The legendary blues musician refused to cut his hair when his high school mandated it.
Acclaimed blues musician Otis Taylor finally got his high school diploma last month, 57 years after he should have received it.
Taylor said he was more irritated at being told what to do than about his hair, so he refused. His parents were upset, but he was excited to head to California a little earlier than planned to start making music, he told the Denver Gazette.Taylor would go on to success in the music world, but this would take some time — enough that he also took a detour into being an antiques dealer and the coach of a highly-ranked amateur cycling team along the way.
On May 15, Denver’s school board awarded Taylor his diploma and also gave diplomas to members of the Manual High School Class of 2006 who had to transfer schools before graduating that year due to the school’s sudden closure .
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