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Otis Taylor is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist born in Chicago in 1948. He began his work period in 1977 and performs in the genres of blues, jazz, folk rock, and country music. His musical style is also characterized by tags including acoustic, singer-songwriter, and rock.
Taylor plays the banjo, guitar, mandolin, and harmonica. He is signed to the record label Telarc International Corporation. He is the author of one work, titled *Otis Taylor*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Otis Taylor
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1948
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 155,838
- Total plays
- 1,806,388
Tags
Otis Taylor 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. Taylor's career in music performance and recording has taken a circuitous path. Born in Chicago 1948, and growing up in Denver after his family relocated there, he began listening to blues and folk-blues in his teens. Through Denver's Folklore Center, he began to play the
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Otis
- Family name
- Taylor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- mandolinist
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Telarc International Corporation
- Official website
- www.otistaylor.com
- Image
- Otis Taylor.jpg
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- Commons category
- Otis Taylor
- date of birth
- 1948-07-30
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
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