01 - Don't Mess With The Messer
02 - Whatever I Am, You Made Me
03 - I'm A Little Mixed Up
04 - Wang Dang Doodle
05 - Fire
06 - Insane Asylum
07 - I Don't Care Who Knows
08 - I Love You Like A Woman
09 - Yes, It's Good For You
10 - Twenty-Nine Ways
11 - Nitty Gritty
12 - I Love A Lover Like You
13 - I Got What It Takes
14 - What Kind Of Man Is This
Accurately dubbed "the Queen of Chicago blues" (and sometimes just the blues in general), Koko Taylor helped keep the tradition of big-voiced, brassy female blues belters alive, recasting the spirits of early legends like Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Big Mama Thornton, and Memphis Minnie for the modern age. Taylor's rough, raw vocals were perfect for the swaggering new electrified era of the blues, and her massive hit "Wang Dang Doodle" served notice that male dominance in the blues wasn't as exclusive as it seemed. After a productive initial stint on Chess, Taylor spent several decades on the prominent contemporary blues label Alligator, going on to win more W.C. Handy Awards than any other female performer in history, and establishing herself as far and away the greatest female blues singer of her time. Koko was born Cora Walton on September 28, 1935, on a sharecropper's farm in Memphis, TN. Her mother died in 1939, and she and her siblings grew up helping...
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