Hound Dog Taylor - By Diane Allmen
Hound Dog is always remembered as a smiling, happy-go-lucky, laughing guy. As I said in Bitten by the Blues, he lov...
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...
I only once saw Muddy in a black-audience club. On New Year’s Eve of 1970-71, I was working at the Jazz Record Mart. It was open until 9 but there were no custo...
One club I enjoyed going to was the Washburne Lounge aka the Upstairs Lounge, at the corner of Hoyne & Washburne on the West Side. It was called the Upstair...
