# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:17:19.371Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-taylor"
name: "Larry Taylor"
slug: "larry-taylor"
description: "Samuel Lawrence Taylor was an American bass guitarist, best known for his work as a member of the blues rock band Canned Heat. Before joining Canned Heat, he had been a session bassist for The Monkees and Jerry Lee Lewis. He was the younger brother of Mel Taylor, longtime drummer of The Ventures."
tagline: "American bassist (1942–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larry_Taylor_(Canned_Heat)_Madrid_2010_-_panoramio_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-06-26"
deathDate: "2019-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.07675733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852742/"
    handle:    "nm0852742"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "لاري تايلور (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "لارى تايلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)"
    title: "لاری تایلور (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Taylor"
    title: "Larry Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Taylor_(Musiker)"
    title: "Larry Taylor (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Taylor"
    title: "Larry Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Taylor"
    title: "Larry Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Taylor_(musicien)"
    title: "Larry Taylor (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A8"
    title: "לארי טיילור"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Taylor_(musicista)"
    title: "Larry Taylor (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Taylor"
    title: "Larry Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD)"
    title: "Тейлор, Ларри (блюзмен)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Taylor"
    title: "Larry Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Taylor"
    title: "Larry Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b7b64a41-f7cb-4266-9fad-eb28fc6aaf0b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726296"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump