It's not everyday that you come across unfamiliar recordings of someone whose entire output seemed to be well documented. Hound Dog Taylor didn't have a large discography. A handful of singles, two studio LPs released during his lifetime, a live album released shortly after his passing and a few others released later that consisted of unreleased stuff, compilations and more live stuff. I'm by no means a Hound Dog Taylor freak enough to have heard everything he recorded, but I am someone who knows something share-able when he runs across it, and if you are a Hound Dog Taylor freak this is something you might not have known about. A live recording that may or may not have been recorded in a radio station studio. It's labeled ABC Radio Australia and consists of twelve songs, five of them unnamed instrumentals. This might be one of the live things that Alligator Records released, I don't know. Not freak enough.
If you're unfamiliar with Taylor you should know that he played one of the cheapest electric guitars on the market (at the time) a Teisco del Rey. Coupled with a cheap Sears and Roebuck amp, you have the makings of a raw sound, the type of sound that Jack White tried to emulate with some of his cheap guitar shenanigans. Like the first couple of Black Keys LPs. But Taylor was the real deal. I seriously doubt that Jack White or Dan Auerbach would chop off one of their extra fingers when they were drunk. Taylor did. On his picking hand. The fret hand still had all six fingers he was born with. He wasn't so drunk that he didn't realize that an extra finger on that hand would be useful.
If you're unfamiliar with Taylor you should know that he played one of the cheapest electric guitars on the market (at the time) a Teisco del Rey. Coupled with a cheap Sears and Roebuck amp, you have the makings of a raw sound, the type of sound that Jack White tried to emulate with some of his cheap guitar shenanigans. Like the first couple of Black Keys LPs. But Taylor was the real deal. I seriously doubt that Jack White or Dan Auerbach would chop off one of their extra fingers when they were drunk. Taylor did. On his picking hand. The fret hand still had all six fingers he was born with. He wasn't so drunk that he didn't realize that an extra finger on that hand would be useful.
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Listen:Hound Dog Taylor - ABC Radio Australia at Internet Archive (March 14th 1975) 12 songs. In the right column, under "Download options" click on "VBR MP3 Files"
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