Otis Taylor (musician)

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Otis Taylor (born 1948, Chicago, Illinois) is an African-American blues musician.

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[edit] Career

He moved at a young age to Denver, Colorado where he grew up. Taylor played music professionally both in Europe and the United States in a variety of blues-oriented bands until 1977, when he left the music industry for other pursuits, including becoming an antique dealer. He returned to music in 1995, and as of July 2007, has released seven blues albums on a variety of record labels. To date Taylor has eleven Blues Music Awards nominations.

In 2001 Taylor was awarded a fellowship to the Sundance Film Composers Laboratory, whilst White African was named 'Best Artist Debut' at the Blues Music Awards.

His song "Nasty Letter", from his 2003 album Truth Is Not Fiction was featured on the Shooter film soundtrack.

He was support act on Gary Moore's Autumn 2007 tour of the United Kingdom and also supports him on the Germany tour in March 2008.

[edit] Discography

Blue-Eyed Monster (1997)

When Negroes Walked the Earth (1998)

White African (2001)

Respect the Dead (2002)

Truth Is Not Fiction (2003)

Double V (2004)

Below the Fold (2005)

Definition of a Circle (2007)

Recapturing the Banjo (2008)

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