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Tut Taylor November 20 1923 – April 9 2015 Was An American Bluegrass Musician. Taylor Played Banjo And Mandolin As A Child And Began Playing Dobro At Age 14 Learning To Use The Instrument With A Distinctive Flat-Picking Style. Taylor Was A Member Of The Folkswingers In The 1960s Who Released Three LPs He Recorded His Debut Solo Effort In 1964. Later In The 1960s He Played With The Dixie Gentlemen And In John Hartford's Aero-Plain Band. Taylor Became A Local Nashville Tennessee Fixture. In 1970 He Co-Founded The Instrument Shop GTR There Soon After Releasing Another Solo Album. He Also Co-Founded The Old Time Pickin' Parlor A Nashville Venue Noted For Performances Of Old-Time Music As Well As Tut Taylor's General Store. In A March 1992 Interview Neil Young Reported Having Bought Hank Williams' Martin D-28 Guitar From Tut Taylor. At The Grammy Awards Of 1995 He Was Awarded The Grammy Award For Best Bluegrass Album For His Work On The Great Dobro Sessions With Jerry Douglas. Tut Taylor Died On April 9 2015. read less