Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers
Six-fingered slide guitar berserker whose distorted, raw Sears-Roebuck guitar racket compelled Bruce Iglauer to found Alligator Records in 1971 just to release his music.
👥 Personnel & Lineage (0)
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⏳ Past Members (3)
Hound Dog Taylor
Lead Vocals, Slide Guitar
Brewer Phillips
Guitar, Bass Lines
Ted Harvey
Drums
📜 Archival Liner Notes & Thank-Yous
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The Historical Lineage of Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers
Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers emerged out of Chicago, Illinois, United States between 1957 and 1975, contributing distinctive energy to the Chicago Blues and Slide Guitar Blues landscape. Anchored by personnel including Hound Dog Taylor, Brewer Phillips, Ted Harvey, Their recorded output is documented across catalog releases on Alligator Records, acting as a tangible historical bridge in the independent music ecosystem.
Archival Entry Points & Significance
To explore Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers's place in the knowledge graph, begin by examining their personnel roster and shared scene bridges. Immediate lineage hops connect directly to Johnny Winter (Label roster peer on Alligator Records), Christone "Kingfish" Ingram (Label roster peer on Alligator Records), The James Cotton Blues Band (Label roster peer on Alligator Records). Their audio engineering lineage connects to Bruce Iglauer. Use the interactive Bridge Finder below to calculate the shortest path between Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers and other scene originators.
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