Eddie Taylor was a great slide guitarist. Which most people's have Zero knowledge of. Nor appreciation of his skills in that genre. I knew Eddie Taylor from, my childhood on up. He was patient, He was kind. I am eternally grateful, that we were close friends.
Thank you to the Japanese Blues Afficianados who produced this brilliant doco; Eddy Taylor is, in my very humble opinion, the finest 'old school' country-blues picker ever. He had a great start in musical life - he was largely raised by his mums best friend, Memphis Minnie; ... the greatest female blues guitarist of all time, & at least the equal of the best of the males as well. If you like Eddy Taylor, do yourself a favour & watch - the sadly too few - youtube clips of MM.
I absolutely love this post, it's inspiring for me getting to know and see this kind of work, just superb. Hope to know soon about this kind of documentaries. Merry christmas and a happy new year.
Can someone please identify the band playing at the fishmarket? The singer sounds like Taildragger but who are the others? Thanks so much for your help!
There has always been a percentage of the US population whose been illiterate, A majority of that percentage being African American. I can add James Cotton and Albert King to the list of bluesmen who couldn't read or write either. To date in this country there are young people who are, And I'm afraid that all of the people who left school because of the Pandemic? Those numbers will only increase.
