Taylor, Koko – Crown Jewels - New LP

Koko Taylor was a force of nature. The legendary Queen of the Blues was one of the genre’s best-selling and most recognizable artists. With her huge, gritty voice and the backing of her powerhouse band, The Blues Machine, she delivered tough Chicago blues over a 45-year career, ending with her death in 2009. For people all over the world, her music IS the blues as much as BB King’s or Buddy Guy’s.

Crown Jewels, the new anthology from the Queen Of The Blues, Koko Taylor. The album collects 12 of Taylor's most powerful performances, all newly remastered.  Crown Jewels is the first new Koko Taylor vinyl to be released in 35 years, and it’s packed with over 50 minutes of the finest performances from her celebrated Alligator years (1975 until her death). These are songs fans know and love by heart, from  “Hey Bartender” to “Let The Good Times Roll.” It’s gritty, unvarnished, old-school blues and proud of it, every track infused with Koko’s ageless energy and passion. From the iconic Wang Dang Doodle to the revelatory I'm A Woman to the raucous Hey Bartender to the heart-melting live rendition of I'd Rather Go Blind to the blistering original "Ernestine," Taylor proves why, over the course of her four-decade career, she had no peers.