Otis Taylor

Blues

The next Otis Taylor concert is scheduled for Friday, September 12, 2025 at Telluride Town Park in Telluride, CO, United States. See all 1 upcoming concerts

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Top Songs By Otis Taylor

Listen to Ten Million Slaves by Otis Taylor, see lyrics, music video & more!

Ten Million SlavesOtis Taylor

Listen to Nasty Letter by Otis Taylor, see lyrics, music video & more!

Nasty LetterOtis Taylor

Ten Million SlavesOtis Taylor

Listen to Hey Joe by Otis Taylor, see lyrics, music video & more!

Hey JoeOtis Taylor

Listen to Blue Rain In Africa (feat. Mato Nanji) by Otis Taylor, see lyrics, music video & more!

Blue Rain In Africa (feat. Mato Nanji)Otis Taylor

Listen to Few Feet Away by Otis Taylor, see lyrics, music video & more!

Few Feet AwayOtis Taylor

Listen to My World Is Gone (feat. Mato Nanji) by Otis Taylor, see lyrics, music video & more!

My World Is Gone (feat. Mato Nanji)Otis Taylor

Listen to Ran So Hard The Sun Went Down by Otis Taylor, see lyrics, music video & more!

Ran So Hard The Sun Went DownOtis Taylor

Listen to Buy Myself Some Freedom by Cassie Taylor & Otis Taylor, see lyrics, music video & more!

Buy Myself Some FreedomCassie Taylor & Otis Taylor

Listen to Live Your Life by Otis Taylor, see lyrics, music video & more!

Live Your LifeOtis Taylor

Upcoming Concerts for Otis Taylor

Sep
12
Sep 12, 2025
Telluride Town Park
Telluride

More albums from Otis Taylor

ALBUMBanjo...Otis Taylor

ALBUMFantasizing About Being BlackOtis Taylor

ALBUMHey Joe Opus Red MeatOtis Taylor

Listen to My World Is Gone by Otis Taylor

ALBUMMy World Is GoneOtis Taylor

Listen to Otis Taylor's Contraband by Otis Taylor

ALBUMOtis Taylor's ContrabandOtis Taylor

Listen to Clovis People, Vol. 3 by Otis Taylor

ALBUMClovis People, Vol. 3Otis Taylor

Listen to Pentatonic Wars And Love Songs by Otis Taylor

ALBUMPentatonic Wars And Love SongsOtis Taylor

Listen to Recapturing The Banjo by Otis Taylor

ALBUMRecapturing The BanjoOtis Taylor

Listen to Definition of a Circle by Otis Taylor

ALBUMDefinition of a CircleOtis Taylor

ALBUMDouble VOtis Taylor

Listen to Truth Is Not Fiction by Otis Taylor

ALBUMTruth Is Not FictionOtis Taylor

Listen to Respect the Dead by Otis Taylor

ALBUMRespect the DeadOtis Taylor

ALBUMWhite AfricanOtis Taylor

ALBUMWhen Negroes Walked the EarthOtis Taylor

About Otis Taylor

Hometown

Chicago, IL, United States

Born

July 30, 1948

Genre

Blues

Chicago-born bluesman Otis Taylor never skirted tough subject matter in a career that took him from the Folklore Center in Denver to a brief stay in London, England, to retirement from music in 1977 to operate as a successful antiques broker and since 1995 back again to the blues. Albums like Blue-Eyed Monster (1997) and When Negroes Walked the Earth (2000) cast an uneasy spell on the blues world. At other times, Taylor's music was so uncompromisingly contemporary in its outlook on social injustices that he seemed more akin to South African poet and activist Stephen Biko. ~ Robert Hicks