Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Koko B. Gone

(Kudos to Don for this as well as co-authorship of the obit below, and for bringing this up in the first place)

Or

You’re My Girl, Blue!

(Props to Don)

Grammy Award-winning blues legend Koko Taylor, who contributed Wang Dang Doodle to the soundtrack of Big Momma’s House, has died as a result of complications from surgery to correct a gastrointestinal bleed. She had also lost a lot of weight recently, so maybe bariatric surgery on an 80 year old isn’t such a good idea. Taylor was the only woman and probably the only singer of any gender who could effectively cover Howlin' Wolf. Taylor was known as the Queen of Blues, having won 29 Blues Music Awards, more than another artist. In 2004 she received the NEA National Heritage Fellowship Award, which is among the highest honors given to an American artist.

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