Larry Taylor

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Larry Taylor 1971 in Hamburg

Larry "The Mole" Taylor (born June 26, 1942 as Samuel Lawrence Taylor in New York City , † August 19, 2019 in Lake Balboa, Los Angeles , California ) was an American bassist and founding member of Canned Heat .

Career

Beginnings

Taylor was born in Brooklyn in 1942 . He began his career in 1958 as a brief member of PJ Proby's band Moon Dogs , which broke up shortly afterwards. At 18, he accompanied Jerry Lee Lewis on his tours as he was recovering from a career slump. He also briefly played for Chuck Berry .

First successes

After touring with Lewis and Berry, he was hired as an independent bass player by the Monkees and was among others. a. Involved in hits Last Train to Clarksville and (Theme from) The Monkees . He also appeared on the group's first two albums.

Canned heat

In March 1967 he joined the band Canned Heat and is one of the founding members, although the band was officially founded in 1965. With the band he performed at the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967 and at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969 . During a gig at the Fillmore West , three days before Woodstock, there was an argument between him and the guitarist Henry Vestine , as a result of which Vestine left the band. Taylor also left the band with Harvey Mandel in 1970. In 1988 he returned (LP Reheated ) and played live and in the studio for Canned Heat until 1999.

Further career

After leaving Canned Heat in 1970, Taylor joined John Mayall in May of that year , where he stayed until 1973. Until 1994 he rarely stayed longer with a musician or a band, mostly played as a guest musician and co-founded the Larry Joe Taylor's Annual Texas Music Festival (named after the country singer Larry Joe Taylor ).

Other musicians Taylor worked with included Harvey Mandel, Tom Waits , Kim Wilson , Albert King and Little Milton . From 2005 to 2010 Taylor played double bass with the Hollywood Blue Flames .

He died of cancer on August 19, 2019.

Others

He got his nickname "The Mole" from Canned Heat's manager at the time, Skip Taylor. Taylor also played electric guitar occasionally , as heard on Down in the Gutter, But Free on the 1969 Canned Heat album Hallelujah .

His brother Mel Taylor was the drummer for The Ventures until his death . After that he was replaced by his son Leon.

Discography

With canned heat

With The Monkees

  • 1966: The Monkees (# 1)
  • 1967: More of The Monkees (# 1)

With John Mayall

  • 1969: Empty Rooms [u. a.]
  • 1970: USA Union
  • 1971: Back to the Roots
  • 1971: Memories
  • 1972: Jazz Blues Fusion
  • 1973: Moving On
  • 1974: The Latest Edition
  • 1975: Notice to Appear
  • 1975: New Year, New Band, New Company
  • 1976: Lots of People
  • 1976: A Banquet in Blues [u. a.]

Web links

Commons : Larry Taylor  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gil Kaufman: Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor Dies at 77. In: Billboard . August 20, 2019, accessed on August 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Hollywood Blue Flames at Discogs (English)
  3. ↑ A Conversation with Larry Taylor on Blues Junction from March 2019
  4. ↑ Canned Heat - Hallelujah at Discogs (English)
personal data
SURNAME Taylor, Larry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES The Mole (nickname); Taylor, Samuel Lawrence (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American bass player
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH 19th August 2019
Place of death Lake Balboa , Los Angeles , California