Koko Taylor / New release sheet

Koko taylor new release sheet for I Got What It Takes © Alligator Records ...

Koko Taylor / Notes

Hand notes by Bruce Iglauer for Koko Taylor's first Alligator Records album, I Got What It Takes, released in 1975. © Alligator Records...

Koko Taylor

Koko Taylor / Alligator promotional photo - By Steve Kagan...

Koko Taylor / Track sheet

Track sheet for Koko Taylor’s I Got What It Takes. The album was released in 1975 © Alligator Records ...

Koko Taylor

Koko Taylor, in 1976 - By Andre Hobus...

Robert Pops Taylor

Robert Pops Taylor, Koko's husband, in 1977 or 1979 - By Andre Hobus...

“Illuminating views and straightforward recounting”

What do Luther Allison, Koko Taylor, Son Seals, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Magic Slim, Lonnie Mack, Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown, Little Charlie & the Nightca...

Houston Press: “Iglauer is particularly evocative”

The act that started it all: Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers, 1974. Left to right: Hound Dog Taylor, Ted Harvey, and Brewer Phillips - Photo by Bob...

The work ethic that motivated the Queen of the Blues

Koko Taylor - By Steve Kagan When I first met Koko Taylor in 1971, she wasn’t the internationally hailed “Queen Of The Blues.” She didn’t even have her...

Chicago Tribune: “Bruce Iglauer finally tells the story” behind Alligator Records

Alligator Records founder Bruce Iglauer poses in his office recently in the Rogers Park neighborhood. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune) "The book docu...