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I Got What It Takes

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Download links and information about I Got What It Takes by Koko Taylor. This album was released in 1975 and it belongs to Blues genres. It contains 11 tracks with total duration of 39:42 minutes.

Artist: Koko Taylor
Release date: 1975
Genre: Blues
Tracks: 11
Duration: 39:42
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Tracks

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No. Title Length
1. Trying to Make a Living 2:47
2. I Got What It Takes 3:42
3. Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean 3:05
4. Voodoo Woman 3:47
5. Be What You Want to Be 3:53
6. Honkey Tonkey 2:54
7. Big Boss Man 3:58
8. Blues Never Die 3:55
9. Find a Fool 3:59
10. Happy Home 3:15
11. That's Why I'm Crying 4:27

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Yes, she does have what it takes - a howling voice big enough to stop a stampede, a generosity that projects through her music, and a genuine sense of blues history that allows her to pick worn tunes like Jimmy Reed's "Big Boss Man" and the Ruth Brown hit "Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean" and turn them into fresh party fodder. Taylor moved from Chess Records to the Alligator label for this 1975 recording, and she brought a great band with her. Led by guitarist Mighty Joe Young, they put percolating primal funk behind Taylor for her own "Voodoo Woman" and slam home the shuffle "Trying to Make a Living." There's even a little country, a genre Taylor listened to on the radio when she was growing up in Memphis, via Web Pierce's "Honky Tonk Song." These days Taylor doesn't perform very often, but this is what her five-nights-a-week Chicago club sets must have sounded like 30 years ago.