From The Heart Of A Woman
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From the Heart of a Woman is a blues
album by Koko Taylor
, released in January 1981 by Alligator Records
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Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
album by Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor sometimes spelled KoKo Taylor was an American Chicago blues musician, popularly known as the "Queen of the Blues." She was known primarily for her rough, powerful vocals and traditional blues stylings....
, released in January 1981 by Alligator Records
Alligator Records
Alligator Records is a Chicago-based independent blues record label founded by Bruce Iglauer in 1971.Iglauer started the label with his own savings to record and produce his favorite band Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers, whom his employer, Bob Koester of Delmark Records, declined to record...
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Track listing
- "Something Strange Is Going On" (McQueen, Edwin Williams) – 4:01
- "I'd Rather Go BlindI'd Rather Go Blind"I'd Rather Go Blind" is a Blues song written by Ellington Jordan and co-credited to Billy Foster. It was first recorded by Etta James in 1968, and has subsequently become regarded as a blues and soul classic.-Original version by Etta James:...
" (Billy Foster, Ellington Jordan) – 4:57 - "Keep Your Hands Off Him" (Bowman, McShann) – 3:49
- "Thanks, But No Thanks" (Edwin Williams) – 4:14
- "If You Got a Heartache" (Deadric Malone, Joe Scott) – 3:42
- "Never Trust a Man" (Edwin Williams) – 3:18
- "Sure Had a Wonderful Time Last Night" (Louis JordanLouis JordanLouis Thomas Jordan was a pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician, songwriter and bandleader who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", Jordan was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the...
) – 3:05 - "Blow Top Blues" (Leonard Feather) – 4:15
- "If Walls Could Talk" (Bobby Miller) – 3:30
- "It Took a Long Time" (Koko Taylor) – 3:58
Personnel
- Koko Taylor - vocals
- Criss Johnson - guitar
- Sammy Lawhorn - guitar
- Cornelius Boyson - bass
- Bill Heid - keyboards
- Vince Chappelle - drums
- Doug Bartenfeld - Keyboards/guitar
- Billy Branch - harmonica
- A.C. ReedA.C. ReedAaron Corthen, better known as A.C. Reed was an American blues saxophonist, closely associated with the Chicago blues scene from the 1940s into the 2000s.- Biography :...
- tenor saxophone