View Full Version : If you liked Koko's blues...
Patrick Market
Jun-04-2009, 7:25am
No real mandolin connection here, but Queen of the Blues Koko Taylor passed away yesterday. Yeah, She "...Got What It Takes." The blues are a little bluer today.
Jim Gallaher
Jun-04-2009, 7:55am
Sorry to hear of Koko's passing. She was quite a lady. I had the pleasure of introducing her once at The Ellington in Lynchburg, VA.
Small in stature, but she had a huge voice and a band that would peel the paint off the walls.
"Let the good times roll..."
onassis
Jun-04-2009, 9:24am
Yeah, I was sad to hear that on the radio last night (driving back from my weekly jam, actually!). Had the pleasure of seeing her a couple of times at a club where I was a dishwasher back in the eighties. A real class act, and a helluva voice! She'll be missed.
JMUSIC
Jun-04-2009, 9:33am
Koko was the Queen. Here is a clip of her doing Willie Dixon's Wang Dang Doodle. Little Walter on harp, Hound Dog Taylor on guitar. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxCa16-nxtM
floyd floar
Jun-04-2009, 10:06am
That's cool:cool: Isn't that Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee waiting on the side to play next?
I saw Koko tear it up a bluesfest in Eschoeag, R.I. in '74. RIP, Koko.