Otis Taylor attended Denver’s Manual high school in 1966 when administrators forced him out because he wouldn’t cut his hair
– whose critically revered song Ten Million Slaves has been featured on major films and television shows – has received his diploma from the high school which expelled him decades ago because of his hairstyle.Wednesday, the 74-year-old Taylor was studying at Denver’s Manual high school in 1966 when he drew unwanted attention from administrators because of his long hair.
Taylor, then 17, rebuffed school officials’ ultimatum for him to cut his hair, so they forced him to leave. He described how his parents were so upset that they grounded him for three days, and the first thing his father did at the end of the punishment was to take him to a barber. albums. Besides being an accomplished singer, he also played the guitar, banjo, mandolin and harmonica., which many first heard in the 2009 Johnny Depp movie Public Enemies. The song later appeared on the FX show Justified and to promote a season of the Discovery Channel reality show Sons of Guns.
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