I saw Koko Taylor and Willie Dixon at one of the Chicago Blues Fests in the early 80's. The bill included Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Winter and Buddy Guy along with many others. It took me a month to completely come down from that show.
I saw Koko Taylor in Buddy Guy's Blues Club late December 1997 between Christmas and New Years. Standing room only my hotel said sometimes they let our guests in even when sold out. I waited as the door man passed a few others by saying it was sold out. He then opened the door and let me in being in a wheelchair I sat up front the only place left to sit. She sang her heart out...a young boy would run fresh handkerchiefs so she could dampen her face she was singing at full strength of her lungs. Great performance and great experience taking in the blues in Chicago with Koko Taylor.
I saw her at her Blues club, Koko's on the Near NorthSide of Chicago; we used to go there at least once a month; alternating with Buddy Guy's and Yesterday's.
When I was in first grade we had Black History Month concert for the parents and my teacher picked me to play her.It was me a few other classmates with these paper instruments.She bought me a wig ,heels, and microphone.I learned the lyrics to this song and did some moves she taught me.I dont remember the teachers name but that day I was on that stage made me realize how much I loved performing.My teacher told me I was born to perform.Wish I could find her somehow.
I'm from the Chicago area and every time I saw Koko Taylor I wanted to be able to perform like that. When I lived in Arkansas a guy would take me to Juanita's blues club and we'd dance for hours. I'm 76 now and my dancing days are over since I've had one knee and both hips replaced 🙃 BUMMER
She was the real deal. I saw her in Memphis and Mississippi decades ago. I met Mr. Dixon in Boulder, Colorado in 1972. He was a great guy. They’re all missed.
I'm not a hater, but I envy you for having met Koko Taylor. I would have loved to have met her and seen her perform. And you can listen to her, look at her and tell that there was no pretense about her. Like you said, "the real deal."
Without the blues, Hank Sr would've been a studio gospel guy (if he could've got work at all). Absent the Delta underground scene with its backwater honkey tonks and hooch pantrys, country music is a patchwork of isolated folk movements hiding their art from religious lunatics and uncultured violent reactionaries.
I saw Koko Taylor I believe in Montreal in 1979 or 1980. 🥁 The Rising Sun club invited all those great Blues legends to play. This is a great 👍 tune. I saw Willie Dixon separately twice and took pictures. John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton, Junior Wells Buddy Guy, Lighnin Hopkins and more 🎸🎸 were also guests...
@@a.t.oliver1886 Not sure there will never be another like this, but it is certain there never has been and there is none now. Too bad these great, great artists never got the money and recognition they deserved.
Guitarist Keith Richard's of the Rolling Stones was quoted once saying Koko Taylor told him if you want to really play good Rock N Roll music, learn to play the blues. Koko was right. All the great Rock N Roll guitar players know the blues. Richie Sambora, Mick Mars, Jeff Healey, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaugh and Bruce Springsteen just to name a few.
Without the blues all we have is Pop, Gospel, Jazz, and some obscure folk isolates... I don't see the blues as a genre so much as it is a movement and an ethos, maybe even a lifestyle. Sorta like punk or gangster but more enduring and way more far reaching. Absent blues, country music is a patchwork of regional folk scenes.
Was thinking of Juneteenth, and seeing Koko Taylor at the Houston Juneteenth Festival way back in the early 80s. She was phenomenal, tore it up. Seeing this clip made me so happy tonight. Thank you .
My dad and our neighbor's garage band would play this at EVERY backyard barbeque he passed away when I was 10. I would see her shopping at a mall I worked at in my teens. I wish I hadn't been so shy and told her how her music kept the memories of him alive to me.
I had never heard this song until about five years ago, but it immediately found a place in my heart. Long before knowing about this song, I had nicknamed my dog The Doodle.
You know she's the real deal! She not only sings the song, but her gritty deep sound tells the story about a fierce strong will to convey the truth, and you ARE GOING TO PAY ATTENTION!!
Woow estubo en México estubo muy chido el concierto en el auditorio nacional. Todos arriba de las sillas aplaudiendo esa rola!! Queeee boceron cimbró el auditorio
Curious... "Your Intro" currently doesn't mention that ROLLING STONES' Ronnie Wood is playing too... INCREDIBLE BAND! Thank You for sharing this; the production quality is superb!!!
After playing the Koko Taylor version ,on the radio, I called into Johnny Otis show and pointed out that Howlin Wolf did the original "Wang Dang Doodle" and as he disagreed, his guest told him ,that I was right...a Willie Dion song .......
Willie Dixon and Koko Taylor, I am also a bassplayer, you should see Mr Dixon on a upright, he was astounding there as well, alas, these fine people are sadly missed
Big Willie was a Giant singer and producer and a Hell of a Song Writer he wrote so many hits, Led Zepplin tried to steal his songs and he said Whole Lotta Love is my song you bastards going to pay me for my jam and the court said hell yes.
sorry to say that....but if there's anything that God put in the world...with soul and heart it was the old blues and its songwriters and singers like this diva....blues is to hear and feel with the soul and heart
We used to see her religiously at BLUES, Halsted.. Chicago and do the” Koko Strut”40 + years ago, then walk across Lincoln Av to Buddy Guy at Kingston Mines I could swear I remember this dress !💥🔥
I saw Koko Taylor and Willie Dixon at one of the Chicago Blues Fests in the early 80's. The bill included Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Winter and Buddy Guy along with many others. It took me a month to completely come down from that show.
I saw Koko Taylor in Buddy Guy's Blues Club late December 1997 between Christmas and New Years. Standing room only my hotel said sometimes they let our guests in even when sold out. I waited as the door man passed a few others by saying it was sold out. He then opened the door and let me in being in a wheelchair I sat up front the only place left to sit. She sang her heart out...a young boy would run fresh handkerchiefs so she could dampen her face she was singing at full strength of her lungs. Great performance and great experience taking in the blues in Chicago with Koko Taylor.
Those early Blues Fests were phenomenal. The acts that performed there were legends.
I believe it! it would take me just as long to get over that mess! The best mess. 🙌🙌🙌
I saw her at her Blues club, Koko's on the Near NorthSide of Chicago; we used to go there at least once a month; alternating with Buddy Guy's and Yesterday's.
I'm sure it did. What legends?
Girl still got that “it” factor even in 2023. She’s been entertaining our loved ones on the other side of Wang Dang Doodle Heaven🌹🎸😎
Amazing! That must have been the thrill of a lifetime for Ronnie Wood, playing with such legends.
Thank you for authentic unforgettable blues...these folks will all be gone soon leaving us with musical memories to last
That’s my great uncle Wille Dixon
Your uncle is a legend! Popular music would not be the same today if not for him. Rock, R&B, etc.
When I was in first grade we had Black History Month concert for the parents and my teacher picked me to play her.It was me a few other classmates with these paper instruments.She bought me a wig ,heels, and microphone.I learned the lyrics to this song and did some moves she taught me.I dont remember the teachers name but that day I was on that stage made me realize how much I loved performing.My teacher told me I was born to perform.Wish I could find her somehow.
I'm from the Chicago area and every time I saw Koko Taylor I wanted to be able to perform like that. When I lived in Arkansas a guy would take me to Juanita's blues club and we'd dance for hours. I'm 76 now and my dancing days are over since I've had one knee and both hips replaced 🙃 BUMMER
She was the real deal. I saw her in Memphis and Mississippi decades ago. I met Mr. Dixon in Boulder, Colorado in 1972. He was a great guy. They’re all missed.
Wow! That's Awesome
I'm not a hater, but I envy you for having met Koko Taylor. I would have loved to have met her and seen her perform.
And you can listen to her, look at her and tell that there was no pretense about her. Like you said, "the real deal."
Koko Taylor, Willie Dixon, and Cash McCall on guitar. This was an awesome performance.
Agree!! Is that also Ron Wood of Small Faces and Stones playing in the background?
cera anche ronn wood degli stones
Love that Ronnie Wood is just there playing backing guitar. Respect
I was there -- met her and Willie Dixon both
Grow up listening to blues from my mom and dad this song right here yes lawd!
I'm here for the young country folk that still love some down home blues!
Without the blues, Hank Sr would've been a studio gospel guy (if he could've got work at all). Absent the Delta underground scene with its backwater honkey tonks and hooch pantrys, country music is a patchwork of isolated folk movements hiding their art from religious lunatics and uncultured violent reactionaries.
I had the opportunity to show Koko around Harborfest in Racine,Wisconsin. A beautiful lady and she loved the fest. What a beautiful soul. RIP love!
I saw Koko Taylor I believe in Montreal in 1979 or 1980. 🥁
The Rising Sun club invited all those great Blues legends to play. This is a great 👍 tune. I saw Willie Dixon separately twice and took pictures. John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton, Junior Wells Buddy Guy, Lighnin Hopkins and more 🎸🎸 were also guests...
Koko Taylor and Willie Dixon,it doesn`t get much better than this!
Never has and NEVER will be another team like this!!!🤓
@@a.t.oliver1886 Not sure there will never be another like this, but it is certain there never has been and there is none now. Too bad these great, great artists never got the money and recognition they deserved.
@@Walker-ld3dn Sadness in America!!!
Guitarist Keith Richard's of the Rolling Stones was quoted once saying Koko Taylor told him if you want to really play good Rock N Roll music, learn to play the blues. Koko was right. All the great Rock N Roll guitar players know the blues. Richie Sambora, Mick Mars, Jeff Healey, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaugh and Bruce Springsteen just to name a few.
Without the blues all we have is Pop, Gospel, Jazz, and some obscure folk isolates... I don't see the blues as a genre so much as it is a movement and an ethos, maybe even a lifestyle. Sorta like punk or gangster but more enduring and way more far reaching. Absent blues, country music is a patchwork of regional folk scenes.
Happy Heavenly 96th Birthday Koko Taylor September 28 1928 - June 3 2008
no man no women can belt out the words wang dang doodle better than miss koko! ya i'm movin and groovin to this! thank you!
Was thinking of Juneteenth, and seeing Koko Taylor at the Houston Juneteenth Festival way back in the early 80s. She was phenomenal, tore it up. Seeing this clip made me so happy tonight. Thank you .
This song do something to your soul i love it to.
R.I.P. KOKO
My dad and our neighbor's garage band would play this at EVERY backyard barbeque he passed away when I was 10. I would see her shopping at a mall I worked at in my teens. I wish I hadn't been so shy and told her how her music kept the memories of him alive to me.
I saw this when I was 19 years old, and it changed my life! Awesome!
I must say I’ve played this over and over and it now my theme song! Whoo hooo!
Мощнейший голос Коко Тэйлор, особенно её песня "Woodoo woman". Super.
Can;t help myself I love the old blues.
Same here. Grandpa had all of the 8 tracks.
Koko Taylor + Willie Dixon = BLUES!
That damn BASS line 🔥🔥
This song sounds good every time I hear it this never gets old!
She is certainly, sorely missed in the Blues genre.......
I love the song Wang Dang doodle who is the lady play the guitar
love this rendition - feels deep and powerful - you might just get the feeling that pitching a wang dang doodle is a a whole lotta fun!
I had never heard this song until about five years ago, but it immediately found a place in my heart. Long before knowing about this song, I had nicknamed my dog The Doodle.
You know she's the real deal! She not only sings the song, but her gritty deep sound tells the story about a fierce strong will to convey the truth, and you ARE GOING TO PAY ATTENTION!!
My Momma use to play this at her Hit House back in the 80's.
Koko Taylor Yo, the best! This performance with Willie Dixon! All Night Long!
heyyyyyyy this is good blues music let it rock on
Can't nobody do it like Koko !!!
Beautiful first time listening to this version and been a fan since the 60 ‘s.
Thank you for putting this up here. God I love it so. So many good memories of hearing Koko Taylor sing.
Queen blues Koko Taylor
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KOKO!
I had the honor of seeing KoKo in a very small theater at SMU in Dallas. Awesome show!
Happy Birthday Memories for my Mother.
I just heard this in a movie and had to see who sang it! Aww yeah get it y'all! 💯
La tremenda Koko...¡Gracias!
Written and produced by the great Willie Dixon.
I love Koko Taylor!
Good Lord. I get goosebumps listening to this magic.
love all your songs Mrs koko
Fantastic talent and soul!
I’ve been saying wang dang doodle for years and googled it and this came up
Mother Nature is, was and always will be the best damn blues singer I ever heard.
Bringz tears of joy 2 my hart❤
Koko 👏👏👏👏
Love it!
great post AWESOME
the best music in town = THE BLUES! :)
The Queen!!! 🌹
rusted and old voices are the best God Dam!!!
just excellent,love it
Lord have mercy! Love it
Great to see the songwriter himself, and Chicago blues originator Dixon next to the Voodoo woman...
Woow estubo en México estubo muy chido el concierto en el auditorio nacional. Todos arriba de las sillas aplaudiendo esa rola!! Queeee boceron cimbró el auditorio
I'm surprised that the stage didn't catch fire with that much firepower
Curious...
"Your Intro" currently doesn't mention that ROLLING STONES' Ronnie Wood is playing too...
INCREDIBLE BAND!
Thank You for sharing this; the production quality is superb!!!
Awesome!
Happy Heavenly 95th Birthday Koko Taylor September 28 1928 - June 3 2009
Chicos, basta de hacerme llorar.
Love this song❤❤❤❤
If that don't make you want to move you must be dead. Love me some Koko!!
She is simply the best I love you beyond belief mamie young
After playing the Koko Taylor version ,on the radio, I called into Johnny Otis show and pointed out that Howlin Wolf did the original "Wang Dang Doodle" and as he disagreed, his guest told him ,that I was right...a Willie Dion song .......
I was six years old she is simply the best I know love you beyond belief mamie
Willie Dixon and Koko Taylor, I am also a bassplayer, you should see Mr Dixon on a upright, he was astounding there as well, alas, these fine people are sadly missed
A MOTHER OF A JAM
The best 🌹
Lee Bee
Yep
😎😎😎
5/7/2020
just great
Koko was married 2 my third cousin lemmon Taylor.
Sharon Adams she’s my great aunt, I never got to meet her since my dad (her nephew) moved to Canada before I was born
My 8th cousin removed was married to butcher knife toating Annie and automatic slim was his best man
Big Willie was a Giant singer and producer and a Hell of a Song Writer he wrote so many hits, Led Zepplin tried to steal his songs and he said Whole Lotta Love is my song you bastards going to pay me for my jam and the court said hell yes.
You Go Girl
chicago history museum brought me here. feb 2016
Man how i do like this!
Wow!!!
I'm a 76 yo white girl from Chicago and every time I saw her sing , I wanted to be her!!!!!!
Bring the party on koko T
excellent nodding material
Ronnie Wood likes to be there for sure !
I'd like to see a list of all the musicians on the stage for this song. Anyone got that?
Strat heaven!
Lil Rockn RonnIE!. ROCK ON SUNSHINE Q'ALL
Love you 😘
Ron Wood
SWEETER THEN SWEET
any one notice the one and only ron wood on rhythm guitar
The real qeen 💐💐💐💐🌹🌹
Rock on 😎
Is that Ron Wood as well?
Kent Dias yes,
Kent Dias Good eye.
sorry to say that....but if there's anything that God put in the world...with soul and heart it was the old blues and its songwriters and singers like this diva....blues is to hear and feel with the soul and heart
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
We used to see her religiously at BLUES, Halsted.. Chicago and do the” Koko Strut”40 + years ago, then walk across Lincoln Av to Buddy Guy at Kingston Mines I could swear I remember this dress !💥🔥
That guitar lick at 1:08
Ahh yes. You caught that huh?
RIP Koko.