TAYLOR, THEODORE ROOSEVELT (HOUND DOG
). Bluesman ( in Natchez, Mississippi; in Chicago, Illinois). He taught himself to play guitar and in 1935 began playing professionally in Tchula, Mississippi. His style development was influenced by
Elmore James
, Lightnin'
Sam Hopkins
, and
Sonny Boy Williamson, No. 2
(Willie Rice
Miller)
. For a short period he played in a band with
Robert (Junior
) Lockwood
and Williamson for the King Biscuit...