Koko Taylor

Koko Tayor is unequivocally the Queen of Chicago blues. She was a huge part of Bob's blues upbringing. Here are some memorable photos of her highness.

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Alligator Records publicity photo
 

Koko Talyor and her late husband "Pops" Taylor
at Biddy Mulligan's, Chicago 1974

Photo by Bob Corritore

Willie Dixon and Koko Taylor


Early publicity shot

Koko's phone #  given to Bob in 1975

Koko and Robert Lockwood, Jr. at the 2005 W.C. Handy Awards

Bruce Iglauer and Koko Taylor in session

At Rax Trax Recording Studios, Chicago, June 2005
Photo by Bob Corritore

Koko at the Ann Arbor Blues Fest
Photos by Doug Fulton

Early publicity shot

Promo picture for Koko Taylor's 2007 album, Old School

Photo by Mark Norberg, courtesy Alligator Records

 

Promo picture for Koko Taylor's 2007 album, Old School

Photo by Mark Norberg, courtesy Alligator Records

1970s photo of Koko Taylor

Photo courtesy of the André Hobus library - Thanks to photographers Bob Vanderschueren, Claude Meyer, Annique Massange, André Hobus, and Marc De Jonghe

A classic Koko Taylor single (the flip side is I Got What It Takes)

Also, Bob re-recorded this song with Koko;

look for its release in a forthcoming CD

 

Bob Corritore and Koko Taylor

Lucerne Blues Festival, Lucerne Switzerland

November 2007

 

L-R: Muddy Waters, Viola Spearman (Koko's sister), Levi Walton (Koko's brother), Otis Spann, Vera Walton (Levi's wife), Elga Edmonds, Koko Taylor,

Robert Taylor, possibly Jimmy Rogers and Savannah Becton (Koko's sister)

At Sylvio's Lounge, probably 1954

Photo from the Koko Taylor collection, courtesy Alligator Records

Thank you, Tim Kolleth (of Alligator Records)

 

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