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Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers ↔ Koko Taylor

Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers and Koko Taylor are directly connected through shared producer Bruce Iglauer.

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Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers

📍 Chicago, Illinois, United States • 📅 1957 – 1975

Six-fingered slide guitar berserker whose distorted, raw Sears-Roebuck guitar racket compelled Bruce Iglauer to found Alligator Records in 1971 just to release his music.

Chicago Blues Slide Guitar Blues Electric Blues
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Bruce Iglauer

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Koko Taylor

📍 Bartlett, Tennessee, United States • 📅 1963 – 2009

The uncontested 'Queen of the Blues', blessed with a roaring, guttural vocal power that Willie Dixon captured on Chess ('Wang Dang Doodle') before she reigned for 30 years as the matriarch of Alligator Records.

Chicago Blues Electric Blues Soul Blues
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BAND LINER NOTES 📅 1957 – 1975

Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers

📍 Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Six-fingered slide guitar berserker whose distorted, raw Sears-Roebuck guitar racket compelled Bruce Iglauer to found Alligator Records in 1971 just to release his music.

Musical Genres

Chicago Blues Slide Guitar Blues Electric Blues
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👥 Band Personnel (3)

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Hound Dog Taylor

Lead Vocals, Slide Guitar

1957–1975
Brewer Phillips

Guitar, Bass Lines

1959–1975
Ted Harvey

Drums

1959–1975
💿 Record Labels:
Alligator Records
🎛️ Producers & Engineers:
Bruce Iglauer ⚡
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BAND LINER NOTES 📅 1963 – 2009

Koko Taylor

📍 Bartlett, Tennessee, United States

Archival Biography

The uncontested 'Queen of the Blues', blessed with a roaring, guttural vocal power that Willie Dixon captured on Chess ('Wang Dang Doodle') before she reigned for 30 years as the matriarch of Alligator Records.

Musical Genres

Chicago Blues Electric Blues Soul Blues
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👥 Band Personnel (5)

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Koko Taylor

Lead Vocals

1963–2009
Criss Johnson

Lead Guitar

1980–2009
Eddie King

Guitar

1975–1985
Jerry Murphy

Bass

1980–2009
Ray Allison

Drums

1980–2000
💿 Record Labels:
Chess Records Alligator Records
🎛️ Producers & Engineers:
Willie Dixon Bruce Iglauer ⚡
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