Name: I Got What It Takes
Brand: Alligator Records
SKU: 52656
Price: 11.93 USD
Availability: InStock

I Got What It Takes

Rating

Album: I Got What It Takes
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Trying to Make a Living	More Info...	0:02
2)	I Got What It Takes	More Info...	0:03
3)	Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean	More Info...	0:03
4)	Voodoo Woman	More Info...	0:03
5)	Be What You Want to Be	More Info...	0:04
6)	Honkey Tonkey	More Info...	0:03
7)	Big Boss Man	More Info...	0:04
8)	Blues Never Die	More Info...	0:04
9)	Find A Fool	More Info...	0:04
10)	Happy Home	More Info...	0:03
11)	That's Why I'm Crying	More Info...	0:04

Album: I Got What It Takes
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Trying to Make a Living	More Info...	0:02
2)	I Got What It Takes	More Info...	0:03
3)	Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean	More Info...	0:03
4)	Voodoo Woman	More Info...	0:03
5)	Be What You Want to Be	More Info...	0:04
6)	Honkey Tonkey	More Info...	0:03
7)	Big Boss Man	More Info...	0:04
8)	Blues Never Die	More Info...	0:04
9)	Find A Fool	More Info...	0:04
10)	Happy Home	More Info...	0:03
11)	That's Why I'm Crying	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

Personnel: Koko Taylor (vocals); Mighty Joe Young, Sammy Lawhorn (guitar); Abb Locke (saxophone); Bill Heid (keyboards); Cornelius Boyson (bass); Vince Chappelle (drums).
Producers: Koko Taylor, Joe Young, Bruce Iglauer.
Recorded at Sound Studios, Chicago, Illinois. Includes original release liner notes by Amy "Atomic Mama" VanSingel.
The queen's first album for Alligator, and still one of her very best to date. A tasty combo sparked by guitarists Mighty Joe Young and Sammy Lawhorn and saxist Abb Locke provide sharp support as the clear-voiced Taylor belts Bobby Saxton's "Trying to Make a Living," and Magic Sam's "That's Why I'm Crying," her own "Honkey Tonkey" and "Voodoo Woman," and Ruth Brown's swinging "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean." ~ Bill Dahl

Professional Reviews

Mojo (Publisher) (p.113) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[S]he sang truculent blues, indebted to Bessie Smith, Big Maybelle, Ma Rainey but made unmistakably her own due to an inimitable bark and bawl."