[Dean's World] Dean: Hound Dog Taylor

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Posted by Dean:
Hound Dog Taylor
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   Here's one of the greatest American singer / songwriter / guitarists
   ever. Before Chuck Berry, before Elvis Presley, before Bill Haley,
   before Little Richard, before Buddy Holly, there was Hound Dog Taylor.
   Here may be the only video recording of the man's work. I'm pretty
   sure this was recorded by WGN in Chicago, way back in the early 1960s
   at the latest:

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   Rock and roll's daddy, right there. Just watch that slide work, too.

   (Thanks to Ken McKracken for pointing this out to me.)