Koko Taylor, one of the few female singers to achieve success in the competitive world of Chicago blues, died on Wednesday in Chicago. She was 80.
It was in Chicago in the years after World War II that transplanted Southerners like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf added electric instruments and pounding backbeats to the raw rural blues of their youth, forging an aggressive new sound and building a thriving local scene. That scene was dominated by male performers, but with her brash, forceful vocal style and her enthusiastic stage presence, Ms. Taylor made sure that its upper echelon had room for at least one woman.
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The woman was a DAM! good Blues singer, and she'll be sorely missed
ReplyDeleteR.I.P. Koko Taylor
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choir by day blues bars by night-hope she is singing for the master from now on----
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ReplyDeleteThe lady use ta rock the house.