Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor
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MOG Editorial Review
Made up of singles from her early years in the late '60s, the proper debut album from the "Queen of Chicago blues" is a perfect introduction to Koko Taylor's larger-than-life vocals. Full of soul, grit, and confidence, Taylor enlisted the help of fellow blues legend Willie Dixon on much of her debut album, and the two make for outstanding duet partners on tracks like "Wang Gang Doodle." Throughout, though, Taylor still dominates the album with her outstanding set of pipes, and the horn-laden, R&B leanings of Chicago blues sound as if they were made for her voice on earwom songs like "Love You Like a Woman."
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AMG Review of Koko Taylor
Bill Dahl
All Music GuideStraight digital reissue of Taylor's debut Chess album from 1969. Produced by Willie Dixon (who can intermittently be heard as a duet partner), the set is one of the strongest representations of the belter's Chess days available, with her immortal smash "Wang Dang Doodle," and the chunky "Twenty-Nine Ways," "I'm a Little Mixed Up," and "Don't Mess with the Messer." Top-flight session musicians on Taylor's 1965-1969 output included guitarists Buddy Guy, Matt Murphy, and Johnny Shines and saxman Gene "Daddy G" Barge.







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