メルヴィン・テイラー Melvin Taylor

1959年3月13日にミシシッピー州ジャクソンで生まれました。叔父はギタリストのフロイド・バンです。3歳の時にシカゴに移住しています。相当に高度な技巧を持っていて、機関銃を撃ちまくるように速弾きします。アルバムは、1982年「Blues On The Run」、1984年「Plays The Blues For You」、1995年「Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band」、1997年「Dirty Pool」、2000年「Bang That Bell」、2002年「Rendezvous with the Blues」、2010年「Beyond the Burning Guitar」、2012年「Sweet Taste of Guitar」などがあります。
2003年に来日しています。
Blues on the Run
Melvin Taylor
Evidence
[収録曲]
  1. Travelin' Man
  2. Low Down Dirty Shame
  3. Escape
  4. Cold, Cold Feet
  5. Just Like a Woman
  6. Chitlins con Carne
Melvin Taylor - Lowdown Dirty Shame
Dirty Pool
Melvin Taylor & the Slack Band
Evidence
[収録曲]
  1. Too Sorry
  2. Dirty Pool
  3. I Ain't Superstitious
  4. Kansas City
  5. Floodin' in California
  6. Born Under a Bad Sign
  7. Right Place, Wrong Time
  8. Telephone Song
  9. Merry Christmas, Baby
Melvin Taylor - Dirty Pool
Melvin Taylor - Born Under A Bad Sign
Bang That Bell
Melvin Taylor & the Slack Band
Evidence
[収録曲]
  1. Bang That Bell
  2. Love Is a Gamble
  3. Another Bad Day
  4. It's Later Than You Think
  5. My Life
  6. Trick Bag
  7. If You're Goin' to the City
  8. Don't Cloud up on Me
  9. Quitter Never Wins
  10. Even Trolls Love Rock & Roll
Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band - Bang That Bell
Melvin Taylor - A Quitter Never Wins
Plays the Blues for You
Melvin Taylor
Isabel
[収録曲]
  1. Talking to Anna Mae, Pt. 1
  2. TV Mama
  3. I'll Play the Blues for You
  4. Born to Lose
  5. Tribute to Wes
  6. Cadillac Assembly Line
  7. Voodoo Daddy
  8. Talking to Anna Mae, Pt. 2
  9. Groovin' in Paris
Melvin Taylor Blues Band - Tribute To Wes
Rendezvous With the Blues
Melvin Taylor
Evidence
[収録曲]
  1. Comin' Home Baby
  2. Help The Poor
  3. Rendezvous With The Blues
  4. I'm The Man Down There
  5. Chill Out/The Healer
  6. Help Me
  7. Five Women
  8. Blue Jean Blues
  9. Eclipse
  10. Black Queen
Melvin Taylor - Comin' Home Baby
Melvin Taylor & Slack
Taylor Melvin
Harmonia Mundi
[収録曲]
  1. Texas Flood
  2. Depression Blues
  3. Grooving in New Orleans
  4. Talking to Anna Mae
  5. Tin Pan Alley
  6. All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
  7. Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong
  8. T-Bone Shuffle
  9. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
  10. Tequila
Melvin Taylor - Tin Pan Alley
Melvin Taylor - All Your Love (I Miss Loving)