Koko Taylor – Royal Blues (2000)

1. Save Your Breath
2. Hittin' on Me
3. Bring Me Some Water
4. But on the Other Hand
5. Don't Let Me Catch You (With Your Drawers Down)
6. Blues Hotel
7. Fuel to Burn
8. Man Next Door, The
9. Old Woman
10. Ernestine
11. Keep Your Booty Out of My Bed
12. Keep Your Mouth Shut and Your Eyes Open

Koko Taylor (vocals); B.B. King (vocals, guitar); 
Keb' Mo' (vocals, National steel guitar, harmonica); 
Criss Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd (guitar); 
Matthew Skoller (harmonica); Mark Colby (tenor saxophone); 
Johnnie Johnson, Ken Saydak (piano); Dolpha Fowler Jr. (organ); 
Kenny Hampton (bass); Kriss T. Johnson (drums).

Royal Blue is the first Alligator release from Koko Taylor since 1993's Grammy nominated Force of Nature. This is a mainly up-tempo set with excellent support from several guest appearances by B.B. King, Johnny Johnson, Ken Saydak, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd who contributes some scorching guitar on the Melissa Ethridge-penned hit "Bring Me Some Water." Taylor not only co-produced this release but wrote four of the 12 tracks, including the acoustic "The Man Next Door." On this track, the combination of Koko's passionate voice with Keb Mo's gritty Delta slide guitar makes you wish she would move further in this direction on future releases. Royal Blue proves Koko Taylor is still the undisputed queen of the blues. ---Al Campbell, allmusic.com

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