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Otis Taylor (born July 30, 1948, [1] Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American blues musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist whose talents include the guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, and vocals. In 2001, he was awarded a fellowship to the Sundance Film Composers Laboratory.
Otis Taylor’s new album opens with a bumpy rhythm section under a freewheeling solo cornet, stinging lap-steel guitar and a devastating representation of a black man who, in the Deep South in the 1930s, wouldn’t dare look a white man in the eye: “I’m alive now, be dead soon,” Taylor intones on “Twelve String Mile.”
Guitar Player magazine writes, “Otis Taylor is arguably the most relevant blues artist of our time.” We agree. The Denver-based master of trance blues has re...
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Otis Taylor is one of the few musicians in the world who bring such depth and honesty to the topics of his songs and the passion of his voice and playing. He was inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2019.
Otis Taylor is one of the few musicians in the world who bring depth and honesty to the topics of his songs and the passion of his voice and playing. He grew up in Denver, CO, but was born in...
Otis Taylor: "Peggy Lee" - Hey Joe Opus Red Meat316 views- Otis Taylor: "Red Meat" - "Hey Joe Opus Red Meat"160 views
- Otis Taylor: LIVE at Dazzle Denver41 views
- OtisTaylor: "10 Million Slaves" at Dazzle Denver86 views
- Otis Taylor: “The Heart Is A Muscle (Used For The Blues)” - Hey Joe Opus - Red Meat371 views
- Otis Taylor: "Hey Joe (A)" - Hey Joe Opus - Red Meat1.4K views
- Otis Taylor: "Lifetime of Freedom" - Definition of a Circle368 views
- Otis Taylor: "Mexican Cowboy" - Definition of a Circle231 views
- Otis Taylor: "Long Long Life" - Definition of a Circle
- Otis Taylor: "Few Feet Away" - Wedding Video
May 31, 2023 · The 74-year-old acclaimed blues musician and multi-instrumentalist has had made a career of crooning, strumming and rebelling against the status quo. He's been nominated for awards, scored...
The NEW Album by Otis Taylor Banjo… is blues’ icon Otis Taylor’s 15th album. This is a stunning record both musically and sonically, recorded exclusively at Octave Record’s DSD studios in DSD256.
