Inside Zeppelin's 'Heaven' Nov 16, 2009
Throughout its career, Zeppelin had borrowed lyrics and reworked other artists songs without credit, including When the Levee Breaks, an old blues track from Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie, and Whole Lotta Love, over which the band was sued by singer Willie Dixon. Some critics have raised eyebrows over the similarities between the acoustic intro of Stairway to Heaven and Taurus, a 1968 song from the group Spirit. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Record label: Grammy-winning 'Queen of the Blues' Koko Taylor dies in Chicago at 80 Jun 5, 2009
"I would hear different records and things by Muddy Waters, Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Sonnyboy Williams and all these people, you know, which I just loved.". Although her father encouraged her to sing only gospel music, Cora and her siblings would sneak out back with their homemade instruments and play the blues. (FOX59, IN)
Blues queen Koko Taylor dies at 80 Jun 4, 2009
I would hear different records and things by Muddy Waters, Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Sonnyboy Williams and all these people, you know, which I just loved. . (MSNBC -- Music)
Blues singer Koko Taylor, 80 Jun 4, 2009
She had no intention of becoming a singer, but she was inspired by the blues songs of Memphis Minnie and Big Mama Thornton at an early age, and had sung gospel in church. When she came to Chicago, she was thrilled by the music she encountered in the South Side clubs, amplified and raucous, a harder incarnation of the back-porch brand of blues she had heard in the South. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Ladies Rock Camp May 16, 2009
The women are invited to spin LPs on a 1960s portable record player; the vinyl collection includes everything from Memphis Minnie to Bikini Kill. After breakfast are announcements and wacky skits. (San Francisco Chronicle)
