Hound Dog Taylor (1916-1975),the six fingered man (yes,just look at the picture,he really got six fingers on the left hand !) was a giant of the Chicago blues. His guitar playing and his singing mostly remind of Elmore James. Here he is recorded live with his Houserockers, Ted Harvey on drums and Brewer Phillips on bass,at the Northwestern University of Evanston,Ill,and at the Smiling Dog Saloon,Cleveland,in 1974. Great versions of Elmore James' classics,"dust my broom" and "the sun is shining",and awesome originals like "kitchen sink boogie","let's get funky" (remember Magic Sam ?) or "it's allright". Hound Dog is one of the very underrated great Chicago bluesman, with J.B.Hutto. Let's have a ball with him now !