fuck, i just heard about this.
i'm surprised there's not more action on this thread. is she too known or something??
"voodoo woman" one of my all-time favorite songs. i wore this tape out for awhile, you know the tape, everybody had that tape, it was just called "koko taylor" i think, with a kind of sepia sleeve, and a photo of her wailing on the mic. did she ever only have the one LP?? "big boss man", "i got what it takes", "that's why i'm crying", "be what you wanna be", and on and on.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 16:34 (fourteen years ago) link
i think of her as the definition of chicago blues - backing band totally on it, oozing professionalism, tons of little single-note blues runs on the electric guitar, every trick up its sleeve, tight as a nickel, and a front lady who just breaks it down, drama turned up to 100000.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
drama's the wrong word - if it's drama, it's drama that has already happened - koko's come to terms with whatever it is, whenever it was, and she's survived that fire to tell about it
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 17:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Yep. Glad my DC Pacifica public station WPFW played a bunch of her music since her passing.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 17:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm just hearing the south side lady lp for the first time - wow, it's just more more more
favorite song on it so far is "what kind of man is this?"
he picks up the phone when i call!? i like it! i like it this way!
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 18:10 (fourteen years ago) link