Production · Performance
Sam Taylor
US jump blues/funk guitarist, songwriter & singer
United States • 1934-10-25 – 2009-01-05
Sam Taylor is credited on 70 releases across 25 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
70
Pressings credited
25
Albums
7
Decades active
68
In collections
Biography
Sam Taylor (October 25, 1934 – January 5, 2009) was an American jump blues musician and songwriter. Taylor's more popular recordings included "Funny", "Drinking Straight Tequila", and "Voice of the Blues". He variously worked with Joey Dee and the Starliters, Otis Redding, B.T. Express, The Drifters, Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, Sam & Dave, Tracy Nelson, Mother Earth, and The Isley Brothers. Taylor was inducted to the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.
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Credited work
70 releases · 25 albums · active 1961–2023
- Production · 78
- Performance · 43
- Engineering · 5
- Other credits · 1
Studios: Rivendell Sound Recorders · Rampart Studios · Quantum Sound Studios · Galactic Music And Audio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Gretchen Goes To Nebraska
1989
King's X
1992
Faith Hope Love
1990
Out Of The Silent Planet
1988
Live All Over The Place
2004
Best Of
1997
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (Music From The Motion Picture)
1991
Galactic Cowboys
1991
Space In Your Face
1993
It's Love
1990
Original Album Series
2013
God Gave Rock & Roll To You II
1991
In The New Age (The Atlantic Recordings 1988-1995)
2023
For Madmen Only
1994
Frequent collaborators
- King's X
- Various
- Kiss
- The Awful Truth
- Galactic Cowboys
- Atomic Opera
- Third Day
- The Flamingos
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