Theodore Roosevelt “Hound Dog” Taylor (April 12, 1915 - December 17, 1975) … Read Full Bio ↴Theodore Roosevelt “Hound Dog” Taylor (April 12, 1915 - December 17, 1975) was an American blues guitarist and singer. Taylor was best known for his raw vocal style and searing slide guitar, using a cheap Teisco guitar to great advantage.
Named after President Theodore Roosevelt, Mississippi-native Taylor took up the guitar when he was 20 years old. He made a few appearances on Sonny Boy Williamson's fabled KFFA King Biscuit Time radio broadcasts out of Helena, AR, before coming to Chicago in 1942. It was another 15 years before Taylor made blues his full-time vocation, though. Taylor was a favorite on the South and West sides during the late 50s and early 60s. It's generally accepted that Freddie King copped a good portion of his classic "Hide Away" from an instrumental he heard Taylor cranking out on the bandstand.
Taylor's relentlessly raucous band, the HouseRockers, consisted of only two men, though their combined racket sounded like quite a few more. Second guitarist Brewer Phillips, who often supplied buzzing pseudo-bass lines on his guitar, had developed such an empathy with Taylor that their guitars intertwined with ESP-like force, while drummer Ted Harvey kept everything moving along at a brisk pace.
Hound Dog Taylor began playing guitar when he was 20 and became a full-time musician around 1957. He wasn’t well known outside of the Chicago area until his debut album, Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers, with Alligator Records in 1971. The LP contained the typically rowdy Give Me Back My Wig while Taylor's first Alligator encore in 1973, Natural Boogie, boasted the hypnotic Sadie and a stomping Roll Your Moneymaker.
His fourth Alligator album, Beware of the Dog, was recorded live in 1974 but only released after his death. Hound Dog Taylor died of cancer in 1975 and was buried in the Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1984.
Named after President Theodore Roosevelt, Mississippi-native Taylor took up the guitar when he was 20 years old. He made a few appearances on Sonny Boy Williamson's fabled KFFA King Biscuit Time radio broadcasts out of Helena, AR, before coming to Chicago in 1942. It was another 15 years before Taylor made blues his full-time vocation, though. Taylor was a favorite on the South and West sides during the late 50s and early 60s. It's generally accepted that Freddie King copped a good portion of his classic "Hide Away" from an instrumental he heard Taylor cranking out on the bandstand.
Taylor's relentlessly raucous band, the HouseRockers, consisted of only two men, though their combined racket sounded like quite a few more. Second guitarist Brewer Phillips, who often supplied buzzing pseudo-bass lines on his guitar, had developed such an empathy with Taylor that their guitars intertwined with ESP-like force, while drummer Ted Harvey kept everything moving along at a brisk pace.
Hound Dog Taylor began playing guitar when he was 20 and became a full-time musician around 1957. He wasn’t well known outside of the Chicago area until his debut album, Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers, with Alligator Records in 1971. The LP contained the typically rowdy Give Me Back My Wig while Taylor's first Alligator encore in 1973, Natural Boogie, boasted the hypnotic Sadie and a stomping Roll Your Moneymaker.
His fourth Alligator album, Beware of the Dog, was recorded live in 1974 but only released after his death. Hound Dog Taylor died of cancer in 1975 and was buried in the Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1984.
The Red Rooster
Hound Dog Taylor & the House Rockers Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'The Red Rooster' by these artists:
E.Clapton/B.Wyman/C.Watts/S.Winwood/Howlin´Wolf Well, I got a little red rooster Too lazy to crow…
Eric Clapton I have a little red rooster Too lazy to crow for…
Howlin' Wolf Eric Clapton Steve Winwood Bill Wyman Charlie Watts Well, I got a little red rooster Too lazy to crow…
Howlin' Wolf I have a little red rooster Too lazy to crow for…
Howling Wolf and Muddy Waters I'm a little red rooster, Too lazy to crow for day I'm…
Howlin\' Wolf Well, I got a little red rooster Too lazy to crow…
Howlin´ Wolf I have a little red rooster Too lazy to crow for…
Howlin´Wolf I have a little red rooster Too lazy to crow for…
Howlin’ Wolf I have a little red rooster Too lazy to crow for…
LIVING ROOM - Howlin' Wolf I have a little red rooster Too lazy to crow for…
Muddy Waters & Bo Diddley Well, I got a little red rooster Too lazy to crow…
Muddy Waters & Howlin' Wolf I have a little red rooster Too lazy to crow for…
Muddy Waters & Howlin` Wolf Well, I got a little red rooster Too lazy to crow…
Willie Dixon I'm a little red rooster, Too lazy to crow for day I'm…
Willie Dixon and Friends I have a little red rooster Too lazy to crow for…
Wolf Howlin' Well, I got a little red rooster Too lazy to crow…
Z.Z. Hill I am the little red rooster Too lazy to crow for…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Hound Dog Taylor & the House Rockers:
Ain't Got Nobody (Hound Dog Taylor) Well I ain't got nobody Im sitting here …
Buster's Boogie Buster Boogie…
It Hurts Me Too You said you was hurtin' Said you almost lost your mind Well…
Roll Your Moneymaker Roll your moneymaker, honey you really can shake her Shake y…
She's Gone Well, I know you don't love me Hey, I know the…
Sitting at Home Alone Lord, ain't it lonesome, well, when you're sitting at home…
Sitting Here Alone Lord, ain't it lonesome, well, when you're sitting at home…
Sitting Home Alone Lord, ain't it lonesome, well, when you're sitting at home…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Hound Dog Taylor:
Ain't Got Nobody (Hound Dog Taylor) Well I ain't got nobody Im sitting he…
Buster's Boogie Buster Boogie…
Crossroads (Robert Johnson) I was standing at the crossroad My head…
Dust My Broom (Elmore James) I'm gettin' up early mornin' I believe I'…
Freddie's Blues (Hound Dog Taylor) You know sometime boy Your just sitti…
Give Me Back My Wig (Hound Dog Taylor) Give me back my wig Honey now let you…
Gonna Send You Back to Georgia (Hound Dog Taylor) Yeah I'm gonna send you back to Georgi…
Held My Baby Last Night (Elmore James) I held my baby last night, until everything …
I Just Cant Make It (Hound Dog Taylor) Well I just can't make it Well I just…
it You said you was hurtin' Said you almost lost your mind Well…
It's Alright (Hound Dog Taylor) Yes I love ya, I love ya Woman I'm…
Kansas City (Leiber & Stoller) Going to Kansas City, Kansas City here…
Let's Get Funky (Hound Dog Taylor) Say what - I hear ya Yeah, I hear…
My Baby's Coming Home (Taylor & Eatmon) Yes I ain't worried 'bout my baby She'…
Rock Me (Traditional) Rock me baby Rock me all night long Yeah …
Roll Your Moneymaker Roll your moneymaker, honey you really can shake her Shake …
Sadie (Hound Dog Taylor) Sadie, will you come back home tonight…
She's Gone Well, I know you don't love me Hey, I know the…
Sitting At Home Alone Lord, ain't it lonesome, well, when you're sitting at home…
Take Five (Hound Dog Taylor) Chicago, Chicago babe, Chicago Chicag…
The Sun Is Shining (Elmore James) The sun is shining Oh it's always raining…
What'd I Say (Ray Charles) See the gal with the red dress on? She can…
Wild About You Baby (Elmore James) Yes I'm wild about you woman But you don'…
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@andrewpike3788
Give me back my wig
Honey now let your head go bald
Give me back my wig
Honey now let your head go bald
Really didn't have no business
Honey buyin' you no wig at all
Takin' me downtown
Say four forty nine
When I get down there
I swear, nine ninety nine
You just give me back my wig
Honey now let your head go bald
Really didn't have no business
Honey buyin' you no wig at all
Yeah my Mama told me
And your good friend too
When you get that wig
That's the way you gonna do
You just give me back my wig
Honey now let your head go bald
Really didn't have no business
Honey buyin' you no wig at all
Goodbye little one
All I got to say
Give me back my wig and be
On your merry way
You just give me back my wig
Honey, now let your head go bald
Really didn'thave no business
Honey buyin' you no wig at all
@robertdonadee9860
I had one of Hound Dogs' albums back in the seventies. Alligator records out of Chicago sold them by mail. My basement flooded years later, and I lost my vast record collection. To this day, I can't get over it.
@1968joseph1
Proof that emotional guitar goodness outweighs technical guitar greatness by a country f&-+in' mile.
@eddiecrane5647
Albert King had more feeling in his 4 note "Albert King Box' than any of those other guys you're eluding to.
@ubertar
True, that's the more important ingredient, but if you've got both, so much the better! e.g. Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, John MacLaughlin, etc.
@beandipcartography
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@1968joseph1
except, he would be one of the guitarists I am eluding to....@@eddiecrane5647
@mgn5667
been looking for this for a while::: if you are here listening you are cool...
@wladekwloszcz3803
I may be cool, but the test takes place on July 6th, 2020, in Suwalki, Poland, Europe, where me and my friends are going to dance this at midnite, celebratin' the cancelled XII International Suwalki Blues Festival. I am takin' my PA system down there for a week, and we are going to disco blues for 14 gals and old farts, for six nights, incl. music by R.L. Burnside, too.
@siulumlion
Yeah, dog.
@lindakaymills8746
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