Force Of Nature

Koko Taylor

Force Of Nature


Koko roars back with over an hour of funky, high energy blues, featuring the great guitar of Criss Johnson plus guest appearances by Buddy Guy and Carey Bell.


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1. Mother Nature 4:41
2. If I Can't Be First 3:40
3. Hound Dog 5:33
4. Born Under A Bad Sign 6:22
5. Let The Juke Joint Jump 6:08
6. 63 Year Old Mama 4:29
7. Don't Put Your Hands On Me 2:53
8. Bad Case Of Loving You 4:23
9. Fish In Dirty Water 5:45
10. Tit For Tat 4:31
11. Put The Pot On 3:48
12. Nothing Takes The Place Of You 4:49
13. Spellbound 4:07
14. Greedy Man 3:27

Koko Taylor, Vocals
Criss Johnson, Lead Guitar
Calvin "Vino" Louden, Guitar (solos on Tit For Tat and Greedy Man )
Jeremiah Africa, Keyboards
Jerry Murphy, Bass
Ray "Killer" Allison or Brady Williams, Drums

WITH
Buddy Guy, Guitar and Vocals on Born Under A Bad Sign
Carey Bell, Harmonica on Mother Nature

Horns arranged by Gene Barge:
Byron Bowie, Trumpet
Burgess Gardner, Trumpet
Gene Barge, Alto Sax
Henri Ford, Tenor Sax
Willie Henderson, Baritone Sax
Edwin Williams, Trombone

Produced by Criss Johnson, Koko Taylor and Bruce Iglauer
Recorded and mixed at Streeterville Studios, Chicago, IL
Engineered and mixed by David Axelbaum
Additional recording by David Brickson and Julian Herzfeld
Assistance by Rick Cruz and Mike Siebold
Mastered by Jay O'Rourke at Monster Disc, Chicago, IL
Photos by Peter Amft
Cover concept by Marc Lipkin
Cover design by Dave Forte and Matt Minde
Painting by Robert Amft

Buddy Guy appears courtesy of Silvertone Records

Born Under A Bad Sign is in memory of Albert King
Hound Dog is in memory of Big Mama Thornton and Elvis Presley

Koko Taylor is booked by Monterey Peninsula Artists, phone (312) 640-7500; fax (312) 640-7515
Koko Taylor is managed by Alligator Management, phone (773) 973-7736; fax (312) 973-2088

SPECIAL THANKS TO The Threatt Family, Scott Dirks, Nora Kinnally, Kerry Peace, Chris Young, Derek Ault, Jay Septoski, Robbin Sebastiani, Bob DePugh, Bill Wokersin, David Forte, Anthony Rogger, Lee Gutowski, Marc Lipkin, Eric Veldt, Rick Septoski, Tim Kolleth, Luisa Rosales, Rich Hay, Ingrid Grimes, Valerie Downs, Pat Burke, Ron Kaplan, Garry Buck, Ric Bracamontes, Sam Perlman, John Gabrysiak, Peter Munahan and the entire staff of American Famous Talent.