Taylor, Otis
(*1948)
Taylor, Otis 30 July 1948; Chicago, IL Otis Taylor is an eclectic innovator who moved to Denver at an early age and was exposed to many musical genres at the Denver Folklore Center. He formed two blues bands as a teenager and later played with Tommy Bolin and the Colorado-based band Zephyr. He quit music in 1977 and became an antiques dealer but returned to music in 1995. Taylor won the Best New Blues Artist Award at the 2002 W. C. Handy Awards . Gaile Welker Bibliography Sort…