Koko Taylor
Sunday Covers:Blues with a feeling
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I have been going through my blues vinyl for the past week so my cover is Koko Taylor doing a Lowell Fulson. I can never get tired of the way she transforms the song to her own and Lowell Fulson is always great.
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RIP Koko Taylor, Queen of the Blues
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Farewell, Koko. Few could come close to Koko. Excellent writeup in the Chicago Tribune here: http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2009/06/chicago-blues-legend-koko-taylor-dies-at-80.html
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2120 S. Michigan Avenue: Chess Records (Vol. 2)
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At last patients, at last. When yer tryin' to avoid the hoodoo man and yer doctor puts you on milk, cream, and alcohol. Then you know you have the low-down dirty blues. That's right patients, that seems to be the general rule of thumb around the asylum these days. For the past few weeks, the heil air motion tranducers (speakers) here at the asylum have had a constant flow of those mojo fill...
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KOKO TAYLOR - What It Takes The Chess Years
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If you like Etta James, you should love Koko Taylor. Taylor's fierce growl and profound feel for the blues make even Etta look timid. This is a fabulous record, and one that consistently provides the "Fire" that track 10 promises. As with the blues in general, these songs are about love and loss--people who done other people wrong. But between Koko Taylor's not-so-subtly threatening delivery an...
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Grammy Winning Blues Legend, KOKO TAYLOR, Dead at 80 in Chicago
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MUSIC NEWS - MNN is saddened to report that Chicago blues legend, KOKO TAYLOR has died ftoday rom complications after surgery to correct gastrointestinal bleeding. The surgery was performed on May 19 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL. Bruce Iglauer of Alligator Records, her Chicago-based label since the early 1970s, reported her death today. Ms. Taylor had most
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QUEEN OF THE BLUES” KOKO TAYLOR 1928 – 2009
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Take a moment out of your day to honor a great one, "Grammy Award-winning blues legend Koko Taylor, 80, died on June 3, 2009 in her hometown of Chicago, IL. On May 7, 2009, the critically acclaimed Taylor, known worldwide as the "Queen of the Blues," won her 29th Blues Music Award, making her the recipient of more Blues Music Awards than any other artist. Over the course of her 40-plus-year ca...
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Queen Of The Blues Koko Taylor Dead At 80
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Koko Taylor, a sharecropper's daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet "Queen of the Blues," has died after complications from surgery. She was 80.Taylor died Wednesday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital about two weeks after having surgery for a gastrointestinal bleed, said Marc Lipkin, director of publicity for her record label, Alligator Records, which made the...
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