Koko Taylor, a true legend called the "Queen of the Blues" by the Boston Globe, is coming to the Peace Center on April 17th. Truly original, Taylor is sassy, soulful, and blessed with a powerful voice built to belt out the blues.
Koko Taylor and Her Blues Machine
Peace Center - Greenville, SC
Friday, April 17th, 2009; 8:00pm
$20, $30, $40
Tickets: 864-467-3000 or 1-800-888-7768
About Koko Taylor
"Blues is my life," says Grammy Award-winning blues singer Koko Taylor, Chicago's - and the world's - undisputed Queen of the Blues. "It's a true feeling that comes from the heart, not just something that comes out of my mouth. Blues is what I love, and singing the blues is what I always do."
With her first album in seven years, the aptly titled Old School (AL 4915), Taylor once again shows the world what she does so well. From foot-stomping barnburners to powerful slow blues, Koko proves in an instant that her blues are joyous and life -affirming, powerful, and soul-stirring. With Old School, Taylor brings it all back home, supported by a band of veteran musicians and young revivalists. Singing like she did for Chess Records early in her career, Taylor belts out a set of material that could easily have topped the blues charts in the 1950's, and will certainly reach the top of the blues world today.
Live, she simply cannot be matched in her power and raw talent. In fact, reviews of her 2006 live performances all rave about how "The Queen" is singing better than at any other time in her long, storied career - a career that includes singing with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Robert Plant and every other imaginable legend. She's performed in clubs, festivals and concert halls all over the world, played for two presidents, and even lent her voice and likeness (as an animated bear) to the PBS children's television program Arthur.
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