Taylor, Eddie
(1923–1985)> GUITARIST · SINGER
Taylor, Eddie 29 January 1923; Benoit, MS – 25 December 1985; Chicago, IL Influential postwar blues guitarist and singer Eddie Taylor was born the son of Joseph and Mamie Taylor in the Mississippi Delta town of Benoit, just north of Greenville. Taylor worked on a farm as a boy and experienced firsthand the music of Delta legends Memphis Minnie, Charley Patton, Son House, and Robert Johnson. He taught himself to play the guitar after receiving one as a gift from his mother in 1936. After gaining…