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The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 03/06/2010
It's only a few more weeks until I make this year's pilgrimage to New Orleans and Cajun country (maybe my last - who knows'). Jazzfest isn't what it once was as so many of the greats have passed on, but the city is still alluring and I'm sure there will be some pleasant surprises. Here are some excerpts from my diary covering my second visit there, in 1991, which bring back great memories. Friday,...
The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 01/25/2010
This is the busiest time of the year for Keith Woods, the eponymous figurehead of the Tales from The Woods roots music collective. Not content with organising one event at the 100 Club in London he is organising two - a week apart. The first was a tribute to Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent - 50 years after their UK tour - and the second is his fourth tribute to the famous 2Is coffee bar where British...
Bluesdiary (Free subscription) | 01/16/2010
http://bluesdiary.com/wp/audio/Koko_Taylor_-_You_Aint_Worth_A-Good_Woman.mp3 Koko Taylor – You Ain’t Worth A Good Woman Super-Song-Premiere
Take me to the Water Black Grooves (Free subscription) | 01/12/2010
This month we’re cleaning house by taking a look at some worthy albums from 2009 that we didn’t have a chance to feature in earlier issues. In addition to three full length reviews—Rev. Timothy Wright’s The Godfather of Gospel, Wu-Tang Chamber Music, and Will Downing’s Classique—we’ve picked over forty jazz, blues, hip hip, soul, rock, [...]
The Liberal Doomsayer (Free subscription) | 12/30/2009
All good things must come to an end, alas (Part One is here , Part Two is here , Part Three is here , Part Four is here , Part Five is here , Part Six is here , Part Seven is here , and Part Eight is here )... RIP Griffin Bell (What a shame he didn’t live to see FISA restored to the law he originally authored in 1978), Ricardo Montalban, Patrick McGoohan, Beverly Eckert, Andrew Wyeth, Donald...
jobsanger (Free subscription) | 12/27/2009
As is always the case, the past year saw the deaths of many remarkable people -- people who affected our history, our culture and our lives. Here is a list of some of those who left us in 2009. Edward Kennedy (US Senator) Claiborne Pell (US Senator) Jack Kemp (football quarterback, US Senator) Robert S. McNamara (US Secretary of Defense) Les Paul (inventor, guitarist) John Updike (author) Frank McCourt...
Sir Charlie Palmer (Free subscription) | 12/20/2009
http://www.mediafire.com/?dgjmmgmz0zq Fourteen members of the Alligator family present their own bluesy look at the holiday season. Performances by Koko Taylor, Elvin Bishop, Son Seals, Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, Saffire, Katie Webster, Charlie Musselwhite, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, William Clarke, Lonnie Brooks, Tinsley Ellis, Kenny Neal, Gatemouth Brown, and Charles Brown...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Today marks the birthday of R&B singer Big Mama Thornton. Nee Willie May Thornton in 1926— (so that's where the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls in Brooklyn scrounged their name!)— Big Mama got her start singing in the Baptist Church and left home to begin touring on the rhythm and blues circuit at the haggard old age of 14. If you listen to Koko Taylor, Bessie Smith or hell, even Janis...
The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
It's that time of year when we look back at the list of those who have passed away during the year. Here are some of the more notable deaths in music and entertainment during 2009: Barry Beckett, Molly Bee, Estelle Bennett (pictured with the Ronettes), Eddie Bo, Jimmy Boyd, Piney Brown, Sam Butera, Sam Carr, David Carradine, Johnny Carter, Liam Clancy, Hank Crawford, Blossom Dearie, Dave Dee, Willy...
Cup Of Joe Powell (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
The names and faces of some folks with astonishing influence which tumble past this Decade In Memoriam piece made me pretty sad. Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Kurt Vonnegut, Johnny Carson, Cap'n Kangaroo, Mr. Rogers, George Harrison, Gregory Peck, Paul Newman, Barry White, Ray Charles, Marlon Brando, James Brown, Richard Avedon, Bettie Page, Les Paul, Walter Cronkite, Mary Travers, Koko Taylor, Ted...
The 'Spill (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
At last, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel – however, as our good friends Half Man Half Biscuit were good enough to warn us, said light could well be that of an oncoming train! Anyhoo, the pointless task which I set myself at the beginning of 2009 is now nearly complete, this being the penultimate one. Back in January I drew up a list of possible contenders to share with the class...
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Los Angeles based Janiva Magness received the 2009 Blues Music Award for B.B King Entertainer Of The Year (she is only the second woman to ever win this award, the other being Koko Taylor) as well as for Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year (she also won the 2006 and 2007 Blues Music Awards for Best Contemporary Female Artist Of The Year . Billboard writes “Magness carves out a niche...
maryjohnson2009 | 10/29/2009
Koko Taylor Old School >>>> Download Old School <<<< artist: Koko Taylor album: Old School Tracklist: 1 Piece of Man mp3 2 Gonna Buy Me A Mule mp3 3 Black Rat mp3 4 Money is the Name of the Game mp3 5 You Ain't Worth A Good Woman mp3 6 Better Watch Your Step mp3 7 Bad Avenue mp3 8 Bad Rooster mp3 9 Don't Go No Further mp3 10 All Your Love mp3 11 Hard Pill to Swallow mp3 12 Young
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Sharrie has been around for a while and is certainly a presence - a fairly effusive fanzine states Sharrie sings the blues because she lived the blues, mental, physical and drug abuse, poverty stricken, most would say what’s the use. Homeless, battered, and even beat death, as a Motherless child, the blues is what Sharrie knows best. By Gods grace she made it out alive and on the rise. Tina Turner,...
Popdose (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
In his latest Cold Shot, Mojo Flucke bids a fond farewell to blues queens Saffire, who are calling it quits next month after a wonderful 22-year career.
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maryjohnson2009 | 10/29/2009
Koko Taylor Old School >>>> Download Old School <<<< artist: Koko Taylor album: Old School Tracklist: 1 Piece of Man mp3 2 Gonna Buy Me A Mule mp3 3 Black Rat mp3 4 Money is the Name of the Game mp3 5 You Ain't Worth A Good Woman mp3 6 Better Watch Your Step mp3 7 Bad Avenue mp3 8 Bad Rooster mp3 9 Don't Go No Further mp3 10 All Your Love mp3 11 Hard Pill to Swallow mp3 12 Young Fashioned Ways mp3...
prit | 06/05/2009
Koko Taylor, Grammy-Winning “Queen of the Blues” Dead at 80 Taylor's career stretched more than five decades. While she did not have widespread mainstream success, she was revered and beloved by blues aficionados, and earned worldwide acclaim for her work, which including the best-selling song "Wang Dang Doodle" and tunes such as "What Kind of Man is This" and "I Got What It Takes." Read More From
melissa5812 | 06/04/2009
Flash News Video Grammy-winning blues singer Koko Taylor dies in Chicago at age 80 Koko Taylor dies at 80; singer was Chicago blues icon Koko Taylor performs at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana in 1997. She opened doors for other female blues singers. Among her hits were ‘Wang Dang Doodle’ and ‘I’m a Woman.’
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