# Koko Taylor dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-taylor-dies/498638 "2009-06-03T22:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-taylor-dies/498638/1 "2009-06-03T22:19:26Z")
She was 80. [Breaking news here](http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/06/koko-taylor-chicago-blues.html). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-taylor-dies/498638/2 "2009-06-03T22:35:35Z")
A great voice is silenced. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-taylor-dies/498638/3 "2009-06-03T22:40:02Z")
I love her work, sad to hear of her passing. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-taylor-dies/498638/4 "2009-06-04T00:20:24Z")
So sorry to hear that - her music brought great joy to my life. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-taylor-dies/498638/5 "2009-06-04T02:47:13Z")
Damn. I’m sorry to hear that. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-taylor-dies/498638/6 "2009-06-04T03:00:04Z")
They’ll be pitchin’ a wang dang doodle up in heaven. All night long … alllllll night long. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-taylor-dies/498638/7 "2009-06-04T03:17:09Z")
She was at the Hot Springs Blues Festival last year, and I didn’t go. _Shake hands with the Devil, make him crawl in the sand._ ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-taylor-dies/498638/8 "2009-06-04T16:48:32Z")
I had a chance to sing with her (random background vocals) at the Mint in Los Angeles about 11 years ago. She was a classy lady, and she will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Lurking\_Quahog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lurking_quahog/32/21274_2.png) [@Lurking\_Quahog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lurking_Quahog)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-taylor-dies/498638/9 "2009-06-04T19:19:48Z")
Saw her at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, RI many years ago. Today, I’m glad I did. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-taylor-dies/498638/10 "2009-06-04T20:16:38Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > They’ll be pitchin’ a wang dang doodle up in heaven. All night long … alllllll night long. > ☹ Well said. Thanks for the music Koko! ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-taylor-dies/498638/11 "2009-06-05T03:19:32Z")
Damn, not many of the old blues legends are still with us. I loved her “Wade in the Water” album and Koko’s Hound Dog was by far the better version