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 Blues guitarist Sam Taylor performs at the Boondocks Lounge in 2001. Taylor, who then lived in New York City, returned to Tucson to entertain a crowd of about 150 audience members. The nationally known guitarist and singer-songwriter played an integral role in the Tucson blues scene for more than a decade. Photo by Joshua Trujillo/ Arizona Daily Star
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Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 01.06.2009
Sam Taylor, a nationally known guitarist and singer-songwriter who played an integral role in the Tucson blues scene for more than a decade, died at his Islandia, N.Y., home on Monday. The cause was complications from heart disease and diabetes. He was 74.
Taylor moved to the East Coast from Tucson in 1996 to be closer to family. The bluesman was born in Alabama but grew up in Brooklyn where he started his professional life as a boxer. He turned to music after 13 years in the ring.
Taylor made his mark as a musician, recording and performing with the likes of Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, The Drifters, T-Bone Walker and the group Joey Dee and the Starliters, known best for their 1961 hit, “Peppermint Twist.”
Taylor’s songs have been recorded by Jay and the Americans, Coco Montoya, Son Seals and Maxine Brown.
His song, “Do It (’Til You’re Satisfied),” was a 1974 hit by the funk group B.T. Express.
Taylor was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall Of Fame in 1997 and the Long Island Blues Hall Of Fame in 2006.
∫ Read more in Wednesday’s Arizona Daily Star
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