EDDIE TAYLOR JR. - I got to make this money, baby
CD 120.817
Eddie Taylor Jr. – I got to make this money, baby
With the CD “I GOT TO MAKE THIS MONEY BABY” Eddie Taylor Jr. found his own style: He wrote great songs by himself like I Got To Make This Money Baby, Goodbye Willie Kent and Biggest Blues Fan, a tribute to the late Chicago bass player. Furthermore, he produced great cover versions of some of his father´s songs as well as of the songs of some other great blues artists (like My little machine originally by Sonny Boy Williamson and That´s all right by Arthur Crudup).
All band members are Chicago Blues veterans: Tim Taylor on drums creates the best drum beat in Chicago. Harmonic Hinds is a fantastic harmonica player and Anthony Palmer, the guitarist, also played with Otis Rush.
This CD is definitely A MUST-HAVE FOR EVERY REAL FAN OF TRADITIONAL ELECTRIC CHICAGO BLUES!
EDDIE TAYLOR JR. - Mind Game
CD 120.813
Eddie Taylor Jr. – Mind Game
Musicians
| Eddie Taylor Jr. | guitar and vocals on 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 6/ 7/ 9/ 10/ 11/ |
| Eddie Taylor Jr. | guitar on 5/ 8/ 12/ |
| Edna Taylor | vocals on 11/ |
| Brenda Taylor | vocals on 5/ |
| Demetria Taylor | vocals on 8/ |
| Manua | rhythm guitar on 1/ 2/ 4/ 9/ 10/ 12/ |
| Illinois Slim | rhythm guitar on 3/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ |
| Detroit Jr. | piano on 3/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ |
| Pete Rubber | bass |
| Tim Taylor | drums on 1/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 10/ 11/ |
| Larry Taylor | drums on 2/ 3/ 12/ |
EDDIE TAYLOR JR. - Worried About My Baby
CD 120.811
Eddie Taylor Jr. – Worried About My Baby
Session 1
| Eddie Taylor | vocals and guitar |
| Johnny B. Moore | rhythm guitar |
| Willie Kent | bass |
| Tim Taylor | drums |
| Kenny Barker | piano |
Stop Breakin’ Down by Robert Johnson
I Feel So Bad by Eddie Taylor Sr.
Red Hot Mama by Eddie Taylor Jr.
Easy Baby by Magic Sam Maghett
Groovin’ with Eddie by Eddie Taylor Jr.
Blues in Your Life by Larry Taylor
Session 2
| Eddie Taylor | vocals and guitar |
| Rockin´ Johnny Burgin | rhythm guitar |
| Sho Kamiya | bass |
| Kenny Barker | piano |
| Larry Taylor | drums |
*except “Sock it to me”: Larry Taylor vocals, Tim Taylor drums
Can’t Take it No More by Eddie Taylor Jr.
Worried About My Baby by Eddie Taylor Jr.
Clouds in My Heart by McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters)
Cut You Loose by Ricky Allen
Sock It To Me by Syl Johnson
Biography Nov. 4th, 2003
When Eddie Taylor Sr., a founder of postwar Chicago blues and the genius behind the famous Jimmy Reed, passed away in 1985, his red guitar, a Gibson 355 stereo, was left sitting in the corner.
Eddie Jr., the third son in the family, had grown up hearing blues, but his main interest at the time was the current hip-hop music. One day he started listening to his father’s records, picked up the guitar, hooked it up to the old Fender tube amp, and started teaching himself to play and sing.
Today, at only 32 years old, Eddie Taylor Jr. is a leader in traditional Chicago blues.
“Most people who play the blues today don’t have the old original feel. I respect all the musicians, but there are certain musicians who give me that true feeling that I really want”, he says.
Eddie Taylor wrote Blues titles like BIG TOWN PLAYBOY and BAD BOY that are now “Chicago Blues Classics”. He first picked up the guitar when he was 13 years old. The first song he recorded (of course for WOLF RECORDS) was Ride ´em on down, one of his father´s song.
Eddie’s sophisticated playing allows him to bring back some old favorites and add his own new tunes. that are a bit too tricky for the average blues bar band to copy. Fans are sure to tap their toes when he belts out “Cut You Loose,” a Ricky Allen tune which was a favorite of his late mother Vera.
“I can play along with a lot of different kinds of music,” says Eddie, “but when it’s my turn to stand up, I play what I play. I don’t know whether the person in front of me in the audience knows anything about Eddie Taylor Sr. or Jimmy Reed, or if they are a jazz fan or a classical fan looking to hear something different. But the music I play, I play like me. That’s the way I do it.”
Eddie’s rising star was temporarily knocked aside in 2002, when he suffered a severe kidney ailment. His youngest brother Milton came to his rescue and donated a kidney. With the support of family and fans, Eddie has regained his strength-and it shows on the bandstand.
Like his father, he lays down a great rhythm line for harmonica players, appearing on new CDs by traditional harpists Little Arthur Duncan and Easy Baby and backing up Easy Baby in the Chicago 2003 Blues Festival. Eddie’s Wolf Records tribute to his father, “Lookin’ for Trouble” features outstanding musicians such as Eddie Shaw on sax, Johnny B. Moore on guitar, and Martin Lane on harmonica. His own new Wolf release “Worried About My Baby” has five of his own compositions. Both Wolf records feature his brothers Larry and Tim on drums.
A Taylor family band is one of Eddie’s dreams: “ We’re proud of our heritage. We want to let the world know what we’re about. That’s all we’re trying to do-get a fair chance out of life, like everybody else.”
Today Eddie Taylor jr. is one of the few guitarists left who can still play the original Chicago Blues style. He sings both his own songs and the songs of his father. Every year, Eddie plays at the Chicago Blues Festival. This Festival will take place at the Grand Park and be attended by more than 300.000 visitors. Additionally, Eddie Taylor jr. was part of the Chicago Blues Festival that toured Europe two years ago. He also played one week at Meridian Hotel in Paris.