Samuel Lawrence Taylor (June 26, 1942 – August 19, 2019) was an American

bass guitarist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboard bass or a low bra ...

, best known for his work as a member of

Canned Heat Canned Heat is an American band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1965. The group is noted for its efforts to promote interest in blues music and its original artists and rock music. It was founded by two blues enthusiasts Alan Wilson and Bob ...

from 1967. Before joining Canned Heat he had been a session bassist for

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and

Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935October 28, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Nicknamed "The Killer", he was described as "rock & roll's first great wild man". A pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, Lewis made ...

. He was the younger

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Mel Taylor Mel Taylor (September 24, 1933 – August 11, 1996) was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the Ventures from 1962 to 1996. He was born in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, and was the older brother of Canned Heat bassist Larry Ta ...

, long-time

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The Ventures The Ventures are an American instrumental rock band formed in Tacoma, Washington, in 1958, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle. The band, which was a quartet for most of its existence, helped to popularize the electric guitar across the world during the ...

Life and career

Taylor was born in New York, New York. His mother was

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and his father was a "

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" from

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. Taylor played bass guitar in The Gamblers, one of the first rock groups to play instrumental surf music. Its personnel also included

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, a future member of

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Mothers of Invention The Mothers of Invention (also known as The Mothers) was an American rock band from California. Formed in 1964, their work is marked by the use of sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Originally an R&B band ...

Fraternity of Man The Fraternity of Man were an American blues rock and psychedelic rock group from the 1960s. They are most famous for their song "Don't Bogart Me" (aka Don't Bogart That Joint), which was released on LP in 1968, and subsequently used in the 1969 ro ...

and

Captain Beefheart Don Van Vliet (; born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. Conducting a rotating ensemble known as Th ...

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;

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, half of the Bruce and Terry duo with

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from 1962–66 and longtime "sixth" member of

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, for a time brother Mel Taylor, and guitarist-songwriter-bandleader Derry Weaver, who would record and perform in several capacities during the early 1960s. The Gamblers had a local hit in the Los Angeles area with "Moon Dawg" and Taylor played on the recording. Taylor played with Canned Heat from 1967 to 1970, and appeared with them at various

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including the

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and

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. His band nickname was "The Mole." In addition to playing bass, he also played

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on occasion. An example can be heard on the track "Down in the Gutter, But Free", on the album ''

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''. In 1969, due to a dispute with Taylor,

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left the band. Guitarist

Harvey Mandel Harvey Mandel (born March 11, 1945) is an American guitarist best known as a member of Canned Heat. He also played with Charlie Musselwhite and John Mayall as well as maintaining a solo career. Early life Mandel was born in Detroit, Michigan, ...

filled the void as the band's lead guitarist. In 1970, when

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moved to

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, Taylor and Mandel quit Canned Heat to join him in the Bluesbreakers. After the Bluesbreakers tours, Taylor played briefly with the Sugarcane Harris Band (later called

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). In 1974, Taylor became part of The Hollywood Fats Band led by Mike "

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" Mann. The pair joined Canned Heat for a

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in 1979. Taylor recorded ''Reheated'' in 1988, again with Canned Heat. He toured and recorded with his former band a few more times until 1999. In 2007, Taylor and Harvey Mandel reunited with

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and the rest of the current Canned Heat line-up to perform certain shows. Taylor, Mandel and de la Parra were all in the line-up that played

. The three members of Canned Heat's Woodstock line-up toured extensively from 2009 to 2013. Taylor became a leading exponent and practitioner of the acoustic

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in the contemporary blues scene. He was quite prominently seen with his upright bass in the live blues film, ''Lightning in a Bottle''. He was also featured in a concert DVD released in winter 2013, from the album ''Time Brings About A Change'' by

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. This concert features three elder piano players – Dixon,

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and

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— and was filmed at the Rhythm Room in

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on 1 and 2 June 2006. Taylor played on numerous

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albums and was the bass player in his touring band. In 2014, Taylor was nominated for a

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in the 'Best Instrumentalist – Bass' category. Larry Taylor died on 19 August 2019 at the age of 77 from cancer.

Discography

With

* ''

'' (1966) * ''

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'' (1967) * ''

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'' (1969) * ''

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'' (1969) * ''Changes'' (1970) * ''Listen to the Band'' (1991) * ''Greatest Hits'' (1995) * ''Missing Links, Vol. 3'' (1996) * ''Anthology'' (1998) * ''Music Box'' (2001) With

* ''

'' (1967) * ''

Boogie with Canned Heat ''Boogie with Canned Heat'' is the second studio album by American blues and rock band Canned Heat. Released in 1968, it contains mostly original material, unlike their debut album. It was the band's most commercially successful album, reaching ...

'' (1968) * ''

Living the Blues ''Living the Blues'' is the third album by Canned Heat, a double album released in late 1968. It was one of the first double albums to place well on album charts. It features Canned Heat's signature song, "Going Up the Country", which would late ...

'' (1968) * ''

'' (1969) * '' Future Blues'' (1970) * '' Boogie Up the Country'' (1987) * ''

Reheated ''Reheated'' is the twelfth album by Canned Heat, released in 1988. It features two members of the band's classic lineup, Fito de la Parra and Larry Taylor. Among the titles, "Bullfrog Blues" was originally on the B-side of the first single record ...

'' (1988) * ''

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'' (1994) * ''Burnin' '' (1994) * '' Canned Heat Blues Band'' (1996) * '' Gamblin' Woman'' (1996) * '' King Biscuit Flower Hour: Canned Heat in Concert'' (1996) * ''Ties That Bind'' (1997) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' Turning Up the Heat'' (2000) * '' Live at the Kaleidoscope 1969'' (2000) * ''Far Out'' (2001) * ''Big Road Blues'' (2002) * '' Friends in the Can'' (2003) * ''

Canned Heat '70 Concert Live in Europe ''Canned Heat '70 Concert Recorded Live in Europe'' is a 1970 live album by Canned Heat. The album is taken from various locations on live concert European tour right before Alan Wilson (musician), Alan Wilson's death and is the band's first o ...

'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2005) * '' Canned, Labeled & Shelved'' (2006) * ''Instrumentals 1967–1996'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2007) * '' Revolution'' Limited Edition Cd (2012) * '' Songs From The Road'' (2015) With

* ''Empty Rooms'' (1969) * ''USA Union'' (1970) * '' Back to the Roots'' (1971) * ''Memories'' (1971) * '' Jazz Blues Fusion'' (1972) * ''Moving On'' (1973) * ''Latest Edition'' (1974) * ''New Year, New Band, New Company'' (1975) * ''Notice to Appear'' (1975) * ''Banquet in Blues'' (1976) * ''Lots of People'' (1977) * ''Archives to Eighties'' (1988) * ''Rock the Blues Tonight'' (1999) With Harvey Mandel * ''Games Guitars Play'' (1970) * ''Baby Batter'' (1971) * ''Electronic Progress'' (1971) * ''Snake'' (1972) * ''Mercury Years'' (1995) With

* ''

Heartattack and Vine ''Heartattack and Vine'' is the seventh studio album by Tom Waits, released on September 9, 1980, and his final album to be released on the Asylum Records, Asylum label. "On the Nickel" was recorded for On the Nickel, the Ralph Waite film of the ...

'' (1980) * ''

Swordfishtrombones ''Swordfishtrombones'' is the eighth studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released in 1983 on Island Records. It was the first album that Waits produced himself. Stylistically different from his previous albums, ''Swordfishtrombones'' ...

'' (1983) * ''

Rain Dogs ''Rain Dogs'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1985 on Island Records. A loose concept album about "the urban dispossessed" of New York City, ''Rain Dogs'' is generally considered the middle ...

'' (1985) * ''

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'' (1987) * ''

Bone Machine ''Bone Machine'' is the eleventh studio album by American singer and musician Tom Waits, released by Island Records on September 8, 1992. It won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album and features guest appearances by David Hidalgo, Le ...

'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1999) Gold Record Award * '' Alice'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2002) * '' Real Gone'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2011) With others * ''Test Patterns'' ( Boyce & Hart, 1967) * ''Slim's Got His Thing Goin' On (

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, 1969) * ''Fiddler on the Rock'' (

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, 1971) * ''Lost Session'' (

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, 1971) * ''Mudlark'' (

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, 1971) * ''Rock And Roll Forever'' (

, 1972) * ''The Devil's Harmonica'' (Shakey Jake Harris, 1972) * ''Cup Full of Dreams'' (Don "Sugarcane" Harris, 1974) * ''Summit Meeting'' (Free Creek, 1976) * ''I'm a Southern Man'' (Louis Myers, 1978) * ''Hollywood Fats Band'' (Mike „Hollywood Fats“ Mann, 1979) * ''Rock This House'' (Mike „Hollywood Fats“ Mann, 1979) * ''Anthology Previously Unreleased Material'' ( The Grandmothers, 1980) * ''Rock Therapy'' (Colin Winski, 1980) * ''The Other Side of Town'' ( Chuck E. Weiss, 1981) * ''Hard Line'' (

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, 1985) * ''Harpburn'' (Rod Piazza, 1986) * ''Best'' (Leo Kottke, 1987) * ''Kristen Vigard'' (

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, 1988) * '' The Healer'' (

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, 1989) * ''Keith Levene's Violent Opposition'' (

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, 1989) * '' Mr. Lucky'' (John Lee Hooker, 1991) * ''Got Love If You Want It'' (

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, 1992) * ''Trespass'' (

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, 1992) * ''In My Time'' (

Charlie Musselwhite Charles Douglas Musselwhite (born January 31, 1944) is an American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader, one of the white bluesmen who came to prominence, along with Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, and Elvin Bishop, as a pivotal f ...

, 1992) * ''Mother of an Anthology'' (The Grandmothers, 1993) * ''That's Life'' (

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, 1994) * ''My New Orleans Soul'' (

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, 1994) * ''Long Overdue'' (

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, 1994) * ''Trouble No More'' (John P. Hammond, 1994) * '' Martinis & Bikinis'' (

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, 1994) * ''Blues for Thought'' ( Terry Evans, 1994) * '' Closer to You'' (

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, 1994) * ''To Love'' (

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, 1994) * ''Working Girl Blues'' (Phillip Walker, 1995) * ''88th Street Blues'' (Smokey Wilson, 1995) * ''Adventures at Catfish Pond'' (Bob "Catfish" Hodge, 1996) * ''Rough News'' (Charlie Musselwhite, 1997) * ''Lost in America'' (Lynwood Slim, 1997) * ''Mr. Blake's Blues'' (Al Blake, 1997) * ''My Blues'' (Kim Wilson, 1997) * ''Signifyin''' (Fred Kaplan, 1997) * ''Back to Back'' (Lynwood Slim, 1998) * ''Lookin for Trouble'' (Edward Taylor, 1998) * ''Jump Children!'' (

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, 1998) * ''New Depths'' (

, 1998) * ''Soul Disguise'' (

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, 1999) * ''Zero Zero Zero: The Best of Sam Phillips'' (Sam Phillips, 1999) * ''Something Good for Your Head'' (

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, 1999) * ''I'm Going All the Way'' (Peggy Pruitt, 2000) * ''I Can Tell'' (Junior Valentine, 2000) * ''World Wide Wood'' (Lynwood Slim, 2000) * ''Mo' Na'Kins, Please!'' (

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, 2000) * ''Toughest Girl Alive'' (

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, 2000) * ''West Coast House Party'' (

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, 2000) * ''There's a Song in There'' (Mark DuFresne, 2000) * ''Fool's Paradise'' (

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, 2000) * ''Wicked Grin'' (John P. Hammond, 2001) * ''Smokin' Joint'' (Kim Wilson, 2001) * "

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" (Gene Allison, 2002) * ''Beggar's Oil'' (

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, 2002) * ''Harmonica Blues Orgy'' (Easy Baby, 2002) * ''Magic Soul Elixer'' (Al Blake, 2002) * '' Let It Rain'' (

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, 2002) * ''Whole Lotta Love'' (Candye Kane, 2003) * '' You've Never Seen Everything'' (

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, 2003) * ''Heart Trouble'' (

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, 2003) * ''Villanelle'' (Paul Reddick, 2004) * ''Fernando Ortega'' (

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, 2004) * ''Think About It'' (Alex Schultz, 2004) * ''Soul Sanctuary'' (Hollywood Blue Flames, 2005) * ''Southern Jumbo'' (Colin Linden, 2005) * ''Time Brings About a Change... A Floyd Dixon Celebration'' (

, 2006) * ''Hell Under the Skullbones'' (Graham Lindsey, 2006) * ''Spooked'' (Marley's Ghost, 2006) * ''Road to Rio'' (Hollywood Blue Flames, 2006) * ''Can't Quit the Blues'' (

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, 2006) * ''Shower Some Love'' (Layni Kooper, 2007) * ''Luminous'' (

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, 2008) * ''Midnight Memphis Sun'' (JW-Jones, 2010) * ''Definitive Albert King on Stax'' (Albert King, 2011) * ''New World Generation'' (New World Generation, 2011) * ''Driftin' From Town To Town'' (Barrelhouse Chuck & Kim Wilson's Blues All Stars (2013) * ''Blues And Boogie'' (Kim Wilson) (2017)

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Larry Taylor Interview
NAMM Oral History Library (2010) {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Larry 1942 births 2019 deaths American blues guitarists American male guitarists American rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists American double-bassists Jewish American musicians Male double-bassists Lead guitarists Canned Heat members John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers members 21st-century American politicians Guitarists from New York City 20th-century American guitarists 21st-century double-bassists