Blues 00:19:12
Grooving In New Orleans 00:23:06
Talking To Anna Mae  00:27:51
Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong 00:32:48
T-Bone Shuffle 00:39:31
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) 00:42:35

Tequila 00:48:31

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Melvin Taylor (born March 13, 1959, Jackson, Mississippi) is an American electric blues guitarist, based in Chicago.
Born in Mississippi, Taylor's parents moved to Chicago in 1962, taking him along.

He joined the Transistors, a popular music group. He switched his focus to blues music when the group disbanded in the early 1980s. He found work playing in clubs on the West Side of Chicago,[1] often at Rosa's Lounge.

During the 1980s he joined Pinetop Perkins and the Legendary Blues Band in a year-long European tour. He has returned to Europe several times with his own group, which has opened for B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Santana.

Taylor's recordings include two albums for a French record label, Blues on the Run (1982) and Plays the Blues for You (1984). Recordings in the United States include Melvin Taylor and the Slack Band, with John Snyder, released by Evidence Music, and Dirty Pool (1997). Taylor's Beyond the Burning Guitar was recorded in Misty Creek Studios, in Fairfax, Virginia. He also recorded a cover of the Skylar Grey–Eminem song "Love the Way You Lie", with the rapper, Matt Christian, at Misty Creek Studios.

Discography
Blues on the Run (1982)
Plays the Blues for You (1984)
Melvin Taylor and the Slack Band (1995)
Dirty Pool (1997)
Bang That Bell (2000)
Rendezvous with the Blues (2002)
Beyond the Burning Guitar (2010)
Sweet Taste of Guitar (2012)
Taylor Made (2013)