Otis Taylor - guitar, banjo, vocals. With Otis Taylor, it’s best to expect the unexpected. While his music, an amalgamation of roots styles in their rawest form, discusses heavyweight issues like ...

KELLY: Taylor first learned to play the banjo, and he cut an unusual figure around town. There's a picture of him in the Denver Post in 1964. He is 16, playing the banjo as he balances on top of a ...

Episode Date: Feb. 13, 2025 In Part 2 of our conversation with legendary blues musician Otis Taylor, we dive deeper into his artistic journey, his distinctive trance blues style, and the historical ...

Materials from Otis Taylor’s decades-long career as an internationally recognized Boulder-based blues banjo artist are now part of an archived collection at the University of Colorado Boulder ...

When he was 17 years old and in his senior year at a Denver high school, Otis Taylor was told to "cut your hair or leave." So, Taylor left — and became a renowned blues artist. Now, more than ...

The origins of the banjo began with Black musical tradition and the genre is now experiencing a resurgence with a new generation of Black musicians. Listen to the full Otis Taylor playlist on Spotify.

In 1966, a couple months before he was set to graduate, Otis Taylor was told he needed to cut his short afro or he'd be kicked out. Now, 57 years after he left, he has received a diploma.