Theodore Roosevelt "H… Read Full Bio ↴Twelve fingered rough and ready blues maestro.
Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor (April 12, 1915 - December 17, 1975) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer.
Career
Taylor was born in Natchez, Mississippi in 1915 (although some sources say 1917). He originally played piano, but began playing guitar when he was 20. He moved to Chicago in 1942.
He became a full-time musician around 1957 but remained unknown outside of the Chicago area where he played small clubs in the black neighborhoods and also at the open-air Maxwell Street Market. He was known for his electrified slide guitar playing roughly styled after that of Elmore James, his cheap Japanese Teisco guitars, and his raucous boogie beats. He was also famed among guitar players for having six fingers on his left hand.
After hearing Taylor with his band, the HouseRockers (Brewer Phillips on second guitar and Ted Harvey on drums) in 1970 at Florence's Lounge on Chicago's South Side, Bruce Iglauer - at the time a shipping clerk for Delmark Records - tried to get him signed by his employer. Having no success getting Delmark to sign Taylor, Iglauer formed a small record label with a $2500 inheritance and recorded Taylor's debut album, Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers, on his fledgling Alligator Records in 1971. It was the first release on Alligator, now a major blues label. It was recorded in a studio in just two nights. Iglauer began managing and booking the band, which toured nationwide and performed with Muddy Waters and Big Mama Thornton.[citation needed] The band became particularly popular in the Boston area, where Taylor inspired a young protégé named George Thorogood. A live album Live At Joe's Place documented a Boston appearance from 1972.
Their second release, Natural Boogie, was recorded in late 1973, and led to greater acclaim and touring. In 1975, Taylor and his band toured Australia and New Zealand with Freddie King and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. His third Alligator album, Beware of the Dog, was recorded live in 1974 but was only released after his death. More posthumous releases occurred as well, including Genuine Houserocking Music and Release the Hound, on the Alligator label as well as some bootleg live recordings.
Taylor died of lung cancer in 1975, and was buried in Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois.
Taylor was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1984.[citation needed]
Discography
Hound Dog Taylor and The HouseRockers (1971)(Alligator Records)
Natural Boogie (1974)(Alligator Records)
Beware The Dog! (1976)(Alligator Records)
Genuine Houserocking Music (1982)(Alligator Records)
Hound Dog Taylor - Deluxe Edition (1999)(Alligator Records)
Release The Hound (2004)(Alligator Records)
Legacy
George Thorogood dedicated "The Sky Is Crying" (song 9) to "the memory of the late great Hound Dog Taylor" on his Live album (EMI America CDP 7 46329 2).
Sitting At Home Alone
Hound Dog Taylor Lyrics
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Ain't it lonesome when you're sitting at home alone
The girl you love, she's done bad now, she's gone
You travel to the corner, she said "daddy, it's far as I gonna go"
You drive her to the corner boy, she said "daddy, it's far as I gotta go"
Don't see me by twelve, I'll be ready by half-past-four
You go by four o'clock, and you sit and blow your horn
When the people start to look at you, boy, you know your doing wrong
You drive away feeling bad, wonder why the little girl lie to me
You drive away feeling bad boy, oh, why the little girl lie to me?
She want to get me in trouble, and why, man, I just can't see yeah
The blues genre is known for its tales of heartache and loss, and “Sitting At Home Alone” by Hound Dog Taylor is no exception. The song opens with a sentiment most people can relate to: the feeling of loneliness when you’re sitting at home alone. The lyrics take a turn as Hound Dog sings about the girl he loves who has done him wrong and left him. He recounts taking her to the corner when she tells him it’s as far as she wants to go, and he promises to be back by half-past-four. When he returns to find she’s not there, he is left feeling betrayed and wondering why she would lie to him.
Line by Line Meaning
Lord, ain't it lonesome, well, when you're sitting at home alone
Being alone at home feels really lonely and sad.
Ain't it lonesome when you're sitting at home alone
Repeating the previous line to emphasize how lonely it is to be alone.
The girl you love, she's done bad now, she's gone
The girl he loves did something wrong and left him.
You travel to the corner, she said "daddy, it's far as I gonna go"
He drove her to the corner, and she refused to go any further.
You drive her to the corner boy, she said "daddy, it's far as I gotta go"
Repeating the previous line to emphasize her refusal to go any further.
Don't see me by twelve, I'll be ready by half-past-four
She promised to be ready by half-past four, but warned him not to come before twelve.
You go by four o'clock, and you sit and blow your horn
He arrived at four o'clock and waited outside, honking his horn.
Don't go out by four o'clock boy, you sit there and blow your horn
Repeating the previous line to emphasize that he just waited outside, blowing his horn.
When the people start to look at you, boy, you know your doing wrong
People around him started to notice and judge him for his behavior.
You drive away feeling bad, wonder why the little girl lie to me
He left feeling sad and confused as to why the girl he loved lied to him.
You drive away feeling bad boy, oh, why the little girl lie to me?
Repeating the previous line to emphasize how sad and confused he felt.
She want to get me in trouble, and why, man, I just can't see yeah
He realizes that the girl he loved was trying to get him into trouble, and he doesn't understand why she would do that.
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., ALLIGATOR RECRDS/EYEBALL MUSIC
Written by: THEODORE R TAYLOR
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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